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Rivals get together to help the Philippines

Agility, Maersk, TNT Express, and UPS - the four companies that make up the Logistics Emergency Teams (LETs) to humanitarian relief efforts during natural disasters - are offering vital warehousing, transport, and logistics support in the current emergency in the Central Philippines. Described as the first multi-company commitment to the humanitarian sector, the LETs were launched in 2008 at the World Economic Forum Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The LETs are responding ... [+]

Agility opens new Malaysia centre

Agility has opened a logistics centre in Melaka on the Malay Peninsula. The bonded 47,500sq ft, 5,000 pallet position warehouse will support a variety of industry sectors, including automotive and renewable energy industries.       [+]

New Europe chief for Agility

Logistics provider Agility has named Mike Bible as Chief executive officer of its Europe operations, following the decision by Beat Simon to depart the company and Chris Price as CEO of its Asia Pacific operations. Mike Bible will oversee over 140 offices in over 29 countries, and more than 3,000 ... [+]

Forwarders fined for price-fixing

The European Commission fined 14 international air freight forwarders a total of €169 million on 28 March for colluding to fix prices and other trading conditions in 2002-07. The fines, which were a European mirror-image to those imposed by the US anti-trust authorities last year, were imposed mainly on large ... [+]

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