At every step, however, the organization faced strategic choices and dilemmas and, in the end, had to decide what to do when, hours before its air shipment was due to land, the Myanmar government suddenly adopted a new policy requiring all relief shipments to be impounded for inspection by the government on arrival.
The handset figure was a 30% fall from its shipment figure a year before, as its share halved from 11%.
The week before, a shipment had come in from Asia with more than seven hundred animals, including taipans, death adders, and eight other species of venomous snakes.
Gartner has cut its PC shipment forecast twice before in recent months.
As we've pointed out before, shipments to those who sell devices are not the same thing as sales to users, but it is an important barometer for where the wider market is going.
Moments before Israel began its first shipments, militants fired four Qassam rockets.
12 The fact that the cartons were unexpectedly opened by a third party before the shipment was delivered to its intended consignee does not alter the consignor's legitimate expectation of privacy.
Google has reportedly sealed an anticipated deal with Dell to pre-install some of its software on PCs before shipment, partially closing an advantage Microsoft has long held on users automatically defaulting to its products.
In May, Google and Dell agreed to a three-year deal to pre-install some of its software on PCs before shipment.
Finally, it's edge-tuned, waxed, and has a serial number stamped on it before packaging for shipment.
