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Ron Widdows to Head Germany’s Rickmers-Linie | Journal of Commerce
www.joc.com | 5 hours 11 minutes ago
Ron Widdows, the former chief of Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines, will become CEO of Germany’s Rickmers Holding and Rickmers-Linie shipping group. Widdows, who retired as head of the owners of container ship operator APL last year, will take over from the heavy lift and project cargo

Welcome to SupplyChainBrain: Forecast Is Cloudy for All-Cargo Airlines
www.supplychainbrain.com | Feb 14, 2012
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UPS Boosts Dividend | Transport Topics Online | Trucking, Freight Transportation and Logistics News
www.ttnews.com | Feb 10, 2012
UPS Inc. said late Thursday that its board of directors has raised the company’s quarterly dividend to 57 cents a share, from 52 cents.

DHL prize for collaborative logistics hub concept - News - Logistics Manager
www.logisticsmanager.com | Feb 10, 2012
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CommercialMotor.com - DHL signs five year Westfield Stratford City deal
www.commercialmotor.com | Feb 10, 2012
DHL Supply Chain has won a five-year contract with Westfield Group to handle the logistics for its Stratford City shopping complex in east London.

Ameya Logistics Uses RFID to Add Efficiency, Value to Its Freight Yard - RFID Journal
www.rfidjournal.com | Feb 7, 2012
The Indian company has installed a system that utilizes EPC Gen 2 tags and readers to capture and store data about the location of each container stored at its facility near Mumbai.

UPS hit by pension accounting change - FT.com
www.ft.com | Jan 31, 2012
UPS, the global package delivery company, gave a cautiously optimistic outlook for 2012 on Tuesday, forecasting improved earnings and suggesting that despite mixed global growth, the US economy was showing some encouraging signs. Investors watch UPS

International Transport Workers' Federation: News online
www.itfglobal.org | Jan 20, 2012
DHL union leaders and grassroots activists in India are to set up a new DHL employees ’ council, designed to bring together DHL workers ’ representatives across the country.

DHL launches ocean freight consolidation from Italy to Kuwait | EyeforTransport
www.eyefortransport.com | Jan 9, 2012
The new less than container load (LCL) direct service is scheduled on a weekly basis and has improved the transit time from 32 to 27 days, avoiding transhipment at the Dubai hub.

Expeditors Newsflash - Asia Edition
domino.expeditors.com | Dec 20, 2011
Expeditors Newsflash for supply chain and logistics industry daily news.