ReleaseWire

In conjunction with Mettler-Toledo,Deutsche Post DHL recently signed a new European contract for repair and maintenance services of weight and volume systems.

Sea Star Line, LLC, has placed an order for 100 brand-new 53-foot cargo containers to serve customers at its Jacksonville and Philadelphia ports. The containers will be available for immediate use in the third quarter of 2011 - just in time to accommodate the pre-holiday shipping season.

Software provider IES, Ltd. is proud to announce the rollout of its Forwarder software at England Logistics. England Logistics is among the largest and most diverse third-party logistics (3PL) companies in the world. The Salt Lake City based 3PL has launched the integrated software for end-users throughout North America and China.

The leading pet flight & relocation provider established a unique service – Pet Courier. A professional pet attendant accompanies pets throughout international flights when their owners are unable to travel with them

Sharing our success with our customers a special offer for a limited period till 31st Jan 2011, we are pleased to inform you that we are offering up to 50% Discount on some of our best sellers such as “China Shipbuilding Industry Forecast”.

Dimensional weight pricing ensures that large, bulky items are invoiced according to the space they take up rather than actual weight. In order to maximise revenue, a carrier should compare actual weight with dimensional weight and use the greater of the two as billable weight. In on, customer declared measurements should be checked to ensure that invoices reflect the actual size of each shipment. Revenue Recovery is a term used to describe the protection of revenue through automatic dimensioning. Read on to discover more about how to maximize your revenue through dimensional weight pricing and automatic measuring.

Tom Bonkenburg will present a discussion on ways the robotics industry can impact the world of logistics, distribution and material handling at the 18th Annual Robotics Industry Forum, Jan. 19 - 21, 2011, at the Disney’s Boardwalk Resort in Orlando, Fla.

Moving or shifting is definitely a great responsibility that requires a lot of planning and also involves a lot of stress. It is for this reason that professional shifting service providers make this chaotic task a lot easier and comfortable within cost effective prices. Relocating can particularly be a tough job in places like New York and Chicago with the booming residencies and official as well as commercial possibilities that draw so many people. Hence A-Z Moving, Inc is a reliable short and long distance relocation service provider in humongous places like New York and Chicago.

The Port of Virginia transports more intermodal containers to more cities faster and more efficiently than any other port in the United States. Norfolk International Terminals is the largest of the four general-cargo terminals that handle this large amount of inbound and outbound traffic. Covering approximately 660 acres, Norfolk International Terminals is home to the world's largest container cranes, which are 271 feet high and move as many as forty 50-ton containers per hour. Container storage at the terminal is more than 34,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).

The CSN840 Pallet wins Best Innovation Award at the SITL Europe Exhibition.

Europe Remove, a London-based removals company serving clients moving to Amsterdam,moving to Zurich and across the EU for domestic, business and educational purposes, have increased their number of trips to large Swiss,Belgium,German,French and Dutch cities.

Taking household items from one location to another can be a tiring experience but in Canada’s capital city of Toronto, a veteran hauling company provides best-rated services that make moving simple.

3PD is added to Transport Topics 'Top 100 Carriers' list for the fourth consecutive year. Karl Meyer, CEO of 3PD, discusses his trucking company's latest accomplishment.

Excalibur Van Lines Movers offer professional and affordable moving service. If you are looking for movers in Los Angeles or relocation specialists call Excalibur movers for free moving quote.

The opening of Al - Maktoum will support Move One's logistics operations in and around the region.

Matt Kulp, director of distribution and fulfillment projects at St. Onge Co., (www.stonge.com) will lecture on ways for companies to measure and manage labor and cut costs by up to 15 percent at the North American Material Handling Logistics Tradeshow (NA 2010) on April 27, from 4:00 to 4:45 p.m. in theater F.

While many courier and freight companies are still faced with staff losses and other cutbacks during this tough economic climate, ParceLLink has gone from strength to strength, investing in new technology and even doubling their workforce.

Freight forwarder and logistics provider, The Hipage Company, explains that diversification through customization is one of the tenets of long-term success. The company uses insightful analogies on the topic and provides advice to the industry.

A student project which has led to significant safety improvements at North East-based Teesport has won Daniel McDougal, an engineering apprentice at PD Ports, runner-up prize in the Skills Showcase 2009 event.

V. Ships Norway has ordered the hundredth SharpEye™ unit to be produced by Kelvin Hughes – for fitting on-board the Nordic Saturn, a Suezmax crude oil carrier owned by Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd.

When the votes were tallied, the working people of America picked a Union Pacific Locomotive Engineer from Minnesota as the quintessential American Worker for 2008. The “Search for the American Worker 2” competition was sponsored by the Working Person’s Store of Lakeville, Indiana, and Carolina Shoe Company.

Made4Net and its Lithuanian partner Logistikos Projektai have announced the winning of a WMS project in Klaipedos Smelte, a leading stevedoring company in Lithuania. The solution will be jointly implemented by Made4net and Logistikos Projektai in a very tight schedule, with the objective to run a high volume warehouse, early July 2007.

E-shipper is changing the way that businesses do their day to day shipping and warehousing. E-shipper General Manager Rick Wray states that traditional freight forwarders and warehouse operators will soon find that they cannot compete in the new online world if they don't keep up with technology and new client demands. Wray indicates that the E-shipper group has spent millions of dollars in technology and resources to make E-shipper the finest online shipping tool in the world. "The good news for clients is that the shipping technology is provided absolutely FREE!!" indicates Wray.