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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that U.S. agricultural exports are forecast to reach a record $101 billion for fiscal year 2008, up $10 billion from November's forecast and an unprecedented $19 billion above 2007. Based on current market conditions, bulk grains, oilseeds and cotton exports should rise $13.2 billion and account fo...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is making progress with several countries in extending reciprocal fast-lane customs clearance for shippers that meet joint security standards, an agency official said last week. The World Customs Organization's global framework of security and trade facilitation guidelines encourages customs agencies to establish carg...
The United States and Australia have reached agreement on a comprehensive Open Skies framework to expand and liberalize bilateral civil aviation relations. The agreement was initialed on Feb. 14, after three days of talks in Washington. Source:American Shipper
As part of its previously announced plan to increase its presence at London Heathrow International Airport (LHR), SkyTeam unveiled plans for its new co-located facility in Terminal 4. The alliance is working closely with BAA, the airport company, to develop a customer-focused facility that gives passengers a superior travel experience and helps member ai...
The International Monetary Fund's managing director is urging China to ease exchange-rate controls to ease global financial imbalances and China's own economic challenges, AP reported Friday. Dominique Strauss-Kahn said slower U.S. economic growth should affect China but the IMF still expects the Chinese economy to expand about 10 percent this year," t...
Southern California grocery chain Stater Bros. Markets officially began operations last week at its new $300 million distribution center in San Bernardino. The custom-built, 2.5 million-square-foot center is part of a nearly five-year plan by the privately held firm to modernize its distribution network and cut costs by consolidating eight area facilit...
APL Logistics has announced the inauguration of a new guaranteed full-containerload service from Asia to most destinations in the continental United States. The APL Guaranteed Continental service, connecting the ports of Shanghai, Hong Kong, Chiwan and Yantian with virtually any continental U.S. ZIP code, guarantees delivery of full-containerload cargo...
Anyone using Microsoft Office Outlook can now connect directly to FedEx shipping services. FedEx QuickShip enables users of Outlook 2003 or 2007 to generate labels, track packages, check rates, schedule pickups and find FedEx drop-off locations. They are providing FedEx customers with another convenient option to choose how they access and connect t...
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.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi
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