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The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday mostly along party lines to change the rules for deliberating on trade deals negotiated under fast-track authority and postpone consideration of the Colombia Free Trade Agreement. The change in internal rules will give Speaker Nancy Pelosi unlimited time, rather than the 60-day timetable specified in th...
The U.S. trade deficit in February grew to 5.7 percent from the previous month to $62.3 billion, the highest level since last November, despite continued strength in export activity, the Commerce Department announced. The monthly reported showed U.S. exports increased 20.8 percent from February 2007 to a record $151.4 billion, while imports increased ...
California-based Weber Distribution, a provider of dedicated warehousing and transportation logistics on the U.S. West Coast, has appointed former DHL executive Mike Epeneter as vice president of transportation. Epeneter, who has more than 23 years experience in the transportation industry, was senior vice president of operations, Western USA for DHL...
Globe Express Services Ltd. (GES), a Charlotte, N.C.-based third-party logistics provider, said Thursday it has opened a new corporate office in Beijing, China, and also rebranded its Canada operations as GES (Canada) Globe Express Services Ltd. With the new office in Beijing, the company now has eight locations in mainland China, with the other offi...
Fast expanding First GBRf has made a new managerial appointment to boost its commercial estate. Experienced surveyor Peter Green, 41, joins the team at First GBRf in the newly created role of Property Development Manager. A member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Peter will be responsible for managing the company’s property...
Mexico and Central America's leading airline today accepted a formal invitation to become part of the world's leading quality airline alliance after being unanimously elected on board by the grouping's existing ten member airlines, which include some of the biggest and best names in the industry. Its subsidiary Click Mexicana will join at the same tim...
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today proposed to allow Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines and four of their international partners in the SkyTeam alliance to combine their existing transatlantic alliances. In a show-cause order issued today, the Department tentatively decided to grant antitrust immunity and allow the two U.S. carriers, a...
“African safety has improved, but the accident rate is still nearly six times the global average. This must change. IATA is serious about delivering results that will raise the bar on aviation safety,” said Giovanni Bisignani, IATA’s Director General and CEO. Bisignani announced the Association’s latest addition to its African safety initiatives—the...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
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