TRANSPORT & LOGISTIC NEWS * WORLDWIDE

Briefing Weekly News

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from Freight Forwarding

* UK Forwarder Allport merges with CS

- Allport, one of the UK’s largest freight forwarding and logistics companies, has announced it is merging with Hong Kong based CS Logistics Holdings Limited. Read Full Brief Here

from Contract Logistics

* Logistics world looks beyond China in 2011

- The world’s economy may not be seeing the acute instability of the past two years but it is not quite out of the crisis yet. Thomas Cullen looks at the prospects for the global logistics industry in 2011. Read Full Brief Here

* Convention Center Appoints Agility

- Agility has been appointed as the preferred vendor for the Adelaide Convention Center. Read Full News Here

* Caterpillar Announces New Parts Distribution Center in Dubai

- Cat Logistics will open a new parts distribution center in Dubai, UAE and will utilize the SAP Service Parts Management (SPM) system. Read Full News Here

* UPS expands healthcare network with new facilities in Asia, Europe, U.S.A. and Canada

- UPS has announced a significant expansion of its global healthcare distribution facility network to accommodate continued growth in its healthcare business. Read Full News Here

from Road Freight

* The Logistics World in 2010

- The global logistics industry saw a strong bounce-back in 2010 as it emerged from recession but struggled to cope with volcanoes, security breaches and price fixing allegations. John Manners-Bell looks back over the last year and highlights some of the key events. Read Full Brief Here

* Toll Buys Specialist Australian Transport Operator

- Toll Group, the Asian-based logistics provider, has sold a Chinese property company and acquired an Australian poultry transportation specialist. Read Full News Here

* FMCSA Issues Proposed Rule on Hours-of-Service Requirements

- New hours of service regulations limiting the amount of time a commercial truck driver is on the road have been proposed. Among the changes is reducing the daily hours driven from 11 hours to 10 hours. Read Full News Here

* £95m New Year fuel tax increase for industry, condemned by FTA

- The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has condemned the latest increase in fuel duty that took place on January 1, 2011 which will cost the freight industry an additional £95m. Read Full News Here

* Teamsters grant conditional extension on YRCW restructuring plan

- The Teamsters National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee (TNFINC) has announced that it has granted YRC Worldwide Inc. (YRCW) a conditional extension until March 15, 2011 on key timelines to achieve elements of its comprehensive restructuring plan. Read Full News Here

from Air Cargo

* US Air Cargo Security to be Major Issue in 2011

- US air cargo security remains vulnerable. With the US Congress returning to session in January, air cargo security will surely be one of the top issues to be debated. Read Full Brief Here

* Emirates Completes First Paperless Flight

- Emirates SkyCargo has recently marked a milestone with its inaugural paperless flight. Read Full News Here

* Emirates SkyCargo Completes Longest Flight

- Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates airline, has set new records by operating its longest ever non-stop flight. Read Full News Here

from Warehousing

* AMB Forms Brazil Logistics Fund

- AMB Property Corporation, a leading owner, operator and developer of global industrial real estate, has announced the formation of AMB Brazil Logistics Partners Fund I, L.P. Read Full News Here

from Shipping/Ports

* Turners Shipping joins BDP Global Network

- Turners Shipping (Pty) Ltd., one of South Africa’s leading logistics solution providers, has become a partner in the BDP Global Network. Read Full News Here

* Port of Rotterdam emerges stronger from crisis

- In 2010, the port of Rotterdam had record levels of throughput which rose to 430m tonnes; an increase of 11.1% on 2009 figures and 2.1% more than in the previous record year 2008. Read Full News Here

from Intermodal

* Grant Signed for 'Crescent Corridor' Intermodal Freight Facilities

- $105 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds provided for the construction of two intermodal freight facilities in Memphis, Tennessee and Birmingham, Alabama. Read Full News Here

* Con-way Multimodal implements McLeod Software's PowerBroker trucking software

- Con-way Multimodal, a division of Con-way Inc., has announced it has implemented McLeod Software’s PowerBroker trucking software platform as its new brokerage system solution. Read Full News Here

* Europe - Miscellaneous: Tradeteam doubles proportion of waste recycled

- Tradeteam, the UK-based drinks logistics supplier, has doubled the proportion of waste it recycled in 2010 compared to 2009 totals. This is due to a new waste management programme in place at all of its operating sites. Read Full News Here