Top stories this month include a move by European transport associations to produce a position paper on the European Modal System... **View this email as a webpage** http://epidm.edgesuite.net/RBI/chemicals/chncl/HTML/CHNCL_20090720.html **Add us to your safe senders. Please click below** http://epidm.edgesuite.net/RBI/whitelist/whitelist.html Issue 27: 20 July 2009 Welcome to the latest ICIS logistics and distribution e-newsletter ================================================================== Sponsored by: ------------------ Oiltanking http://www.oiltanking.com/index_icis.php Top stories this month include a move by European transport associations to produce a position paper on the European Modal System. They are backing the concept EMS which would allow combinations of existing loading units into longer, and sometimes heavier, vehicle combinations. An analysis of the container shipping sector lambastes operators for not doing enough to combat the economic crisis. An opinion paper warns companies against installing tailored IT solutions. Shippers warned to be wary of bespoke solutions ----------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9233465&nf=true Drewry report on container capacity management ----------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9233463&nf=true A position on the European Modular System ----------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9233462&nf=true More News http://www.icis.com/news/news.aspx?label=headlines Advertorial =================================== OPSEM 2009 - NACD Operations Seminar and Trade Show http://www.nacd.com/events/opsem/ Cleveland Crowne Plaza Hotel / Cleveland Convention Center, Cleveland, Ohio. 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