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Top Story: Dole keeps it cool under pressure Top Story: New LTL pricing customs 2007 Global Supply Chain Conference

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Shippers and carriers alike oppose port’s pending clean truck program
The announcement made by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to initiate their own "clean trucks program" is meeting resistance by both shippers and carriers this fall.
10/10/2007

Transportation services: Ryder completes Pollock NationaLease acquisition
Global transportation and supply chain management services provider Ryder announced yesterday it has officially completed its acquisition of the assets of Pollock NationaLease, a privately-owned, full service trucking company based in Strathoy, Ontario.
10/10/2007

DHL Global mail opens new Singapore-based domestic terminal
DHL Global Mail, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post World Net’s International Mail division, said today it has rolled out a new 18,000 square-foot, Singapore-based domestic terminal.
10/10/2007

Ocean shipping: TACA says tariff rates remain unchanged
The Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement (TACA) announced yesterday that its bunker adjustment factor (BAF) will remain unchanged through at least December 15. TACA said this decision is based on the latest monitoring of fuel prices.  
10/10/2007

Connecting the dots is key for globalization and supply chain security, says Grackin
The steady increase in outsourcing and off-shore manufacturing is having a significant effect on the way companies do business and prioritize supply chains in a post 9/11 world. And the result of this is that many companies have not found a “new way” when it comes to business processes, according to Ann Grackin, CEO of Cambridge, Mass.-based consultancy ChainLink Research.
10/9/2007

Logistics news: Pilot Air Freight re-launches as Pilot Freight Services
Pilot Air Freight, a full-service transportation and logistics services provider, said today it is officially changing its name to Pilot Freight Services.
10/9/2007

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Tightening the Food Supply “Chain of Custody”
Early in 2007, pet owners worldwide were on alert when hundreds of cats and dogs died after eating food whose maker reportedly had used additives contaminated with melamine. Last year, more than 80 people in the United States fell ill after eating lettuce tainted with E. coli bacteria at a well-known restaurant chain.
Supply Chain Management Review - 9/1/2007

ITA meeting review: What’s next for lift trucks?
Results of the Industrial Truck Association’s (ITA, www.indtrk.org) annual business trends survey were disclosed last month at the association’s fall meeting in Banff, Canada. Here are some of the highlights: China “There are high expectations that U.S. manufacturers will partner with Chinese manufacturers to produce lift trucks in China,” said Dick Davidson, president o...
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