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to the Global Institute of Logistics Annual European Dinner 2009 The Crowne Plaza Hotel, Birmingham NEC Wednesday 28th October 2009 @ 7:30pm [isnl] The dinner will introduce the work of Global Institute of Logistics and more specifically serve as a platform for the launch of the Institute's latest initiative; the Port Cluster Governance Committee , which has been convened to benchmark best practice in global container logistics. ** There are a limited number of complimentary dinner seats, RSVP early to avoid disappointment  Kindly sponsored by: Experts for Experts: "e4e" is a global search consulting network, headquartered in Switzerland, providing talent as well as advice on mergers and acquisitions and MBO's to Multi National Corporations around the world, with specific focus on the transportation and logistics industry.  Global Institute of Logistics 245 Park Avenue 24th and 39th Floors New York, NY 10167 USA more... |
| CEVA Logistics Appoints New CEO Amsterdam, January 18: CEVA Logistics has announced the appointment of John Pattullo as its new chief executive. He will take over from Dave Kulik as soon as he can negotiate his release from rival logistics service provider, DHL Exel. more... |
| Top Businesses Unite To Tackle Climate Change The Confederation of British Industry (CBI), an employers? organisation, has launched a new task force to encourage businesses to tackle climate change. more... |
| RELATIONSHIP ORIENTATION Family Values Pay Off For Hellmann When the Global Institute of Logistics named Hellmann Worldwide as the best global logistics service provider for 2006-2007, the main reason it gave for the award was Hellmann?s commitment to building relationships with customers, partners and employees throughout the world. more... |
| Commission Launches Campaign To Tackle Logistics Bottlenecks Brussels, Dec 15: European transport commissioner, Jacques Barrot, is appealing to everyone in the logistics industry to help identify and solve the problem of bottlenecks on Europe?s main freight routes. more... |
| TNT Logistics Unveils New Name Amsterdam, Dec 13: The outsource logistics service provider, which TNT recently sold to private equity firm Apollo Management, has relaunched under a new brand name. more... |
| OUTSOURCE LOGISTICS Margins Continue To Fall In early December, UK-based logistics service provider Christian Salvesen released interim results for the first half of its current business year. Many of the figures were promising, but the company said immediately that margins are still a problem. more... |
| TRADE STRATEGY ?Mood Music? Changes Over Doha ? But The Song Remains The Same Following the forthright comments on countering protectionism from US Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson, another senior US official has commended an open trade environment. more... |
| LOGISTICS STRATEGY The Benefits Of Benchmarking Logistics property company ProLogis has published a new report confirming the value to industry professionals of benchmarking. more... |
| RELATIONSHIP ORIENTATION Stiller Will Innovate Through Relationships Cargo-owners in all parts of the world and across all verticals demand more from their logistics service provider partners now ? a trend that is certain to continue. more... |