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NOVEMBER 27, 2006

C-TPAT survey gives members chance to sound off Are companies who participate in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism really achieving tangible efficiencies by partnering with the U.S. government to secure their international supply chains? That is the question Customs and Border Protection will attempt to answer when it electronically distributes a survey to thousands of companies on Dec. 1 designed to quantify the voluntary program’s return on investment and measure its performance.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2006

Sorry folks.too much work to do, not enough time to do it! Sound familiar? No kidding! I will be at the TRU.com building for the next two weeks. Don't worry, I'll catch up with ya in early December. Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving holiday!

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NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Germany to sell up to 49% of Deutsche Bahn The German coalition government has agreed to sell up to 49 percent of state-owned rail and logistics giant Deutsche Bahn, parent company of Schenker and BAX Global, after agreeing not to include any of the track in the spin-off, Bloomberg reported. Constitutional rules forbid a sale of more than half the shares in the railway.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2006

Maersk container ships biggest and fastest? A.P. Moller-Maersk declined to confirm the service speed of a series of seven 4,150-TEU ships being built at its Volkswerft Stralsund Shipyard in Germany, which are thought to have a service speed of 29 knots making them the world's fastest containerships. Maersk Line already has the biggest containership with the “Emma Maersk” having a declared capacity of 11,000-TEUs but believed to have a physical capacity of about 14,800 TEUs.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2006

German mail, express and logistics giant Deutsche Post World Net reported a net income of 537 million euros ($691 million) in the third quarter, up 30.3 percent compared to 412 million euros in the same period 2005. Third quarter operating profit improved 40.1 percent to 1.03 billion euros ($1.3 billion), from 735 million euros last year. Revenue improved 35 percent to 14.9 billion euros ($19.2 billion), compared to 11 billion euros in the third quarter 2005.

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