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Wal-Mart's plans to develop a "green" label for products sold in its stores could become a headache for many supply chain managers —and not just for those in the retail industry.
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New rail service opens up a "Northeast Passage"
If Marco Polo were alive today, he almost certainly would be taking advantage of a new rail freight service that is now running between China and Europe. In 2008, the German rail operator Deutsche Bahn AG launched an experimental service between China and Germany by way of Russia. The International Union of Railways (UIC) and rail infrastructure providers in Finland and Sweden have since started promoting this "Northern East-West Freight Corridor" for intermodal container service from the Far East to Scandinavia. Figure 1 shows this route....
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