Traffic World articles from July 2004

Traffic World archives from July 2004

U.S., regionally.(Editorial)
July 5, 2004... DHL's consolidation of its air operations got the most attention when the express carrier announced its $1.2 billion investment in United States operations, but the most intriguing part of the plan is the company's strategy for upgrading ground...

Don't forget VAT compliance.(Letters To TW)(Letter to the Editor)
July 5, 2004... Your article "Universal Billing" (Traffic World, June 21) offered a good initial overview of the market interest in global and, specifically, European freight payment. As your article correctly identified, freight payment in a global...

Safety goal update.(Letters To TW)(Letter to the Editor)
July 5, 2004... On behalf of everyone at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, I want to compliment you for a terrific article on our Administrator, Annette M. Sandberg, "Safety's No. 1 Advocate." (Traffic World, May 3). Your story shed valuable...

DHL's $1.2 billion buildup: express carrier takes aim at U.S. domestic market with $1.2 billion investment scaling up operations.(DHL Airways Inc.)(Cover Story)
July 5, 2004... DHL sent FedEx, UPS and the U.S. Postal Service a $1.2 billion message: the company is in the United States to stay and it will spend what it takes to grow. "This day truly begins an entirely new era in the ground parcel and domestic...

TSA's limited screening: Hutchinson signals direction of air cargo security, foresees inspections for "high-risk cargo".(Washington)
July 5, 2004... A top transportation security official says the Transportation Security Administration will step up its screening of air cargo but has no plans to require the physical inspection of all air freight or even of all the shipments moving in the...

Esposito named staff director.(Jennifer Lynn Esposito appointed Surface Transportation Board)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... The Democratic side of the House Railroads Subcommittee is back on track. Jennifer Lynn Esposito was appointed to be the panel s Democratic staff director, replacing Francis "Frank" Mulvey, who left when he was appointed to the Surface...

Another highway bill stopgap: conference committee can't even agree on what to disagree about first, sets July 31 deadline.(Washington)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Congress gave itself another month to move highway legislation but few believe it will be able to meet the July 31 deadline set by the latest temporary stopgap extension of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century. Barring an...

Surviving the dot-bomb: Web-based logistics services shifting gears, collaborating, not competing, with 3PLs, forwarders to survive.(Logistics & Technology)(NextJet Inc.)
July 5, 2004... When NextJet opened its doors in the late 1990s its mission was to be the FedEx of same-day air delivery. The Dallas-based company focused on "next flight out" delivery door-to-door within the United States using its Internet-based technology...

It's APL Logistics, B'Gosh: 3PL moves to the fore with global logistics contract from OshKosh B'Gosh, consolidates Asian shipments.(Logistics & Technology)(Oshkosh B'Gosh Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... OshKosh B'Gosh, a children's apparel and accessories marketer, awarded around 98 percent of its Asian logistics work to global supply chain service provider APL Logistics. The contract includes consolidation of vendor shipments in nine...

Fine-tuning Yamaha's supply chain: DSC Logistics helps Yamaha improve distribution to Eastern United States with Chicago-area DC.(Logistics & Technology)(Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Yamaha of America is fine-tuning its logistics and distribution network through an outsourcing agreement with third-party logistics provider DSC Logistics, Des Plaines, Ill. Yamaha will open a centralized distribution center in the Chicago...

British logistics giant Exel will open.(new RFID Center of Excellence)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... British logistics giant Exel will open what it calls the first RFID Center of Excellence in Harrisburg, Penn. Exel says the facility will allow the company and its customers to work together to develop applications for business benefits from...

An order accuracy rate of 99.94.(Ozburn-Hessey Logistics, Warehouse of the Year Award)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... An order accuracy rate of 99.94 percent won Ozburn-Hessey Logistics SYSCO's 3PL Warehouse of the Year Award for 2003. The award recognizes OHL's Fond du Lac, Wis., facility that has a 26-year relationship with SYSCO. The Fond du Lac facility's...

EMI Music Spain, part of the EMI Group.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... EMI Music Spain, part of the EMI Group, will use TNT Logistics to manage its logistics and distribution activities, currently managed in-house. TNT will pick, pack and ship EMI's CDs, music cassettes and DVDs to stores. The contract ensures...

Supply chain facilities manager ProLogis.(Black and Decker contract)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Supply chain facilities manager ProLogis signed a build-to-suit agreement with Black & Decker for a 354,900-square-foot distribution center outside Charlotte, NC. The tool manufacturer, which leases three other facilities from ProLogis in the...

Switzerland-based logistics provider.(Kuehne & Nagel)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Switzerland-based logistics provider Kuehne & Nagel announced a warehousing and transport management contract with Agrati, a leading supplier of screws and fastening systems to the European automotive industry. Kuehne & Nagel manages inbound...

European third-party logistics.(FM Logistic joint ventures with Kuehne & Nagel to form Cologic)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... European third-party logistics firms FM Logistic and Kuehne & Nagel have set up a joint venture company, Cologic, to provide product completion, planning, purchasing and related logistics activities to the high-tech industry. Both companies...

Menlo Worldwide Trade Services.(new office)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Menlo Worldwide Trade Services, the CNF unit formerly known as Emery Customs Brokers, opened an office in Phoenix. "The establishment of our Phoenix office fills a gap in the Menlo Worldwide Trade Services' North American Network and enables us...

Ocean shipping company.(Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines A/S contract with Viewlocity)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Ocean shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines is expanding its use of supply chain visibility and event management tools from Viewlocity. The Oslo, Norway-based ocean carrier and logistics provider will use Viewlocity software to help its...

Brokers Logistics, El Paso, Texas.(International Organization for Standardization)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Brokers Logistics, El Paso, Texas, won IS0-9001:2000 quality recertification for its warehousing, logistics and transport operations. The 42-year-old family-owned business operates more than 750,000 square feet of warehouse space throughout the...

Skincare products provider.(SkinCeuticals contract with ClearOrbit)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Skincare products provider SkinCeuticals, Dallas, will use supply chain execution software from ClearOrbit to make its shipping operations more efficient. SkinCeuticals provides skincare products through dermatologists and other professionals...

Chilling out delivery: never mind the carbs, refrigerated carriers weather diet crazes and other challenges to a cool business.(Trucking report: refrigerated transport)
July 5, 2004... There's no secret to success in the reefer business. Pick up on time, deliver on time, buy the latest and most reliable equipment, select long-term customers, develop freight density along selected lanes and pay decent wages. Oh, one other...

USF back in Northeast: USF Holland push into former Red Star territory will help recoup customers, interline revenue.(Trucking)
July 5, 2004... The terminal gates hardly were shut at USF Red Star when USF drove back into the Northeast. The LTL operator's USF Holland unit set up shop in select Red Star facilities and rehired some Red Star Teamsters. USF's quick return to the...

Earning shippers' trust: Pitt Ohio Express, weary of annual contract battles, seeks 'two-way street," long term pricing pacts.(Trucking)
July 5, 2004... The annual contract bidding ritual is ongoing at virtually every trucking company and its customers. You know the drill. Put out bids, describe your indescribable freight, exchange opening offers, tweak those bids, change your freight's...

Yellow's "Next-Day" accord: agreement with Teamsters allows Yellow to broaden its portfolio of services by moving into overnight.(International Brotherhood of Teamsters)(Yellow Transportation Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Yellow Transportation is moving closer to what Yellow Chairman, CEO and President Bill Zollars calls the "last piece of the puzzle" for its transport network: overnight service. The LTL giant reached an agreement with the Teamsters union...

Swift Transportation, Phoenix.(safety cases)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Swift Transportation, Phoenix, the nation's largest publicly held truckload carrier, will have to wait a little longer for the government's decision on whether its safety rating should be satisfactory or conditional. The Federal Motor Carrier...

Stalled cars: capacity constraints drag on rails' ability to keeps automotive revenue growing.(Rail & Intermodal)
July 5, 2004... Sluggish car sales and the U.S. rail system's inability to recover from its service difficulties are stinging the railroads' more lucrative business sectors. Automotive parts and finished vehicles, which at $3.6 billion made up over 9...

West Coast slowdown: major congestion at Southern California ports collides with international strike threat.(Rail & Intermodal)
July 5, 2004... Container ships began stacking up in Southern California ports last week in what port officials said could turn into a "major congestion event" caused by labor shortages. The work slowdown coincides with a week-long strike threatened by...

STB's expanded focus: small shippers, carriers to get attention in cases closely watched for clues to full board's direction.(Rail & Intermodal)(Surface Transportation Board)
July 5, 2004... After concentrating on several large shipper coal rate cases, the Surface Transportation Board now will turn to the problems of small shippers and carriers. Hearings starting this month come as railroads and shippers are looking for clear...

DOT IG blasts FRA: probe uncovered continued underreporting of accidents, deaths at railroad crossings.(Rail & Intermodal)(Inspector General of the Department of Transportation)(Federal Railroad Administration)
July 5, 2004... The Federal Railroad Administration isn't doing the job of increasing safety at rail crossings that its figures indicate, according to the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation. Although the number of reported accidents and...

It's all international: the hot new market for international air forwarders turns out to be the United States, not China.(Air & Express)
July 5, 2004... International air freight forwarders see a lucrative new market they are clamoring to get into. No, it's not China. It's the United States. Three of the world's largest international forwarders recently have announced that they have...

USPS seeks pricing power.(Air & Express)(United States Postal Service)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... The U.S. Postal Service is asking the Postal Rate Commission for permission to enter rate deals with BankOne and Discover Financial Services, both large credit card mailers. The agreements would include pricing incentives, extending the...

Lufthansa carries C-TPAT abroad: German carrier wins Customs' certification, becomes first European carrier in anti-terror program.(Lufthansa Cargo AG)(Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Non-United States airlines are starting to enter the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program, extending a program that has become a linchpin of American efforts to secure cross-border freight movement. Lufthansa Cargo's...

Korean Air will be Boeing.(contract)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Korean Air will be Boeing's third customer for the 747-400 special freighter conversion with a large order placed by the world's second-largest combination airline freight carrier. The airline plans to order up to 20 conversion kits. A...

Pilot Air Freight.(contract extension)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Pilot Air Freight extended contracts with several major shippers. The Lima, Pa.-based company kept its contracts with Snap-On, Avaya, AMC Technologies and Sony Pictures Entertainment. Pilot said the contracts with "top-tier" companies are...

Lufthansa Cargo.(services to fashion industry)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Lufthansa Cargo and Birkart Giobistics are offering a new intercontinental, time-definite express service to the fashion industry. Called "Fashion-X-Press," the door-to-door service transports hanging garments. Target shippers include those...

Martinair plans to begin.(new services)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Martinair plans to begin twice weekly service between Tianjin, China and Amsterdam in October. The flights will be on 747-200 freighters and will also stop in Nanjing and Bangkok. The flights are part of the Dutch carrier's Asian expansion...

Hong Kong-based U-Freight is building.(U-Freight America Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Hong Kong-based U-Freight is building a logistics center and office complex in Penang, Malaysia as it spreads its logistics business outside Asia's main gateways. The company says construction for the U-Freight Malaysia project is ahead of...

Representatives of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.(Airborne Freight Corp.)(DHL Airways Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Representatives of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and leaders of the German union ver.di discussed issues related to the DHL purchase of Airborne Express and the merger of the companies' operations. The groups met in Cologne,...

U-Freight appointed.(U-Freight America Inc.)(Starlight Express)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... U-Freight appointed a new agent in Nepal. The freight service and logistics group appointed Starlight Express, a forwarder headquartered in Kathmandu. Nepal recently became a member of the World Trade Organization, and as a result, the country...

Airline pilots will be able to use.(cockpit jumpseats)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Airline pilots will be able to use cockpit jumpseats under a new security plan engineered by a coalition of pilot unions. The Cockpit Access Security System will start with pilots from American Airlines and UPS. The system allows ground...

A partnership led by forwarding.(International Healthcare Services Inc.)(UTi Worldwide Inc.)
July 5, 2004... A partnership led by forwarding giant UTi Worldwide bought International Healthcare Distributors for $40 million. The Rancho Dominguez, Calif.-based company bought the company in a partnership in which it owns three quarters of the shares; a...

FedEx Custom Critical opened.(new building)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... FedEx Custom Critical opened a center in Laredo, Texas. Dubbed an ExpressCenter, the facility is a place where trucks are available for dispatch. Five vehicle sizes, ranging from minivans to tractor-trailers, are available to best address...

Phuket Air appointed Pace Airline Management.(contract)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Phuket Air appointed Pace Airline Management as its United Kingdom cargo general sales agent for its new 747-200 flights between London and Bangkok. The airline planned to begin three-times-weekly service July 1. The flights out of London...

Dragonair chose Kales Airline Services.(Hong Kong Dragon Airline Ltd.)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Dragonair chose Kales Airline Services as its general sales agent in Switzerland. The Hong Kong-based airline is increasing its presence in the European cargo market. Switzerland is the 28th country in Europe and the Middle East in which the...

China Southern Airlines began.(new services)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... China Southern Airlines began service between Guangzhou, Beijing and Dubai. The 777 service will fly twice each week and will serve both passengers and cargo in the growing commercial regions. The airline is the only Mainland China carrier with...

Kuehne & Nagel bought Dutch freight.(Nether Cargo Services)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Kuehne & Nagel bought Dutch freight forwarder Nether Cargo Services. Kuehne & Nagel expects the acquisition to allow it to expand its services in the perishables business as well as in the local air freight market. Nether Cargo Services,...

Boeing and Aviall Services signed.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Boeing and Aviall Services signed an agreement designed to use improved management of parts supply chains to cut airlines' maintenance costs. The agreement is under Boeing's Integrated Materials Management Initiative that is intended to...

Menlo Worldwide Forwarding improved.(Web site)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Menlo Worldwide Forwarding improved its Web site that provides customers access to its "MyMenlo" services. The new shipping function allows customers of the Redwood City, Calif.-based company to book air freight shipments online. They also can...

Concentrating on profit: these are good times for the liner business but APL is getting an extra boost from a company culture change.(Maritime)
July 5, 2004... When Ron Widdows became chief executive of APL Ltd. at the beginning of 2003, he vowed to insulate the liner division of Neptune Orient Lines from its vulnerability to the cycles of overbuilding and rate-cutting that had plunged it so deeply...

More debt on horizon: ocean liner's debt grows more than 50 percent after U.S. company's sale by Carlyle Group.(Maritime)(Horizon Lines L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Financial markets are concerned that the Carlyle Group's sale of Horizon Lines will leave the U.S. ocean carrier with a heavy debt burden and poor balance sheet. Standard & Poor's lowered its ratings on Horizon Lines LLC, the wholly-owned...

Hong Kong legislative council.(security of ship and port facility)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Hong Kong's legislative council passed a law June 23 implementing the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code scheduled to take effect worldwide July 1. The legislation requires Hong Kong-registered ships and port facilities to...

Ship Finance International.(initial public offerings)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Ship Finance International, a unit of the Frontline maritime tanker giant, filed for a public offering of 25 percent of its shares on the New York Stock Exchange. Frontline, controlled by Norwegian John Fredriksen, owns 47 tankers and other...

CSX.(People Watch)(CSX Intermodal Inc. appoints James R. Hertwig )(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... CSX named James R. Hertwig president of CSX Intermodal, replacing Val T. Noel who recently joined Pacer International as president of Pacer Cartage, the logistics company's local trucking business unit.

Consolidators International.(People Watch)(Peter Lamy promoted to president)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Consolidators International, a Los Angeles-based wholesaler of air freight service, promoted Peter Lamy to president. An 11-year veteran of the company, Lamy had directed operations.

FKI Logistex.(People Watch)(Stephen Causey and Stephen Legg promoted)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... FKI Logistex announced the promotions of Stephen Causey to vice president of finance and Stephen Legg to vice president of business development for the company's North American operations. Causey is a seven-year veteran of the company working...

Landstar System.(People Watch)(Jim Handoush promoted to president of Landstar Logistics)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Landstar System promoted Jim Handoush to president of Landstar Logistics. Handoush, who joined Landstar Logistics in 1996, most recently was executive vice president of finance and administration. He replaces James R. Hertwig.

Hersman joins Safety Board.(Deborah Hersman joined National Transportation Safety Board )(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... The National Transportation Safety Board now includes a member who until recently helped draft national transportation policy. The board, which investigates transportation accidents, swore in Deborah Hersman on June 21. Hersman comes to the...

VHI Transport.(People Watch)(Bruce Knoll appointed)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... VHI Transport picked Bruce Knoll to manage its newly expanded Agents Division. Noll previously held executive positions in transportation as an assistant vice president for SunTrust Bank, responsible for pick up and delivery throughout the vast...

Celadon Group.(People Watch)(appointments)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Celadon Group named three vice presidents in its Celadon Trucking Services division. Jim Hogue, a 34-year industry veteran who joined Celadon last year, is vice president of sales in CTS. He had been director of Eastern sales at Contract...

SEKO Worldwide.(People Watch)(Marve E. Washburn appointed as vice president of international business development)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... SEKO Worldwide, a global freight forwarder and logistics provider, appointed Marve E. Washburn vice president of international business development. Washburn, a 14-year sales industry veteran in the forwarding industry, previously worked for...

American Highway Users Alliance.(People Watch)(Gregory M. Cohen appointed as president and CEO)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... The American Highway Users Alliance elected the alliance's top lobbyist Gregory M. Cohen to be its new president and CEO. Cohen served as the Alliance's senior vice president for policy and government affairs for the past two years. Before...

British Airways World Cargo.(People Watch)(Steve Smith appointed as area manager for Africa)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... British Airways World Cargo appointed Steve Smith area manager for Africa, replacing David Shepherd, who became area manager for Europe. Smith has worked in revenue management and operations at BA, most recently as manager for delivery...

Oregon Department of Transportation.(People Watch)(Kelly Taylor appointed as administrator of rail division)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... The Oregon Department of Transportation named Kelly Taylor administrator of its rail division. She will manage day-to-day rail safety operations and long-term strategic planning for Oregon's rail system. Taylor joined ODOT in 1978 in its Driver...

Runzheimer Interantional.(People Watch)(Janet Jones appointed as a business development consultant )(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Runzheimer International hired Janet Jones as a business development consultant in its Global Mobility Services business unit. Jones will be responsible for its Southwestern territory. Previously, she was director of marketing for Merritt,...

Calendar.(Calendar)
July 5, 2004... JULY 14-15. Annual Marketing and Sales Conference of IWLA--Association of Logistics Outsourcing), Chicago. (847) 813-4699, x279 or www. iwla.com. 18-20. 2004 Midwest Regional & Shortline Railroad Annual Conference (Minnesota Regional...

Logistics seminars and courses.(Calendar)
July 5, 2004... JULY 5-Aug. 20. Logistics Fundamentals (short course) (George Brown Toronto City College), Toronto. (416) 415-5000, ext. 4706, (800) 265-2002 or vwwv.lscmcourse.com/enroll.html. 12-14. Fundamentals of Purchasing for New Buyers and...

DOE diesel price index.(Update)(Illustration)
July 5, 2004... [GRAPHIC OMITTED] DOE Diesel Price Index (Price per gallon) National & Regional Averages: June 28 United States $1.70 East Coast #1.688 Midwest $1.65 Gulf Coast $1.624 Rocky Mountain $1.815 ...

Returned goods missing.(Q&A)
July 5, 2004... Q: I visited a client of mine who deals with a major retailer. The retailer issues a guide to all vendors including shipping instructions. One of the instructions deals with returned freight from their stores and says that "[a]ll shipments made...

Play ball.(The Back Page)(Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. sponsors)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Play ball. BNSF is the proud sponsor of professional baseball's first "fair" poles at LaGrave Field, home of the The Texas League's Fort Worth Cats. Technically, some argue, it's a more accurate name: when a baseball hits a foul pole, it's...

Braked.(The Back Page)(vacations planning)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Braked. As everyone gels ready to hit the roads for the summer vacation season, let's remember our favorite comment from a trucker who was quoted in, of all places, The New Yorker: "Every time I use my brakes, that costs me money." Keep that in...

Moved.(The Back Page)(Employee relocation surveys)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Moved. Allied Van Lines is trumpeting a poll that shows 77 percent of wives surveyed say they would move if their husband were transferred. That's nothing, says one trucker: he's had three wives who have moved away even when he wasn't...

Ticketed.(The Back Page)(Exel PLC)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... Ticketed. Exel's status as the United Kingdom's largest logistics company carries no weight on British streets. The 3PL faces a bill for parking tickets in London exceeding $900,000 by the end of the year. Exel claims parking enforcers follow...

Up or down?(The Back Page)(Union Pacific Corp. appoints Richard McClish )(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... UP or Down? Shippers will be interested to hear that Union Pacific has hired Richard McClish for the new position of vice president of continuous improvement. There is really nothing we can add to that.

Fraying dray.(Editorial)(delays of intermodal transportation)(Editorial)
July 12, 2004... Shippers with freight delayed at intermodal facilities are howling with pain but the intermodal industry itself is the real victim this summer. That's because this is supposed to be the year intermodalism, as a shipping practice and as an...

More secure--but not complacent.(Commentary)
July 12, 2004... The private sector has an important role to play in our efforts to secure the homeland--and I appreciate your willingness to take on the many responsibilities that have been placed on your shoulders. The Private Sector subcommittee of our...

Intermodal storm ahead: peak season bringing high intermodal rates, labor woes, equipment shortages, unprecedented surcharge.
July 12, 2004... A volatile mix of labor unrest, capacity shortages, and record volumes has the freight transportation industry bracing for what's shaping up to be the most daunting shipping season in a decade. "We're looking at this fall as the perfect...

Where's the bucks? As new maritime security rules take effect, ports and industry seek greater funding for new initiatives.(Department of Homeland Security)
July 12, 2004... For the present, at least, shippers will not be hit up for money to pay for increased maritime security measures, a top U.S. Homeland Security official pledged as new maritime security regulations took effect July 1. Under Secretary for...

More freight, farther: BTS report says country's 70 percent shipping growth raises 'capacity, congestion challenges.'.(Washington)
July 12, 2004... The Bureau of Transportation Statistics says domestic freight shipping will grow nearly 70 percent by 2020, pressing the country's ability to handle the commerce. "The expected growth in freight movements could result in capacity,...

Highway bill's hazmat skirmish: who should regulate hazmat in highway bill? Business wants DOT; labor says OSHA.(Department of Transportation)(Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
July 12, 2004... House and Senate conferees, already $60 billion or se apart in hammering out a final highway bill, have found another contentious issue to solve. This one concerns which regulatory agency gets the final say over hazardous materials violations....

Schwan tagged out: Wal-Mart's RFID project offers no return, says leading frozen-food distributor in pulling out.(Logistics & Technology)(The Schwan Food Co.)(Wal-Mart Stores Inc.)(Radio Frequency Identification)
July 12, 2004... The Schwan Food Co., a major supplier of frozen foods in the United States and Europe, is withdrawing from its voluntary participation in Wal-Mart Stores' project to roll out RFID technology in its distribution network. The announcement...

C.H. Robinson goes to China.(C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.)
July 12, 2004... Growing into a logistics giant isn't Good enough anymore. After stepping carefully into Europe and South America in recent years, C.H. Robinson is plunging full force into China to carry its brand of third-party and trucking brokerage...

MIT's 2020 foresight: researchers aim to chart the future of logistics by studying short-term, long-term supply chain trends.(Logistics & Technology)(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)(Brief Article)
July 12, 2004... What will a good supply chain look like in 2020? How should shippers prepare today? The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Transportation & Logistics plans to answer those questions through a new project, Supply Chain 2020....

Omron Healthcare.(contracts for services with Kuehne + Nagel )(Brief Article)
July 12, 2004... Omron Healthcare, a personal home diagnostic company, is using third party logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel to manage its North American supply chain, including inbound international freight forwarding, warehousing and domestic transportation....

Qualcomm.(NextLinx's trade compliance software)(Brief Article)
July 12, 2004... Qualcomm will use trade compliance software from Rockville, Md.-based NextLinx to streamline and automate the screening, licensing and document creation process for shipping its communications products to multiple destinations worldwide. The...