Shipping

High eBay shipping costs, When do surcharges affect the purchase price?

harminka — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:12:43 -0500

Ever find a bargain online, only to realize that the cost of shipping doubles how much you’ll pay? Shipping-and-handling sticker shock accounts for about 30 percent of all online shopping cart abandonment, but prior research into the effects of surcharges has been inconsistent. Why do consumers sometimes pay attention to additional fees – such as when buying from a catalogue or on a phone bill – and sometimes just accept them?

Investor group wants to preserve Hapag-Lloyd as independent shipping company

seher — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:50:34 -0500

M.M. Warburg & Co KGaA, a Hamburg-based bank, said it represents a German investor group that wants talks with TUI AG about its Hapag-Lloyd shipping line.

Melbourne's port woes need a rail solution

seher — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:46:57 -0600

The billion-dollar project to deepen the shipping channels into the Port of Melbourne has stirred deep controversy.

Emissions from shipping rise as trade grows

Dinka — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:26:41 -0500

A study by an industry group representing tanker operators says carbon dioxide emissions from the global shipping industry have risen dramatically.

Motorola Celebrates Shipping Two Million IP Set-Top Boxes

harminka — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:57:12 -0500

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced that it has shipped its two millionth Internet Protocol (IP) set-top box. The milestone was reached just five months after the shipment of its one millionth IP set-top box.

Safer shipping by predicting sand wave behaviour

harminka — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:27:23 -0500

Dutch researcher Joris van den Berg has developed a mathematical model to predict the movement of sand waves. Sand waves are formed by an interaction between the tidal current and sand. They are larger than sand ripples on the beach but smaller than sandbanks. Sand waves largely determine the shape of the sea floor in the southern part of the North Sea.

AT&T Provides New MPLS Network for Boeing

Nymphadora — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:36:50 -0600