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US Women Truck Drivers Try For World Record Convoy
A Week Left to try and Beat Guinness Target

19 March 2010
With only ten days left before the Women In Trucking’s “Salute to the Women Behind the Wheel” the organization is over half way to its goal to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of female professional drivers.
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Terrorist Alert Issued For Shipping Off Yemeni Coast
MARAD Warns of High Risk to Vessels

18 March 2010
Following on from the alert two weeks ago about a potential terrorist threat to shipping comes an advisory from the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) that information has been received about a raised likelihood of attacks by Al-Qaeda on vessels transiting the Bab Al Mandeb Strait, Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aden along the coast of Yemen.
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Daimler To Build Freight Trucks In India
New Billion Dollar Plant to be Producing in Two Years Time

18 March 2010
INDIA – As reported here in December automotive giant Daimler AG has announced that it is to build a commercial vehicle plant in Chennai with an expected investment by the German-based company of just short of a billion dollars.
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Con-way Freight Shortlisted For Veterans Employment Award
Recognition for Efforts Made in Employing Former Military Personnel

18 March 2010
USA – Freight and logistics service provider Con-way Freight has been shortlisted for the Civilianjobs.com ‘2010 Most Valuable Employers (MVE) for Military’ award.
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Bulk Freight Experts and Logistics Charity Combat Road Deaths In Africa
Hoyer and Transaid Collaborate on Driver Training in Zambia

18 March 2010
UK / ZAMBIA – Transport development charity Transaid and bulk and tank transport specialists the Hoyer Group have collaborated to give professional drivers in Africa the benefit of the latest safety training and techniques.
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British Airways Cabin Crew Strike Goes Global
ITF Reports Support World Wide

17 March 2010
UK – The threatened stoppages at BA are being supported by transport workers groups worldwide according to the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF). The global union federation, so often the voice of sanity in these situations who represent over four and a half million transport workers in 154 countries told us today that many of their member organisations were backing the BA crews.
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Aussie Shipping And Logistics Group See In The New Year - Chinese Style
Melbourne Company Celebrate The Dawn of the Tiger

17 March 2010
AUSTRALIA – Whilst most freight and logistics groups were crying in their beer Melbourne based Famous Pacific Shipping invited over 100 favoured guests to a slap up meal at one of the city’s best Cantonese restaurants. The assembly was treated to a traditional Chinese nine-course banquet and entertained with a lion dance before each guest was presented with a tiger figurine to commemorate both the year and the occasion.
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New Russian Logistics And Supply Chain Educational Centre Opens
Deutsche Bahn and Russian Railways Team Up to Train for the Future

17 March 2010
RUSSIA – GERMANY – There were celebrations today at the opening of the new Competence Centre for Logistics at the Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg State University. The project is a collaboration between industry giants Deutsche Bahn and Russian Railways (RZD) and both the Chairman of the German group and RZD’s President , Wladimir Jakunin, were there to give their views.
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DHL Further Strengthen Clinical Trials Logistics Service
Number of Specialist Depots Doubled

17 March 2010
WORLDWIDE – Global freight and logistics giant DHL has further strengthened its position as a leading global Clinical Trials Logistics provider by doubling the number of its global depots from 8 to 16 to include India, China, Panama, Canada, USA, Chile, Argentina and Lebanon.
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Kuehne + Nagel To Manage Contract Logistics For AkzoNobel Spain
New European Business for Swiss Giant

17 March 2010
SPAIN - AkzoNobel Spain, a leading manufacturer and supplier of hi-tech paints and coatings, has chosen Kuehne + Nagel as the exclusive contract logistics provider to manage their Iberian distribution centre.
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