October, 2007

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Vikings! Put your oars in the water and row like a Mother __r!

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Maersk Line Monday once again denied it is planning to unleash an express 18-day service from the Far East to New York, when American Shipper asked to confirm information received that the shipping line has booked slots with the Panama Canal Authority for its 4,150-TEU B-class ships believed to have service speeds of about 29 to 30 knots. Six of the seven ships in the Panamax series have been delivered from German subsidiary Volkswerft Stralsund.

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Dubai Ports in Cuba! The saga continues.

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The plans are a holdover from Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co., which DP World bought for $6.8 billion in 2006, according to Reuters. The state-owned company was forced to divest its U.S. port assets after a domestic political row about whether the DP World terminals would be a potential entry point for terrorists. The United States currently embargoes most trade to the island nation in an effort to change the communist regime of Fidel Castro.

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Maxwell A. Stolarczyk / Attends Young Leaders State Conference

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Maxwell A. Stolarczyk Hastings Middle School Student Selected For State Leadership Conference National Your Leaders State Conference in Ohio Honoring Area’s Most Highly-Acclaimed Students to be held October 25th through the 28th Columbus, OHIO – This October, Upper Arlington middle school student, Mr. Maxwell A. Stolarczyk, will join a very select group of highly-acclaimed students in Ohio to take part in an extraordinary leadership conference sponsored by the Congressional Youth Leadership Coun

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Samskip Inks Deal With Alcoa

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Alcoa Fjardaál, a new Icelandic plant for Canada's Alcoa, one of the world’s largest producers of aluminum, has contracted Samskip to handle shipments to Europe over the next five years. The planned annual production capacity of Alcoa Fjardaál is 346,000 tons, of which about 80 percent is expected to go to European customers. Samskip will be responsible for shipments to Rotterdam and for organizing on-carriage to customers throughout Europe.

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Artificial Intelligence and the Transportation Industry

Artificial intelligence has quickly become a feature of everyday life: Using face ID to unlock a phone, communicating with online chatbots, and letting “smart” appliances help manage our homes are just a few of the ways that we interact with AI regularly. Forward-looking businesses are also using AI to transform their operations and gain a competitive edge.

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TI Confirms More M&A Via GLS Report

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The disclosed value of mergers and acquisition deals in the global transport and logistics industry during 2006 rose 8.6 percent over 2005 to £36.7 billion ($73.4 billion), London-based Transport Intelligence said in a new report. The report, Global Logistics Strategies 2007, tracked more than 290 deals in 2006, with the largest investment being made in ports, airports and other transport infrastructure operations.

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CSI Signs Deal with ULA

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United Launch Alliance's Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket could form part of a bid for funds from NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration programme, if they become available following October's expected departure of Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) from COTS. California-based Constellation Services International (CSI) has signed a memorandum of understanding with ULA to pursue the potential launching of CSI's LEO Express cargo cannister by an Atlas V for International Space

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BitLogistics Blog

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My old buddy Ken Lyon continues to be ahead of the logistics curve with VisableLogistics and its partner site BitLogistics. He was gracious enough to list me on his new blog role, so I am returning the favor. Check it out “logheads!” BitLogistics provides solutions for monitoring and managing supply chains, both large and small, simple or complex. Supply chain visibility Supply chains are a vital support for the global economy.

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