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MARCH 31, 2006

Now that we have pushed DP World aside, and are now trying to legislate ourselves into a transportation quagmire, with no real US-based organizations able to manage our port network…lets take some stock in our transport infrastructure situation. You know what really scares me? It is the inability of our transportation infrastructure to keep up with the normal day-to-day strain, pressure imposed on the basic links.

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MARCH 23, 2006

Let's Go Mountaineers! Back to the Georgia Dome for the Sweet 16! Can lightning strike twice for us in the Georgia Dome this year? Good luck to the Mountaineers and their fans! Let's Go Mountaineers!

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MARCH 17, 2006

The forum was awesome, and I'm going to try and come up with a solid post on choice, and the user being in charge in this day-and-age of logsitics and transportation. If I can ever distance myself from the DP World mess! Check in with you later this week!

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MARCH 10, 2006

My mind will be aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought.careening through a cosmic vapor of invention. Can you name the source of the quote? I'll check in with ya after the event.

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Heico Sandee, CEO of Smart Robotics, explores how automation redefines warehouse culture. By shifting repetitive tasks to skill-based roles, automation improves safety, fosters collaboration, and makes warehousing more appealing to today’s workforce.

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MARCH 3, 2006

Eller & Co. makes Buy-American play for P&O The Eller & Co., the Fort Lauderdale-based stevedoring company that has filed suit and asked Congress to block the sale of P&O Ports North America to a state-owned terminal operator in Dubai, now says it is interested in buying some or all of the port facilities if the deal is thwarted. DP World's $6.8 billion takeover of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Corp. and its 30 terminals around the world is scheduled to close today, even as th

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MARCH 8, 2006

Dubai Ports World can't seem to catch a break. When Chief Operating Officer Edward "Ted" Bilkey went before Congress and offered a gesture of good will that everyone should be guided by Abraham Lincoln's prescription of "malice toward none, with charity for all," senators pounced on him, saying Dubai showed no good will towards Israel by enforcing an Arab boycott of goods from that country.

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MARCH 24, 2006

The Quick Read on the DP Deal When DP World, a United Arab Emirates-based company, abandoned its effort to take over some operations in six major U.S. seaports today, it marked the end of what was a growing political disaster for the White House. For more than two weeks, President Bush’s team had been defending a deal that would have put an Arab company in charge of ports in Miami, New York and several other major cities.

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