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At the National Defense Transportation Association's 62nd Annual Forum and Exposition in September, Lt. Gen. Bobby Dail, director of the Defense Logistics Agency, stood up at the podium and asserted, "We are a maritime nation."
Starting in late November or in December, plant and plant product importers will be required to file declarations that state the scientific name of any plant in a shipment along with the plant species' country of origin and a description of the plant or plant product's value and quantity.
According to a Sept. 17 e-mail communiqué from the T. Boone Pickens organization, Wal-Mart Stores CEO H. Lee Scott has commissioned a study to determine the feasibility of converting the retailer's 8,500 trucks from diesel to natural gas.
In mid-June, the CEO of the nation's largest LTL carrier said prospects for a U.S. economic recovery in 2009 were dimming, effectively scuttling the trucker's hopes for a near-term firm-up in LTL revenue and pricing.
Hewlett-Packard Co. reportedly is shifting some of its intercontinental shipments from air freight to ocean to mitigate the impact of jet fuel prices and the generally higher costs of moving goods by air.
Many desktop shippers don't use the automated shipping systems that transportation pros do to select carriers and analyze shipping activities and costs.
When American Airlines Cargo recently shipped the personal effects of a renowned—and long dead—monarch, the airline gave every item in the consignment the royal treatment.