TNT said its board of directors and board of supervisors agreed UPS issued the offer to 9.50 euros per share, higher than last month issued the first nine euros per share offer. PostNL TNT’s largest shareholder, with 29.8% of the shares, the shareholders also expressed support for the deal.

Monday in a joint statement, the companies said the offer increased compared to TNT in the two companies announced the previous day’s closing price premium in negotiating merger and acquisition of 53.7%.

UPS is the world’s largest package delivery company, which has long been of TNT “coveted”, as a way to help it expand the European market, especially in the United Kingdom, France and Germany and the Netherlands.

The end of the deal of TNT guess over the years, TNT, from the Dutch postal operator PostNL (PNL) in May last year spun off and listed last year. With falling profits and the 2012 outlook is not optimistic, TNT management is facing huge pressure from shareholders, including U.S. hedge fund Jana Partners and Alberta Investment Management Corporation.

Last Friday, the UPS is still in a “constructive” talks with TNT. TNT had announced last month and refused UPS9 euro offer.

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With the formal implementation of the EU carbon tax, all flights out of the 27 EU member states are required to pay an additional sum of aviation carbon tax. The EU has led to strong protests from the United States, China, Russia and other major global economies. The end of 2009, the U.S. Air Transport Association and three American Airlines, the EU imposed an aviation carbon tax violation of the Convention on International Civil Aviation sued the European Union. But by the end of 2011, the highest judicial body of the European Union – European Court of Justice dismissed the lawsuit. For dissatisfaction with the unilateral EU carbon emissions tax, a number of non-EU countries are planning to use similar modes of taxation to counter the EU.

IATA believes that the aviation industry to bring huge economic and social benefits for the global, the collection of aviation “carbon tax” will reduce the economic, trade and competitiveness, the direct impact and the threat of 10 million with the airline industry is directly related to or dependent on the survival of the airline industry Tourism jobs.

IATA said that to understand the dissatisfaction of the non-EU countries, but also do not want to see the staged taxes and competition in international flights between the different regions. IATA recommendations related to non-EU airlines to protest at the same time, to prepare response plans with governments together under ICAO coordination with the EU to return to the negotiating table with the special global agreement to eventually avoid these lead to distortions of competition tax and fee.

Energy-saving emission reduction targets for 2009 to develop the aviation industry, aviation industry, fuel efficiency an average annual growth of 1.5% to 2020; to achieve carbon neutral growth since 2020; 2050 (compared with 2005) to reduce carbon emissions by half , IATA think the above objectives through the use of new technologies, more efficient operations, improve infrastructure and positive economic measures to achieve. Such as the new Boeing 787 has been put into transportation services, compared to the previous models fuel savings of 20%. Future commercial development of biofuels will continue to reduce the carbon emissions of the aviation industry, such as Air China Limited (Air China Limited, referred to as “Air China”) has successfully completed China’s first aviation sustainable biofuels test flight, which is the industry seen as a starting point for biofuels in the aviation large-scale commercial.

Airline shares fell 3 percent in December

The survey shows that 61 airlines in the third quarter operating profit amounted to $ 12 billion, net profit amounted to $ 5,000,000,000. European airlines in the third quarter net profit of $ 2.744 billion, down 5% year on year. Asia-Pacific airlines in the third quarter net profit of $ 1.596 billion, ranking second. North American airlines in the third quarter net profit of $ 898 million.

Subject to the drop in net profit, the airline stock prices fell further, according to the Bloomberg World Index, airline shares fell 3 percent in December 2011, it reached 14 percent decline in November, the overall decrease of 40%. The airline shares fell almost to the level of the economic recession in early 2009, regional airlines have been suffering from the impact.

IATA predicted that the economic weakness of the euro area, such as sovereign debt problems of the region evolved into a new crisis, the European economic recession or drag on the global aviation market lower; such as have been avoided, then the 2011 fourth quarter to 2012, emerging economies aviation the passenger market will remain strong, and rely on export-led developed economies of the business travel air passenger market may be lower.

The global air cargo market shrinking by 5%

Since the mid-2011, the global air cargo market has shrunk by 5 percent, much higher than 1% of world trade shrink amount. Air Cargo is one of the trade confidence in the hardest hit industry.

IATA is expected to fall into recession in Europe will lead to the 2012 global GDP growth slowdown caused by 0.8%. Finally, in 2012, the global air transport industry Pre – losing $ 8.3 billion, net profit margin of negative 1.4%. Regions with varying degrees of loss, but escaped.

Its net profit of $ 28 million from a year earlier, or 17 cents per share to $ 18 million, 11 cents a share.

Does not include one-time expenses, the company posted 13 cents a share, higher than accept the FactSet survey of analysts’ average estimate of 2 cents.

Revenue rose 8.5 percent, to $ 3.16 billion, slightly higher than the average analyst estimate of $ 3.15 billion.

The fourth quarter passenger unit revenue increased 9.9%, reached a record high of 15.2 cents. Fuel costs increased by $ 232 million.

U.S. Airways passenger demand is expected to remain strong.

Chief Financial Officer Kurt Kuehn said the company expects 2012 mixed global economic growth, the U.S. economy, slow growth, however, he added, in view of the expected 2012 per share earnings than in 2011 increased by 9-15%, “UPS is expected next year will be another profitable year.

This Atlanta-based express delivery giant “cash flow will remain strong.” Kuehn said.

Compared with 2012, the UPS in 2011 revenue growth of 7.2 percent, to $ 53.1 billion, which is closely related to the aviation industry international package revenue grew 10 percent to $ 12.25 billion. The U.S. domestic package revenue grew 6.6 percent, to $ 31.72 billion. Expenditure increased by 7.1 percent, to $ 47.03 billion, operating profit of $ 6.08 billion, an increase of 7.8%.

Low-carbon logistics – from transportation breakthrough

With economic development, with global environmental problems have become increasingly prominent. Promote energy conservation, sustainable development, has become a way of changing the inherent requirements of economic growth. 2009 international climate conference in Copenhagen before, the Chinese government promised to the world by 2020 carbon emissions per unit of GDP than in 2005 reduced by 40% to 45%, and as binding targets into national economic and social development of long-term planning. Around the world, “carbon revolution” is on the rise, the human will thus enter the “low power consumption, low emissions,” based on a new era.

Logistics as a high-energy-intensive industries, continuation of the previous business model of development has been significantly behind the times of development, according to an estimate, the logistics industry, the oil consumption of the entire society of total consumption of oil 1 / 3, the energy consumption of the truck 1.41 tons, the railway is 0.45 tons, the ship is 0.55 tons, the aircraft is 22 tons.For my country, emissions-reduction targets the development of the logistics industry will inevitably cause some impact. In this context, the development of low carbon logistics represent the future direction of logistics development, the subject of much attention.

The so-called low-carbon logistics, refers to the process of inhibition of transport logistics in damage to the environment, while also enabling the purification of the logistics environment, so that logistics resources can be utilized to the fullest.

Development of low carbon logistics, the first step is the transport part of the breakthrough. As we all know, the development of not only occupy the land transport, energy and money, while the environment caused by varying degrees of damage.China’s logistics industry in the transport process exists Kongshi rate, repeat the transportation, staggered transport, transport of invalid transportation irrational phenomenon. These problems have a direct impact on the cost of logistics, to some extent, also affected the size and level of logistics development.

In early 2010 the National Working Conference on Transport, Minister of Transport Li Shenglin that “the transport sector is to big, but also the key areas of energy saving in 2010 and ‘second five’ during the transportation industry will accelerate the establishment of characterized by a low-carbon transportation system. “The speech sounded as if the development of transport sector carbon horn. Carbon emissions in the field of logistics enterprises, have started to find their own path to start.

In aviation, the China Air Transport Association Market Research Department, Zhu Qingyu that “the global aviation industry carbon emissions is a focus of concern, together with the airlines by the Civil Aviation Administration efforts to reduce carbon emissions.” In addition to constantly optimize the route, try to fly a planestraight, in order to reduce the flight distance, which means to reduce carbon emissions, other than to actively support and encourage civil aviation enterprises to vigorously use of advanced technology, advanced equipment, advanced models to promote energy conservation is a positive way to deal with major airlines. From an international point of view, the development of alternative fuels has become a carbon emission reduction in developed countries cope with high fuel costs and pressure on important way.

In shipping, logistics companies should improve the logistics network, so that optimization reasonable despatch, shipping logistics air reduce the return rate, and improve operational efficiency. Currently, many shipping companies began to “test the water” boat for the ship, sailing gear to reduce energy consumption and reduce emissions.

In road freight transport, logistics companies to actively promote the pull transport and energy-saving driving experience, enhance business vehicle fuel scale assessment, vehicle fuel consumption limit strictly enforced standards, eliminate high-energy vehicles, promotion of new energy and clean fuel vehicles.

E-Logistics – taking into account both hard and soft

China’s logistics industry development and the rapid rise of e-commerce there is a close contact. 2010 the amount of 5 trillion e-commerce marketing, online shopping in which consumers 520 billion. A survey shows that the speed will affect the logistics of people online shopping loyalty. 61% of the value of the visibility of the product, 55% of people saw the shop’s reputation, 38.5% of people will pay attention to the speed of delivery of goods. Such a proportion sufficient to prove that e-commerce, accelerate the development of the importance and necessity of the logistics industry.

Supply and demand sides of information asymmetry has been an obstacle to the development of the logistics industry. In e-commerce environment, e-commerce company has an extensive customer base, especially as Taobao, Jingdong and a number of B2C, consumer groups across the country. These e-commerce companies rely on their own sprawling network system, to strengthen collaboration with logistics companies and contacts to the flow of information throughout the entire commodity trading has always been, so that they can effectively overcome the problem of information transmission delay. From this view, e-logistics will be into the spotlight.

The so-called e-logistics, is the use of electronic means, in particular the use of Internet technology to complete the entire process of logistics coordination, control and management, front-to-end from the network all the intermediate client services.The development of e-logistics to take advanced science and technology, to achieve the commercial logistics information. ”Soft” and “hard” aspects of integrated development.

“Soft” aspect is the establishment of an open information platform. Logistics companies only social information, external information exchange and sharing, and information to the community with its own opportunities and channels in order to better carry out the operation, access to benefits. This open platform is to improve the operational level of the establishment of an inevitable trend. In the build process, such as positioning technology, sensor technology and other popular technology will become the technical means to achieve openness.

We also see that many cities are building domestic logistics information exchange center. May this year, invested 250 billion yuan, Jiangsu Province, Suzhou Industrial Park, a comprehensive logistics trade center was officially launched. The greatest feature is the trading center to provide information services for enterprises.Establish an information platform in the same time, pay attention to security is the main problem restricting open. Overcome this difficulty, on the one hand to strengthen the management and control of information systems to improve the quality of management, the introduction of other relevant government departments also need protection policy.

“Hard” from a technical point of view, to strengthen the development of key technologies and applications. First, the acquisition of information technology, sensors or identification technology, including RFID, magnetic card, and so on.Second, mobile communication technologies, including 3G network, and even 4G network. Third, address services are provided by the mobile communication network and satellite positioning systems combine to provide a value-added services, through a set of positioning technology to obtain location information of mobile terminals (such as latitude and longitude coordinates of the data), to the mobile user himself or others and communication systems, to achieve a variety of location-related business. Simply as people go, hand in hand with you all the information including time, place and other information and the phone will be bundled together.

Smart logistics – intelligent rely on new technology

Another trend in the logistics industry is intelligent. August 7, 2009, the Prime Minister made in Wuxi “Experience China” concept, saying that China should seize the opportunity to develop technical things. In the same year, the China Logistics Technology Association Information Center, Chinese things, “Logistics Technology and Application,” the lead editorial in the industry put forward the “smart logistics” concept.

Achieve wisdom is largely due to the logistics development of networking technology. At present, many advanced modern logistics system already has the information, digital network, integrated, intelligent, flexible, agile, visualization, automation and other advanced technical features. Many logistics systems and networks using the leading infrared, laser, wireless, coding, recognition site, automatic identification, location, non-contact power supply, fiber optic, databases, sensors, RFID, GPS and other high-tech, this set of light, mechanical, electrical, information technology, new technology in one integrated application in the logistics system of things is the application of technology embodied in the logistics industry.

Air China had a group of day and from Beijing and non-stop flights between Los Angeles. After the addition of new flights, in addition to doubling the existingcapacity, the Air also committed to improving the quality of service.

Air China vice president, head of North American Airlines, said Chi Chi, to openand from Los Angeles and Beijing flights for passengers arriving in Beijing after the transfer to other cities in China or India, Vietnam and other Asian countries to provide more options to further strengthen the Beijing as the world’s aviation hub.

Chinese Ambassador Zhang, Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa, Qiu ShaofangChinese Consul General in Los Angeles and airport management officialsparticipated in the Airport Terminal at the inaugural ceremony. Mr Zhang said, theflights of Air China to open to show the close relationship between China and the U.S. will help promote exchanges between the two peoples.

“Berths average efficiency”, is the world’s shipping industry on a more general experience of port operations efficiency evaluation method, highly authoritative, each boat is hung from the upper terminal cable to the first root of the last one put aside the job is completed cable operations during this period gross berth productivity.

This year, the Qingdao port container operations to “Anchorage is not pressure vessels, travel to be zero when no free parking” as the goal, to ensure high safety and high quality record. Especially into the second half, suddenly started a massive battle ship Port in the General Assembly, under the leadership of the team, separately attendant operations, coordinating the organization of production, efforts to ensure that the first time sailing, by the way from the utmost efforts to reduce ship by from the interval.

It is understood, Qingdao Port since 2004, “Zhenchao efficiency” in one fell swoop, after the world record loading and unloading containers, known to the world, has been training hard since learned the port workers, continue to surpass themselves, and always maintained the efficiency of container handling the world’s first location, and now record has 8 times.

Qingdao port for high quality and efficient service quality, Maersk letter again and again thanked sincerely praised the team of world-class port of Qingdao.

Time back to January 1993, Stuttgart, Germany. Sed popularity in the global logistics provider Logistics (Logwin) Air Ministry as a manager who just turned 6 months, veteran fashion logistics experts are troubled by the industry for a long time bothered by the question: can not find a worldwide logistics for cargo business to China and Central and South America to the fashion trade by hanging (GOH) equipment. In the early 1990s, logistics providers can only rely on the simplicity of the airline transportation equipment GOH fashion, the destination airport is the transport terminal, but airlines are always highly variable, and only a few can provide the right equipment.

SED of this situation is not satisfied. According to his idea, the clothing store anywhere in the world should be able to fly directly in front of the store to receive good clothing, without the need to spend time re-loading and unloading of goods, not dependent on a specific airline. Logistics providers were already self-made wooden box in the installation of metal frame, but such devices have many shortcomings.

Air during temperature changes and poor ventilation will erode the metal frame of untreated, often stained clothing to rust and require large numbers of workers will be a huge wooden box with a welder and disposed apart. Fashion Logistics needed a new, high-quality transport system.

Strong compression assembly carton wall structure

With a packaging company in the process of cooperation, Logwin began to design a special box. The requirements of this box was not easy. Sanda said, it is to fit air, strong but not too heavy, easy to assemble and to disassemble. During transport, clothing space is smaller, and to take measures to protect and ventilation. After a year of continued testing, modular “AirTextainer” was finally born and put into production, replacing big heavy wooden Logwin ─ ─ at least in terms of the case.

The new hanging garment bottom of the device can be installed by a wooden plug-in hasp composition, composed of strips of wood from the walls of the box, cover it with a four-layer compression wave-shaped cardboard and moisture-proof membrane. The box without a screw, so as building blocks assembled as easy disassembly. And compared to the original wooden structure of the box, assembled structure is very strong. Discharge has become quite easy ─ ─ box from all sides open. Box inside the hanger system can hang clothes on a rope, which makes flexible use of interior space: either coat, skirt, shirt or pants can be hung.

AirTextainer first flight in 1994, that the shipment was destined for Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, is a well-known brand of high-level suits, trousers, jackets and coats. Sed recalls, “The response has been enthusiastic, and since then we have been using this new type of container for the delivery of high fashion clients.”

The obvious advantage of using AirTextainer. Sanda said bales fashion by long-distance transport is often prone to fold after a while the way you can guarantee with hanging clothes ironing. After the operation to the end, there is no need to spend a lot of manual unpacking. More importantly, the box can be used than the standard container has increased by 15%. Accessories installed at the bottom of the box can be used to transport cargo and small package without additional cost.Although originally designed for air, but can also be used for shipping, rail and road transport, only with a forklift can switch between the different means of transport. ”It is very safe and theft in transit has never been an accident.” Sed this with pride.

Combination box can be reused 50 times

Today, Logwin delivered to customers each year with AirTextainer about 5,000 boxes of goods. Between Europe and Asia and between Asia and South America, strong demand for transport, transport between Australia’s growing demand. But now the equipment and replacement 10 years ago already: cover, fixtures and locks have been improved, and there are 4 different size models ─ ─ S No. box can load 316 kg, equivalent to 90 sets of men’s suits, No. XL can load 1265 kg, equivalent to 365 units or 1430, Ms. suit pants. But it still retained the characteristics of solid, wood and walls of the box can be reused 50 times, wave-shaped cardboard can be used 4 times. ”The most simple is best,” Sanda said of his invention.