Economic Logistics

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LINTHICUM, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 25, 2006–ICAT Logistics, Inc. (www.icatlogistics.com), a leading provider of worldwide transport and expedited freight services, today announced the addition of their newest client, GFI Software. ICAT, one of the fastest growing logistics companies in the country, and a recipient of the INC 500, Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year and International […]

Sunoco Logistics Partners LP said Tuesday that it planned to build two more storage tanks totaling 1.3 million shell barrels of capacity at its Nederland, Texas, terminal.
Sunoco Logistics (NYSE: SXL) said its board of directors had approved the project, which is scheduled for completion by the third quarter of next year.
The company said it has […]

analpina World Transport, a leading global forwarding and logistics service provider has partnered with Sri Lanka based third-party logistics enterprise, Logiwiz Logistics (I) Pvt. Ltd, to launch its first state-of-the-art logistics centre in Whitefield, Bangalore.
The company sees this move as the beginning of expanding operations in India, and intends to invest $3-5 million to set […]

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So usual is it for weapons projects to be massively delayed and overspent that when the taxpayer has […]

TRANG (TNA) — Thailand’s southern province of Trang is facing an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in cattle.
The outbreak occured after a recent severe flooding in many areas of the province, according to local officials.
About 3,000 cattle have been reportedly infected with the disease so far.
Local authorities are accelerating containing the spread of the […]

Luanda, 01/07 - Angolan head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos, ordered the setting up of a group to coordinate the restructuring of the system of logistics and distribution of basic goods to the population. This is contained in a recent edition of the State Gazette that reached ANGOP, appointing the Finance minister, José Pedro […]

HONG KONG: Chinese domestic logistics companies should prepare for increasing competition and challenges from foreign rivals, experts said at the 2nd Logistics Industry Development Annual Conference.
As China is completely opening its logistics market to foreign firms this year in line with its commitments to the World Trade Organization (WTO), some foreign investors are expected to […]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India on Friday cut the amount of subsidised grain supplied to the poor and marginally raised prices at which it is sold to them, a step taken, analysts said, due to falling stocks at food procurement agencies.
The government’s communist allies denounced the move.
For families classed as living above the poverty […]

The European Union’s executive branch will clarify in 2006 how defense procurements essential to national security — and thus protected from foreign competition — should be distinguished from those deemed non-essential and therefore subject to the union’s cross-border public tender rules.
The European Commission’s initiative, announced here Dec. 6, will complement a new voluntary code of […]