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Crowley Maritime Corporation is to try out a "lightering" operation tomorrow at Port au Prince, in order to bring aid containers directly into Haiti.

British Airways is flying a second relief aircraft of emergency supplies and equipment to earthquake-stricken Haiti.

Growth in Sri Lanka's air cargo volumes has accelerated thanks to the ongoing development of a new cargo terminal, the end of civil strife and the strength of the Indian economy.

Six of the world's largest logistics firms have joined with a leading logistics software supplier to create a forum dedicated to reducing operating costs in freight forwarding and logistics.

Asia's small and medium enterprises (SMEs) will become increasingly dependent on growth in China, rather than western economies, according to a new report from FedEx Express.

Six of the world's largest logistics firms have joined with a leading logistics software supplier to create a forum dedicated to reducing operating costs in freight forwarding and logistics.

Samsung Panama has selected Panalpina to handle most of its FCL (full container load) ocean freight traffic from Asia-Pacific to Panama in this year.

Findings of a new report looking at the challenges and opportunities for Asian SME's show that while cost controls remain crucial to survival, exporters may benefit from both new sources of consumer demand within Asia, and from the rising volume of trade within the region ¨C especially if more advantage is taken of its many Free Trade Agreements (FTAs).

In light of the tight capacity on the Asia-Europe trade, shippers and forwarders are being advised to work more closely with carriers this year to secure space on ships.

Shipping lines are continuing to roll cargo and are able to increase rates because vessel capacity has remained tight since Christmas.

Germany has been ranked the most-efficient logistics country in the world, narrowly ahead of Singapore, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, according to the World Bank's 2010 Logistics Performance Index (LPI).

Aqua Logistics plans to raise almost Rs1.5bn (US$33m) in its proposed initial public offering, which will open for subscriptions between January 25 and January 28.

Legal & General Property has secured food-retailer Sainsbury's as a tenant at its 43,000sq metre Bedford Connect warehouse in Marsh Leys Distribution Park.

AAC Capital Partners, a Northern European mid-market buyout firm, has acquired a majority stake from Industrifonden and a number of private investors in Envirotainer, the leader in temperature controlled logistics for the pharmaceutical industry.

German railway Deutsche Bahn (DB) says it could take years before its transport and logistics business returns to the pre-2008 level, and pinned its hopes on overseas business.Karl-Friedrich Rausch, a member of DB's board of management, said that it would probably be in 2012 or 2013 before DB's freight volume and revenues rise to the 2008 level.

The recent acquisition of a freight forwarding company in Dubai by the Toll Group is the latest move by the company to create a complete logistics offering capable of providing global supply chain services.

The container logistics arm of CWT Limited, OCWS Logistics, has expanded its operations to Malaysia, Business Times Singapore reported.

UPS is to significantly increase its service parts logistics network in China by establishing 101 new bonded and non-bonded field stocking locations (FSLs) covering 89 key mainland cities.

Forwarders working in the ocean sector are hoping to capitalise on carriers' decisions to renege on contract agreements last year.

The first aid flights for Haiti were expected to fly into Port au Prince on Thursday afternoon, following the introduction of an emergency air traffic control system.