Stories and weekly events from an ex-patriate bush flying in AFRICA. Thursday, August 9, 2012. Exercise Pitch Black and a B24 wreckage. At present the residents of Darwin are whinging about thunderous aircraft noise shaking the city as the joint air force exercise Pitch Black.

Scaling the Great Wall of China. Labor and Human Rights Across Borders. Has quite a detailed page about Labor and Human Rights. Which goes into detail about being a member of the Fair Labor Association. Worst of all, 5 of the factories were found to be employing underage child.

com - The Logistics and Supply Chain Blog! Eric Joiner, Jr. A Good Time to Become a Pilot! Drones and the Public A Summary. Boeing Awarded First Commercial Human Spaceflight Mission. Retailers Welcome Ratification of Port Contract; Continue to Urge Change. Boeing and Air India celebrate 20th 787 Dreamliner. Great Jobs for Freight Dawgs.

Postal officals expected to back five-day mail week. The Washington Post reports that Postmaster John Potter. Plans to formally present his plan for a five-day mail week to his board of directors and postal regulators. According to Potter, letter. Before the Postal Service can make any changes, lawmakers must change a law mandating six-day mail delivery. Read the rest of the Washington Post article here.

Thursday, December 1, 2016. Press release from Oetker Group, parent of Hamburg Süd. Oetker Group divesting the shipping division. Saturday, November 26, 2016. Hamburg Süd expected to be sold. The shipping industry has not taken advantage of the efficiences which could be achieved by adapting new computer technology for booking, pricing, documentation, tracking, etc.

Tips and Advice for Small Parcel Shippers. Which is Better for Taping Parcels? Paper or Plastic Shipping Tape. By Guest blogger Jay F. We are grateful that a real expert answers the question today about which is better for sealing packages, paper or plastic tape. Jay has 25 years of experience delivering packages for UPS and has seen more packages than just about anyone. Here is his guest post.

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