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Stobart Rail opens Tesco Green Train rail freight service
Stobart Rail, in partnership with Tesco, has announced the opening of a new six days a week Grangemouth - Inverness rail freight service. The Scottish Government, in its commitment to ease congestion on the A9 trunk road, and reduce damage to the environment, has allocated over £3 million of funding to all parties connected with this new rail freight service. This will significantly reduce pre... [more]
European project addresses eco-sustainable and socially beneficial transport
The challenge of introducing more environmentally friendly and flexible transport systems across Europe is being tackled by experts from the University of Aberdeen. Key academics from the institution’s Centre for Transport Research play a crucial role in a new €2.6 million project launched last week to provide cost effective and sustainable public transport solutions.The EU funded initiative wi... [more]
Odyssey Logistics & Technology (OL&T) Facilitates Major Transport Agreement for Grace in Dubai (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation , a leading global logistics and transportation service provider, announced today the expansion of their work for W. R. Grace & Co. to include the management of the specialty chemical and materials company's Dubai transportation program.
Optelian Extends European Sales Strength (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
MARIETTA, GA--(Marketwire - 03/09/10) - Optelian, a trusted optical transport system manufacturer, today announced an agreement with Laser 2000 to distribute and support Optelian's Light GAIN optical transport systems. Laser 2000 is based in Wessling, Germany and has branch offices and clients throughout Europe. "Laser 2000 has a great deal of credibility and trust in the market. With their ...
Environmentally Friendly Technologies Have Been Playing an Important Role at WITRON for More Than 10 Years (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL--(Marketwire - 03/09/10) - Highly dynamic picking systems and green logistics are not mutually exclusive. The Parkstein logisticians from Witron have been proving this for many years now. "The energy efficiency of a logistics plant has long ceased to be a minor factor in project placement decisions," according to Witron sales manager Ulrich Schlosser. "For the client these ...
Push for dual-track railways continues (The Nation - Thailand's English news)
The dual-track railways development plan is aimed at enhancing a multi-modal shift from road to rail transport in a bid to reduce the overall logistics cost to compete with other countries, the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) has said.
Fleets: Related News (TruckingInfo.com)
3/8/2010 - Fortune Ranks 12 Trucking and Delivery Companies As Most Admired Fortune magazine chose seven trucking, transportation and logistics companies and five delivery companies to be part of its World's Most Admired Companies list....
Environmentally Friendly Technologies Have Been Playing an Important Role at WITRON for More Than 10 Years (Marketwire)
Energy-Efficient Witron Solutions Cost-Effective, Ergonomic and "Green"
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Optelian Extends European Sales Strength (Marketwire)
Germany-Based Laser 2000 to Distribute Optelian Systems
Eurotunnel eyes high-speed operation
The company that operates the Channel Tunnel is working on plans to introduce high-speed freight trains through the sub-sea tunnel, as it pursues a series of initiatives to boost railfreight and passenger traffic
Aer Lingus to cut 230 cabin crew
The Irish state carrier says the group will continue with the implementation of its €97m restructuring plan for the four other union groups, all of which agreed to the airline's proposal
EADS' bumpy ride
The aerospace group is hobbled by its core industrial shareholders. The underlying answer must be to change the shareholder base
How today's killer applications died first time round
Many of the dotcoms awash with investors' cash 10 years ago were short on sensible ways to spend it. From inflatable boardrooms to first-class air travel and...
Washington has taken Airbus for a four-year ride
The US defence and aerospace industry has traditionally had three sanctuaries. One is Israel's flag carrier El Al, which continues to operate an all-Boeing fleet of...
Eurotunnel eyes high-speed freight operation
The company that operates the Channel Tunnel is working on plans to introduce high-speed freight trains through the sub-sea tunnel, as it pursues a series of...
Washington has taken Airbus for a four-year ride
The US defence and aerospace industry has traditionally had three sanctuaries. One is Israel's flag carrier El Al, which continues to operate an all-Boeing fleet of...
Airline cheer as business travellers get on board
US equities rallied modestly yesterday, a year to the day since markets closed at their lows during the financial crisis, as investors took stock of the recovery...
Aer Lingus to cut 230 cabin crew
Aer Lingus, the Irish state carrier, announced yesterday that it intends to make 230 compulsory redundancies among cabin crew after they rejected a €97m (£88m)...
Signs of business travel revival send airlines higher
US equities rallied modestly yesterday, a year to the day since markets closed at their lows during the financial crisis, as investors took stock of the recovery...
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Environmentally Friendly Technologies Have Been Playing an Important Role at WITRON for More Than 10 Years (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL--(Marketwire - 03/09/10) - Highly dynamic picking systems and green logistics are not mutually exclusive. The Parkstein logisticians from Witron have been proving this for many years now. "The energy efficiency of a logistics plant has long ceased to be a minor factor in project placement decisions," according to Witron sales manager Ulrich Schlosser. "For the client these ...
Push for dual-track railways continues (The Nation - Thailand's English news)
The dual-track railways development plan is aimed at enhancing a multi-modal shift from road to rail transport in a bid to reduce the overall logistics cost to compete with other countries, the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) has said.
Centurion opens new $40m supply depot (thewest.com.au)
Wooden crates the size of small cars, colourful barrels, hessian-covered bales and giant tyres to plastic-wrapped washing machines and pile after pile of small machinery parts and crates of beer.
Oilfield company expands, hiring additional workers (The Houma Courier)
Kathrine Schmidt Staff Writer HOUMA — A local oilfield-services company has finished construction on the first part of a $3 million dockside facility at Port Fourchon, allowing the firm to hire 30 additional workers.
Bagpipe player enjoys a life of note (The Courier Mail)
THE Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader will be united before the Celtic skirl of Bruce Grice's pipes in Brisbane next Tuesday.
Oilfield company expands, hiring additional workers (The Daily Comet)
Published: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 11:50 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 11:50 a.m. HOUMA — A local oilfield-services company has finished construction on the first part of a $3 million dockside facility at Port Fourchon, allowing the firm to hire 30 additional workers.
Fab Four to invade Upper Moreland (Public Spirit & The Willow Grove Guide)
The British Invasion will take over Upper Moreland High School March 11 when Beatlemania Again, the world’s premier Beatles’ stage show, will bring the sounds of the 1960s to the area for a good cause.
Environmentally Friendly Technologies Have Been Playing an Important Role at WITRON for More Than 10 Years (Marketwire)
Energy-Efficient Witron Solutions Cost-Effective, Ergonomic and "Green"
Reportlinker Adds Military Robots and Unmanned Vehicles Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010 to ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
A world network of humanitarian efforts (MalaysiaNews.net)
To ensure the speedy delivery of items within 24 to 48 hours, depots are usually set up within airport complexes near disaster-prone areas.Such relief hubs in Ghana, the United Arab Emirates, Panama a...
