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Call for Submissions for the 2010 RFID Journal Awards

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:26:36 GMT

PR: RFID Journal is now accepting submissions for the 2010 RFID Journal Awards, which will be handed out at RFID Journal LIVE! 2010, to be held April 14-16, 2010. New York (PRWEB) November 24, 2009 -- RFID Journal has announced that it is now accepting submissions fo

BNSF to Ration Some Grain Loads

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:25:20 GMT

BNSF Railway implemented a permit embargo to control movement of export grain shipments to backed-up seaports in the Pacific Northwest,...

Ocean cargo/global logistics: International Maritime Organization...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:20:59 GMT

The alarming escalation in incidents of armed attacks on merchant ships had been a dominant and unwelcometheme throughout the past biennium

G.I. Jobs Magazine Names J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. among...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:03:00 GMT

LOWELL, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT - News) today announced the Company has been named to

YRC Worldwide Regional Companies Successfully Re-Validate Certifi...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:00:00 GMT

YRC Worldwide Regional Companies Successfully Re-Validate Certification in the U.S. Customs-Trade Partnership against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Program. All eligible YRC Worldwide subsidiaries continue to provide customers with a more secure supply chain, faster Canadian border crossing.

Scania Magirus Multistar combined aerial rescue appliance at the ...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:55:21 GMT

You know me, I can't resist a nice fire engine photo--especially if it's of a fire engine making its first public appearance at the Emergency Services Show 2009 (Stoneleigh Park Coventry 24-25 November).

International Transport Workers' Federation: News online

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:54:00 GMT

Cockroft was speaking at the opening session of the 7th ITF Africa regional conference in Dakar, Senegal yesterday, the first to be held in a Francophone country.

UBS Downgrade Derails Union Pacific (at TheStreet.com)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:09:32 GMT

Union Pacific shares are tumbling on Tuesday morning on a downgrade from UBS, stoking fears that Warren Buffet's recent investment in Burlington Northern may be causing a rail-sector bubble.. Check out TheStreet for the latest stock market news and financial investment headlines.

Cutting Fat From the $55.6 billion DHS Federal Budget

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:18:00 GMT

For a private-sector minded individual, cutting fat from a Federal procurement budget might at first seem like an extremely easy task. But once you sort your way through all the Federal red tape not to mention congressional and presidential meddling, it's not quite as simple as it looks.

YRC Worldwide sells piece of logistics unit for $34M (at bizjourn...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:05:14 GMT

The Overland Park-based trucking giant (Nasdaq: YRCW) said in a Tuesday release that it had sold YRC Logistics’ dedicated contract carriage business, including customer contracts and the trucks and trailers associated with it, to Dallas-based Greatwide Logistics Services LLC.