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CSX Corporation has announced a carbon-dioxide reduction effort as the railroad operator called itself the first major US transportation provider to partake in a federal effort to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, Dow Jones reported.

DB Schenker has reorganised its range of contract logistics services in Spain. Schenker Logistics España and Schenker Industrial Logistics Iberica merged in early 2009 to form the new company Schenker High Tech Logistics, headquartered in Madrid.

Port management and logistics firm Gulftainer has signed an agreement with the international plastics company Borouge to provide on-site logistics services at Borouge's polyolefins plant in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, over the next five years.

Fish farmer Liu Huaxin would like a loan to grow his business. The extra money would allow Liu to expand his production capacity as well as move into speciality fish products which could help to increase his profits and ultimately improve his standard of living. That is easier said than done in his home of Qiaozui, a village near Wuhan. "Right now, banks in our district have bad debt and many non-performing loans. Bad creditors have damaged good creditors' [reputations] because they did not pay their loans," he said.

State media says China is considering a stock market listing for its valuable Beijing-Shanghai railway line to raise funds for the nation's massive rail construction plans. The China Daily reported that the Ministry of Railways may restructure the line linking Shanghai and Beijing into a holding company before floating it.

Air China has launched its Hubei branch company while officially abandoning its pursuit of East Star Airlines and opening its own service from Wuhan to Guangzhou, Hangzhou and Shenzhen.

Logistics operator and port manager Gulftainer is to provide on-site logistics services for plastics firm Borouge at its plant in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, in a five-year deal.

Property developer ProLogis has leased a 20,000sq metre newly built warehouse in Wroclaw, Poland, to computer systems manufacturer Acer.

Senior executives at AP Moller-Maersk's forwarding and logistics group Damco have denied rumours it is up for sale.

Toll Holdings said it has agreed with Chevron to manage the Barrow Island supply base and logistics services for the Gorgon liquefied natural gas project in Western Australia state, Dow Jones reported.

Hong Kong and Huizhou city in Guangdong province have formed closer ties in infrastructure construction and financial services.

FedEx Corporation and OfficeMax have reached a multiyear agreement to offer domestic FedEx express and ground shipping services in more than 900 OfficeMax stores beginning this fall as the struggling office-supply retailer looks to boost traffic at its stores, Dow Jones reported.

Transaid Week starts today, in which a number of events are taking place in support of the logistics charity and its development projects in Africa.

A war of words has erupted between different industry associations supporting and opposing the Rotterdam Rules.

The number of supply chain partners vulnerable to the new liability loophole uncovered by IFW last month could be far greater than originally thought, and include carriers of all modes, as well as forwarders and warehouse operators.

Geodis Wilson has ambitions to become one of the major logistics providers for the pharmaceuticals industry in the fastgrowing Chinese and Indian markets over the next three years.

The number of supply chain partners vulnerable to the new liability loophole uncovered by IFW last month could be far greater than originally thought, and include carriers of all modes, as well as forwarders and warehouse operators.

FedEx Express today announced the official opening of its expanded customer service center in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province in central China.