| In This June 25, 2009 Issue |
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YRC Worldwide (YRCW) announced it had finalized an agreement
with Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund (known
as Central States) in which the company will provide real estate as
collateral in lieu of making pension contribution payments during the
second quarter of 2009.
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Southeastern Freight Lines is the only motor carrier to
receive a Premier Supplier award this year from Eaton Corp., according
to the company.
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LXE Inc., the maker of rugged mobile computers, announced a
new alliance with IntelliTrack Inc., provider of inventory control and
asset-management software for small to medium businesses.
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My Freight Portal 3PL is Transite Technology's latest effort
to link customers of third party logistics providers (3PLs) and broker
customers, according to Geoff Comrie, CEO of Transite.
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While James Oberstar (D-MN) has publicly criticized the Obama
Administration's call for stop-gap highway funding and an 18-month delay
in moving the Surface Transportation Authorization Act of 2009, the
chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has
received an endorsement for his bill from the American Association of
Port Authorities (AAPA).
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Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor received 94 giant wind turbine
blades bound for one of the world's largest wind farms under
construction in northwestern Indiana.
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British International Freight Association has urged the UK
Department for Transport (DfT) to rethink proposed increases in freight
charges for ships using British ports.
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These articles were those most viewed in last week's
newsletter.
- Apparel Retailer Saves With RFID
Swiss-based Charles Vögele streamlined its apparel supply chain with
RFID tools from Checkpoint Systems.
- Ryder to Provide Logistics Services for Pallet
Pool
Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS), which offers plastic
rental pallets with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags embedded
in the pallets, said it will use Ryder System Inc. to provide reverse
logistics solutions to support the continuous flow of pallets to, from
and among its customer base of manufacturers and retailers.
- Make Transportation Policy Accountable Says
NTPP
The message of the National Transportation Policy Project (NTPP) is
clear from the start, "US transportation policy needs to be more
performance-driven, more directly linked to a set of clearly articulated
goals, and more accountable for results."
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