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GetThere Green gains award

Leading online corporate travel group GetThere Green has won Executive Magazine’s Green Supply Chain Awards

AMR: ‘supply chain tech worth US$9.2bn’

A report from AMR Research predicts that supply chain technology will increase at a rate of seven percent annually for the next five years.

Wallenius Wilhelmsen logistics to increase service

The joint venture between Scandinavian transport companies Wallenius Lines and Wilh Wilhelmsen has announced it will retire its older tonnage and increase services between Oceania and the Americas.

Avatar Partners and TradeCard will work together

Avatar Partners and TradeCard announce alliance

The two supply chain companies have agreed a partnership to speed up and improve their operations.

BOS signs US$8m deal

Better Online Solutions (BOS) Ltd has announced a supply agreement with an unnamed North American aircraft manufacturer worth an estimated US$8 million.

UPS: outlook unclear, so no peak package forecast

United Parcel Service Inc , the world's largest package delivery company, will not issue a peak shipping volume forecast for the coming holiday season, saying that the current economic environment makes it difficult to issue an accurate projection.

FedEx to reduce emissions

FedEx Corp today, November 13, has announced plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from its FedEx Express aircraft fleet by 20 percent.

DHL to cut 9,500 US jobs

Global delivery company DHL announced Monday, November 10, that it was cutting 9,500 jobs to improve profitability and to prepare for the economic challenges ahead.

C.H. Robinson increases quarterly cash dividend

The board of transportation services provider C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc announced November 6, that it will increase the company's quarterly cash dividend to 24 cents per share from 22 cents.

Con-way Freight to close service centers

Con-way Freight has announced plans to close 40 service centers across the country in an effort to cut costs.

Boeing machinists vote to approve labor contract

Boeing's 27,000 assembly workers voted to approve the company's four-year contract offer on Saturday, ending a strike that has stopped production at the plane maker's Seattle area plants for 57 days.