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Malaysian auto production grew 5.6% in 2013, to 601,407 units. While passenger car production registered healthy growth of 6.7%, to 543,892 units, output in the commercial vehicle (CV) segment contracted 4.1%, to 57,515 units. For 2014, we expect growth in both CV and passenger car production, and forecast overall auto production growth to come in at 5.6%, to 635,000 units.

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Entrec remains one of Alberta’s employment providers for trades, transport, and equipment operators and related occupations

Seegrid, a leading provider of vision-guided flexible automated guided vehicles (AGVs), was featured in the current issue of Material Handling Wholesaler. Yale Materials Handling Corporation announces that by working with Seegrid® “Guided by Seegrid” technology will soon be available to Yale customers. The “Guided by Seegrid” technology will allow Yale customers the opportunity to deploy Seegrid’s premier vision-guided, driverless automation solution in their materials handling applications. No additional infrastructure for navigation such as wires, laser targets or magnetic tape is required to operate these innovative breakthrough products.

Magline, Inc., the innovative lightweight route-distribution company, and Rotacaster, maker of the first multi-directional industrial wheel, announced an arrangement with exclusive rights to the “Self-Stabilizing” truck in the U.S. Magliner is at the forefront of developing products that address the unique material handling requirements from distribution centers to delivery; the Self-Stabilizer hand truck is the newest of innovations by Magline. Andrea Horner, Marketing Manager for Magline, expressed pleasure about the new partnership, “We are excited to partner with Peter McKinnon and the entire Rotacaster team. Their creative prowess regarding workplace safety and ergonomics in the material handling sector is a welcome addition to the Magliner family of products.” Peter McKinnon, Managing Director for Rotacaster expressed his excitement about the Magline partnership, “At Rotacaster we are extremely proud about our engagement with Magliner, the pioneer in innovative manual materials handling solutions. Rotacaster Wheel is extremely excited to be working with Magline toward continuing this leadership with the introduction of the self-stabilizing hand truck and other innovative solutions that have the potential to provide huge benefits in productivity, ergonomics, and safety for users, especially in the last 100 yard supply chain. We look forward to a close and productive partnership.” The Rotacaster is the only multi-directional wheel technology developed primarily as an industrial and commercial floor wheel. The fixed orientations of the main wheel allows forward and reverse movement without fighting a swivel caster offset, while the peripheral rollers facilitate turning, rotational, lateral and diagonal movement. When navigating turns this also eliminates all skipping associated with fixed wheels. Magliner is the leader in hand trucks worldwide and is looking to expand the strong dealer base in various regions domestically, as well as internationally. About Magline Magline, Inc. (www.magliner.com) manufactures a complete line of innovative lightweight route distribution solutions under the Magliner brand. Recently named one of the Great Supply Chain Projects of 2013 according to Supply & Demand Chain Executive, Magliner solutions are used in the beer, soft drink, food service, parcel delivery, home healthcare, and other distribution industries. Magline also offers implementation consulting and solutions for reducing service times and eliminating waste during deliveries. Magline, the manufacturer of the innovative CooLift Delivery System, allows distributors to deliver more product in less time, combining an easily maneuverable and high capacity hydraulic lifting truck with integrated plastic “half” pallets for improved safety and efficiency. Magline was named a finalist in the MHI Innovation Award at MODEX. Follow Magline on Twitter at @MaglineInc.

Atlanta Bonded has recently published two valuable pieces of industry information, from their position as a leader in the warehouse industry. The first is an in-depth article, providing information that will help LTL shippers dramatically cut shipping costs and maximize profits. The second offers key information on the optimal methods of choosing a 3PL (third party logistics) provider. Both articles should prove invaluable to manufacturers and companies that require warehousing/transportation support.

The Qatari shipping sector continues to be dominated by the export of the country's key commodity, natural gas, through the export terminal of Ras Laffan. Much of this is carried by national carrier Qatar Gas Transport (Nakilat). However, the country is looking to increase its container and dry bulk shipping presence as well, through the development of the New Doha Port, which is being developed with an eye towards capturing some lucrative transhipment trade. Further, Qatar is making its presence felt in foreign ports sectors and is investing in developing facilities in Egypt.

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Global Rail Freight industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2009-13, and forecast to 2018). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Global rail freight market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Political instability in Bulgaria will continue to stifle private consumption and investment, weighing on headline growth through 2014 and proving detrimental to the country's freight industry. Despite government expenditures and a positive contribution from net exports propping up economic activity, real GDP growth will reach just 0.5% and 1.5% in 2013 and 2014 respectively.

Travelling the world is an amazing way to soak up the sun, discover rich cultural experiences and broaden the horizons of the mind. However, all too often people end up getting stuck in resorts full of people from the same country they left, and this islandisation of short term colonists means there is a poverty of real discovery. Hiring a car can give people the freedom to escape from the resort and the tourist traps and embark upon the journey they really want to make, and Yes Hire Car makes that possible throughout Portugal and beyond with their newly extended range of vehicle rentals.

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A few decades ago, transporting heavy lift equipment was close to impossible. Today, commercial trucks are made very large, powerful and can be configured to mount specialized equipment in various sizes and weight. Handling, transporting and installation of heavy items which are solid and weigh generally a ton to over 1000 tons are challenging for most. Some equipment even stretch up to 100 meters in width making it impossible to fit into containers or conventional trucks. Because of these challenges, technologically advanced picker services were made.

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Many people all over the world feel a little bit of envy every time they go through the online stores at the official Prada or Apple website. The prices are affordable but once the order is about to be completed, the customer is left in shock when they get a glimpse of the shipping rates. In many countries, shipment rates are actually double or even triple the original price of the coveted product if the person ordering lives outside of USA and Canada.

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The North American trailer industry is highly specialized. Only a number of companies offer such services regionally and Entrec, a leading provider of heavy lift and heavy haul services, has been rolling out plans to stay ahead of the game. Entrec’s unparalleled product customization and increased stability in moving, loading and unloading large scale equipment have been recognized and admired by the industry not only in Canada but in the whole American region. The company’s innovative equipment gives them higher competence over its rivalries.

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All Terrain Cranes are ideal on both off road and construction and industrial project. It has built frames with two-man, full width carrier cabs of composite structure (steel sheet metal and fiber glass), windshield of laminated safety glass with windshield wipers and washers, sliding side windows of hardened safety glass and adjustable seats with safety belts and headrests.

Then, a career seemed like something that would happen a lifetime away. But now that the time has come to choose, your interests have probably changed. Finding the right career and being part of a company that can provide both the needs and want of an individual is like chasing a needle in the heap of hay. Obtaining the right career is to think carefully what really drives you. The foundation of getting the right job is to discover the primary interest and passion. Exploring career opportunities will open a door to the right path. Analyzing ambition and overcoming obstacles is also one way of finding the true satisfaction and happiness towards work. And lastly look into what jobs provide similar feelings and experiences. Heidi Grant Halvorson wrote in one of her articles “The Surprising Key to Finding the Right Job for You” We all want to choose a career that will make us happy, but how can we know what that will be? Research suggests that human beings are remarkably bad at predicting how they will feel when doing something in the future. It’s not hard to find someone who started out thinking that they would love their chosen profession, only to wind up hating it. Developing skills and experience is also one big factor in finding the right career. If chosen career requires skills and experience you lack, don’t despair. There are many ways to gain needed skills. Utilizing the current position by looking for an opportunity to do projects that develop new skills. Or take some classes, there are some fields require specific education or skills, such as an educational degree or specific training. Finding the right career is a matter of choice whether it is your interest and skills. How are you supposed to know if you will be happy in a journeyman mechanic jobs, or journeyman operator jobs, or in crane operator jobs, if you haven’t actually done any of these things yet? Who has ever, in the history of mankind, taken a job and had it turn out exactly as they imagined it would? Well, find a company that offers the best training.

According to Weddingsbells magazine, weddings during the first quarter of 2013 cost an average of $32,358 in Canada, including the cost of the honeymoon. Many feel this increase is due to couples choosing to plan a unique wedding, one that reflects their personal tastes, while ignoring traditional wedding rules. "One area where couples need to follow this rule book, however, involves wedding party transportation. One should always make use of limo service Edmonton for the big day to make certain everyone arrives at the wedding, reception and home safely and on time, while still enjoying themselves. This is just one of many reasons why one should choose Edmonton limousine service for their wedding day," M. Roja of MJ Limos declares.

We have downgraded our full-year real GDP growth forecast for Pakistan for the current fiscal year (FY2013/14 [July-June]) to 3.4% from 4.0% previously, as the macroeconomic environment readjusts painfully due to a general tightening in fiscal and monetary policy. We continue to believe that this tightening in policy is necessary in order to correct the significant structural imbalances in the economy, which should eventually put the economy on a much stronger footing and thus higher growth trajectory over the medium-to-long term. As such, while we have revised our near-term growth expectations, we have kept our FY2014/15 growth forecast at 4.0%, which implies a strong bounce in economic activity following this year of transition.

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President Nicolas Maduro's price cut on appliances poses a threat to Venezuela's port sector as shippers have already begun redirecting their shipments away from the country. We have previously forecast the country's ports of Puerto Cabello and La Guaira to experience robust growth in 2013. The government's populist measure, however, poses downside risk to our near-term forecasts.