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Forceful implementation of a sustainable strategy GO! steps on the environmentally friendly gas

Posted by | Mar 12, 2007 | |

GO! Express & Logistics is intensifying its activities in the area of sustainability. With the application of gas-powered vehicles – compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) – GO! is really stepping on the environmentally friendly gas at the start of 2006. As a result the provider of courier and express services is not only reducing environmental pollution but is also decisively cutting its operating costs – especially its fuel costs.

“Thanks to our support for the Nestor II study, a European research project by the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg (MPIMET), we have been able to examine our operational processes and their efficiency from an emission-control point of view. In the process we have received some useful ideas about the areas where optimisation is possible”, explains Ralf-Hans Dierks, CEO of GO! General Overnight Service (Deutschland) GmbH.

The Nestor II team analysed the CO2 efficiency and energy consumption per shipment. The findings were then presented to a large number of participants from the logistics market on 8 December 2005. The CEP data for the study was provided exclusively by GO! The study was rounded off by an industry survey in the form of interviews, and its results showed that the CEP segment is already operating at a very high level of efficiency. Nevertheless the researchers showed potential for improvement in, for example, the use of telematic and navigation systems, the choice of the optimum delivery vehicle and use of alternative fuels.

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UPS cancels superjumbo

Posted by | Mar 12, 2007 | |

UPS’s withdrawal as the last customer for the misbegotten Airbus freighter was all but inevitable for some time, but the breakup between the aircraft manufacturer and the world’s second-largest cargo airline marked an unusually messy end to a freighter purchase agreement.
The muddy ending was rivaled only by the A380 program itself, a project that has fallen far behind schedule.
Passenger airlines have been clamoring for penalty payments and freighter customers dropped their orders as Airbus has undergone a massive management overhaul in the aftermath.
Freighter cancellations by FedEx Express, which became the first in and the first out on the Airbus sales sheet for A380 freighters, Emirates and International Lease Finance Corp. had left UPS as the only cargo customer for the massive new aircraft.
UPS and Airbus seemingly had set the stage in late February for an amicable parting. They announced a redrawn purchase agreement that allowed either side to end the sale under a preset timetable.
But on Feb. 28, Airbus disclosed a restructuring plan in which it will lay off 10,000 employees. And a day later Airbus pulled its workers off the freighter assembly line to work on passenger versions of the plane, an action UPS officials did not learn about directly from the manufacturer.
UPS now is focused on adding the capacity the company believes it will need in the international arena in coming years.

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Crittenden withdraws as nominee for UPS Board

Posted by | Mar 9, 2007 | |

The Board of Directors of UPS announced that Gary L. Crittenden, who will become the chief financial officer of Citigroup on March 12, has withdrawn his name for election to the UPS Board.

On Feb. 14, the UPS Board announced it had nominated Crittenden to stand for election as a new director at the company’s annual shareowners meeting in May. At that time, Crittenden was the chief financial officer of the American Express Co. He subsequently agreed to become CFO of Citigroup and under Citigroup policy, senior executives may only serve on one outside board.

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Cisco recognises leaders in innovation at Cisco Networkers 2007

Posted by | Mar 7, 2007 | |

Cisco® and IDG recognised seven networking projects at the annual Cisco Networkers Innovation Awards ceremony held in Cannes, France, on Jan. 31, 2007. Out of more than 60 entries, seven winners were selected as leading examples of organisations that have embraced new and advanced technology.

The winners were Siminn, for Best Broadband Internet Protocol Service; Poste Italiane, for Best Corporate IP Network; Appear Networks, for Best Mobility and Wireless Project; AIDA Cruises, for Best Unified Communications Project; UniCredit, for Best Data Centre Project; Saudi Telecom, for Best Service Provider IP Next-Generation Network Infrastructure; and Centre Hospitalier d’Arras, for Most Society Impacting Network.

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