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Good Wednesday Evening from our Observation Deck......overlooking the
officially designated "Cargo City" area and...... Runway 25-Right, at Los Angeles International Airport, declared the most used travel hub for Thanksgiving 2011 by the
Los Angeles Times -- beating the regular favorite, Chicago's O'Hare
International Airport.
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INDEX to The Cargo Letter:
OUR "A" Section: Trade, Financial & Inland News***
1. Freight Forwarder Trade Briefs ______________
2. The Cargo Letter Financial Page
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OUR "B" Section: FF World Air News***
3. Freight Forwarder World Air Briefs ____________
OUR "C" Section: FF World Ocean News***
4. FF World Ocean Briefs _____________________
5. The Cargo Letter Cargo Damage Dispatches
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**Back By Popular Demand**
OUR "D" Section: FF in Cyberspace***
6. The Cargo Letter "Cyber Ports of Call"
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OUR "A" Section: Trade, Financial & Inland News***
1. Freight Forwarder
Trade Briefs _____________
***Downward
Trend? ..... as world economic trends, particularly in Europe, point to a
recessionary slide in coming months, according a survey of 1,119 economic
specialists from business & academic institutions in 119 countries
conducted by the Int'l Chamber of Commerce and Munich's Institute for
Economic Research. Respondents noted the world economic climate index tumbled
to 78.7, a two-year low, from the year's high of 107.7 in the 2nd quarter,
reported Newark's Journal of Commerce. Their expectations fell to 71.9 from a 1st
quarter high of 110.5. Assessments of the current economic situation fell to
86.0 from a high of 108.4 in the 2nd quarter.
***The Leaders
Display Confidence In U.S. Consumers & E-Commerce .... as UPS is hiring more seasonal workers and preparing for a
6% increase in deliveries during the peak holiday week for air cargo shipping.
UPS says it will hire 55,000 seasonal workers, a 1% increase from last year, as
the parcel giants expects to ship more than 120 million packages in the last
week before Christmas. Increased e-commerce has compressed the holiday peak
season from Thanksgiving to Christmas to the last two weeks before the Dec.
holiday, UPS said. Underscoring this trend is UPS's expectation to see 5 days
before Christmas in which deliveries will approach or exceed 25 million
packages, compared to the one day reached last year. UPS expects to approach or
exceed 26 million package deliveries on Dec. 22. UPS's holiday shipping
optimism parallels FedEx's earlier announcement relating to increased hiring
& shipping expectations. FedEx Corp expects to move more than 17 million
shipments - almost double its daily average volume - through its global
networks on Dec. 12, the projected busiest day in company history. China is now the world's 2nd largest online retail market after the U.S. In 2010, China registered US$80.7Bn online sales, doubling sales in 2009."
***Russia Approaches WTO ..... as on Nov. 16, the World Trade
Organization Working Party agreed on the terms of it's entry into the WTO,
leaving one last hurdle before it's full acceptance into the
organization. Russia's accession package will now be sent to the 8th Ministerial
Conference for adoption by Ministers on Dec. 15-17, 2011. The Russian Federation will then have until June 15, 2012 to ratify its
accession package. Thirty days after notification to the WTO of the
ratification, the Russian
Federation will become
a fully-fledged member. Press release:
www.wto.org/english/news_e/news11_e/acc_rus_10nov11_e.htm
***U.S.-Korea
Free Trade Agreement ..... as the Korean National Assembly, on Nov. 22, approved the
accord by a reported vote of 151-7, and industry groups now urge both the United States and South Korea to quickly implement the agreement's tenets. "This is a
critical and important milestone toward implementing the agreement, which will
benefit companies, farmers and ranchers and workers in both countries,"
said the Washington-based National Foreign Trade Council in a statement. For
the American producers & exporters, this pact will create expanded
opportunities for red meat exports to a market that has a demonstrated desire
for U.S. beef & pork. Already this year (through Sept.), U.S. beef
exports to Korea are up 45% in volume and 37% in value over 2010 levels,
reaching 119,044 metric tons (262.4 million pounds) valued at US$527.7M. U.S. pork exports to Korea through Sept. are up 139% in volume and 189% in value versus last
year, reaching 153,330 metric tons (338 million pounds) valued at US$395.1M.
***India Has
Highest Trade Deficit ......
as the shortfall was US$19.6Bn in October, the highest in 4 years, as the pace
of export growth slackened amid a slowdown in major global markets.
***China's Balance ..... as it's total imports are expected to
almost equal its exports over the next 5-year period, the nation's commerce
minister said in comments on Nov. 4. Chen Deming said total imports by the
world's second-largest economy were expected to reach US$10 trillion in that
period, which would be "on a par with our exports." China's trade surplus has been ballooning over the years as a result of
what its trade partners say is an unfair advantage linked to the country's yuan
currency, which is alleged to be kept artificially kept low.
***Mexican
Economy To Boom? .....
as it is outpacing some of the faster growing regions
in the world—such as Russia. In June, CNBC reported Mexico's economy is expected to grow by 4.5% this year. Contrast that
number with the 1% growth expected in the U.S. and the 0.5% pace in Europe. The Mexican economy is outpacing some of the faster growing
regions in the world—such as Russia—and it is estimated by some experts such as analyst Dr. Chris
Kuehl, Mexico will be the eighth largest economy in the world by 2050. In March
of this year, the Wall Street Journal reported unemployment fell to 4.6% and is
at the lowest level since Dec. of 2008. Contrast this rate to the 9% plus rate
in the United States. Mexico is not far from breaking out as one of the key trading nations in
the world. It now has signed 13 free trade agreements that involve 44 nations,
and is clearly less dependent on the performance of the U.S. economy than in the past. This should not be misconstrued that
the U.S. is not an important trading partner, as imports from Mexico rose by
over 30 percent in 2010 and are on pace to exceed that in 2011.
***Brazil Is A
Magnet ...... as it's growth is the magnet that is causing U.S. manufacturers to expand their operations. Now the world's
7th-largest economy, Brazil's GDP in 2010 grew at a 7.5% rate. Over the next two years, the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts growth will
continue at a healthy 4% rate. A burgeoning middle class is generating growing
demand for automobiles, televisions, computers and other products that a generation ago were out of reach for many Brazilians.
***Latin America Cargo Theft
Report 3rd Quarter 2011 ...... as Freightwatch reports Brazil is vulnerable to cargo theft due largely to the country's lack of
serious legal penalties. According to FreightWatch, 80% of cargo theft is
concentrated in southeastern Brazil, the country's richest and most freight-heavy region. Although
this region is comprised of 4 states— Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo — cargo theft activity
predominates in Sao Paulo state. More, 82% of cargo theft in Sao Paulo state occurs
in the capital, Sao Paulo city, and the other municipalities within the metropolitan area.
The report points to the Aug. 19 arrest of six members of a cargo theft gang
that targeted loads in the greater Sao Paulo metropolitan
area. During interrogation, the suspects said they had been stealing an average
of five loads per week. Read the report:
http://old.freightwatchintl.com/webfm_send/75
***Thailand's Corruption Crack Down ...... as the National Anti-Corruption Commission has announced a
notification that will have a significant impact on companies doingbusiness
with the Thai government. Beginning on Jan. 1, 2012, companies or
individuals entering into procurement contracts with government agencies must
submit annual revenue and expense accounts, together with their standard tax
filings.
***Border
Road War ....
as on Nov. 22, Teamsters union sued to block the U.S.
Dept. of Transportation from opening the U.S. border Mexican trucks through an apilot program. "Opening
the border to these dangerous, dirty trucks is an attack on highway safety, an
attack on American truckers and warehouse workers, an attack on border security
and an attack on our environment," said Teamsters General President Jim
Hoffa. "It's outrageous enough that we've outsourced millions of jobs to
foreign countries, but now we're bringing foreign workers across the border
into the United States to take our jobs. This is another pressure the American middle
class doesn't need." The Teamsters, Public Citizen and the Sierra Club
challenged the program in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. James
P. Hoffa was re-elected to a 4th term on Nov. 18, as general president of the
Teamsters union , winning 60% of the vote.
http://www.teamster.org/
***FIATA 2011 At
Cairo ....... as the
International Federation of Freight Forwarding Associatioins held it's World
Congress in the Egyptian capital between Oct.16 & 21 2011. The Main Forum
at the FIATA World Congress 2011 in Cairo provided some 780
delegates an overview of the new collaboration between FIATA and ICAO – the
International Civil Aviation Organization, to ensure the Safety of Civil
Aviation. Amongst the VIP members
was the Minister of Industry & Trade Dr Mahmoud Eissa speaking on behalf of
the Egyptian Prime Minister. More VIPs included Mr Ahmed ElWakil, Chairman of
the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce, Mr Hassan Rashed, Chairman of
Egyptian Civil Aviation on Holding Company, Mr Nagy Salah, Head of Egyptian
Civil Aviation Holding Company, Mr Dominik Furgler, Swiss Ambassador to Egypt and many more. Michael S. McDaniel of theCountryman & McDaniel firm attended as a Member of the FIATA Board of Legal Advisors and made an address to the group on new legasl developments for
freight forwarders in the air mode. The 2012 World Congress will be held at Los Angeles between 8
& 12 Oct.
www.fiata.com/index.php?id=40
***CargoNet
Holiday Rules ..... as
It cautions shippers about cargo theft during the holiday season.
"Historical cargo theft data shows that the rate of cargo theft increases
over holiday weekends," CargoNet said. CargoNet was formed in 2009 by the
ISO & the National Insurance Crime Bureau to create a national system to
combat cargo theft. CargoNet has a list of 10 steps companies can use to
prevent cargo theft:
1. Ask local police departments to make routine checks of your facilities.
2. Avoid having loaded trailers sit unattended over the weekend.
3. Only park loaded trailers in secure areas, such secure drop-lots.
4. Consider deploying covert tracking devices in product and on trailers.
5.Secure all tractors with high-security locking
devices, such as, air-cuff & tractor steering joint locks.
6. Secure all trailers (loaded & unloaded) with high-security ISO 17712
compliant barrier seals in combination with hardened padlocks. Utilize king pin
locks & back cargo doors to a wall.
7. Check to make sure that your facility's lighting, back-up generators, alarm
system(s) and surveillance equipment are in good working order.
8. Remove keys from all equipment, especially motorized pallet jacks &
forklifts.
9. Document & report all suspicious activity around your facility. This
information can be critical to law enforcement in the event of a cargo theft
incident.
10. If you are a victim of a theft, immediately notify local law enforcement
& call the CargoNet command center 888-595-2638.
www.cargonet.com/
***Texas
Transportation Institute Researchers Identify Most Congested U.S. Corridors ......as the report identifies 328
stretches of highway across the nation that are seriously congested on a regular
basis over a variety of times during the week. The least reliable corridor is
the southbound section of Georgia Route 400 in Atlanta, between the
toll plaza and I-85. According to the study, drivers have to allow 256% more
time than the average to complete their trip on time 19 out of 20 times. The New York area has
five of the top 20 corridors for least reliable travel. Atlanta and Washington, D.C., each have two
corridors in the top 20. The highest ranked corridor for delay per mile is the
Harbor Freeway (northbound) in Los Angeles, from I-10
to Stadium Way, with about 1.4 million hours of delay per mile. Although it ranks 1st in delay per mile, it ranks 27th in total
congestion cost because it is one of the shorter corridors in the study.
The study said that the 328 corridors account for 36% of the nation's urban
freeway congestion, but only 6% of the total freeway lane-miles and 10% of the
traffic volume.
http://tti.tamu.edu/2011/11/15/researchers-identify-the-nations-most-congested-corridors/
***FBI Finally
Looking At Cargo Crime .....as
the estimated US$40Bn per year is lost due to cargo thefts, and only recently
has the FBI started keeping track of how many cargo crimes are committed every
year. It's a major problem, and one that would enrage consumers if they were
aware affected companies are marking up their prices up to 20% to compensate
for these losses. Hewlett-Packard is using high-tech gadgetry to foil cargo
thieves. HP manages one of the world's most extensive IT supply chains, and
spends US$60Bn per year on transportation, distribution, materials and other
key components of its supply chain. To protect it's
investment, HP uses covert GPS satellite units -- on truck trailers, pallets
and, in some cases, the product themselves -- to track the products in transit.
These units typically cost US$200 or more each, so users such as HP need to be
selective in how and when they deploy them. Due to the covert nature of the
units, the truck drivers do not know they are being introduced into their
loads. The GPS units are monitored by 3rd-party security companies, who follow
the regular "pings" sent out by the
battery-powered units. Since cargo thieves these days tend to steal entire
trailer-loads of goods, there's an immediate payback on the investment in the
GPS units. Why rob a bank, when cargo theft seems so easy?
***No Interstate Cells .... as a
final rule has been issued by the Dept. of Transportation and Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration to ban the use of handheld cellphones by
commercial truck & bus drivers. Studies have shown actions like texting
& dialing a phone can greatly increase crash risk by taking steps to curb
these behaviors hold great promise to improve highway safety. The federal
government cannot enact such bans for passenger vehicles.
***UPS Sets
New 2012 Rates .....
as the new schedule includes a net increase of 4.9%
for UPS Ground packages and a net increase of 4.9$ on all UPS Air services and
U.S.-origin int'l shipments. UPS said the rate increase for UPS Ground
shipments is based on a 5.9% increase in the base rate, less a 1 percentage
point reduction to the index-based ground fuel surcharge. The rate increase for
UPS Air and international services shipments is based on a 6.9% increase in the
base rate, less a 2% reduction to the index-based air and int'l fuel surcharge.
***DB
Schenker European Rail Freight History ..... as
Nov. 11 with the first arrival of a regular new weekly container train from Poland to the United Kingdom. The train is the first regular rail freight service to use the
High Speed 1 rail route, the only European sized railway in the United Kingdom.
As a result, the train can be loaded with European-sized curtain sided swap
bodies, opening up a new freight & logistics market.
***CargoWise
Buys ..... as
the logistics software company has acquired Canada-based VivaSoft, a logistics
technology provider.
www.cargowise.com/
***Fresh Theft ...
as Pennsylvania State police say a trailer holding more than 16 tons of seafood
was stolen over the weekend of Nov.12 from a central Pennsylvania truck stop.
The Patriot-News of Harrisburg reports the refrigerated trailer was filled with 33,000 pounds of
food and was taken while unattended. Who would ever rob a bank, so long as
there are unattended commercial loads?
***Road
Tribute..... as a device many truckers resent
first went into service this month in 1954 — the automatic toll collection
machine. It was installed at the Union Toll Plaza on New Jersey's Garden State Parkway. Motorists dropped coins into a wire mesh hopper, triggering a
green light that told them to proceed. The idea soon caught on at toll
roads around the country, reducing the number of booth attendants and speeding
cars on their way. Many toll roads now offer electronic devices that allow
truckers to pay their fee without even stopping. There are more than 4,800
miles of toll roads in the U.S. — a tiny fraction of the more than 4 million miles of roads
crisscrossing the nation.
***Another
Smuggling Prayer ....
as deputies in South Carolina say a woman used two hollowed-out Bibles to try to smuggle
weapons, drugs & a cell phone to a prison inmate. Sheriff Barry Faile said
Nov. 21 authorities began investigating 28-year-old Shareca Latoya Jones after
a package mailed to Lieber Correctional Institution was returned to a post
office in Lancaster. Inside the package were 2 Bibles containing razor knives, a cell
phone, ecstasy pills and more than 28 grams of cocaine.
Deputies identified Jones as the person who mailed the package from a Kershaw
post office. In her car, authorities found a loaded handgun, drugs, cell phones
& cash. Jones is facing drug and contraband charges. She was released from
jail on bond
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2. The Cargo Letter Financial Page
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**Agility. DOWN with a 3rd quarter 2011 net profit of US$29.32M a decrease of 42%
compared to the same period a year earlier, on a 19% fall in revenue.
**Air France-KLM's
cargo business. DOWN for 2nd quarter ending Sept. 30
with a decline of US$50.3M from US$9.5M profit in same period 2010, on revenue
of US$1.05 Bn.
**Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings. DOWN with a 16% drop in 3rd quarter
net profit to US$28.2M year on year, drawn on revenues of US$362.9M.
**AutoInfo (parent
of non-asset trucking company Sunteck Transport). UP as net profit increased 13.3% in the 3rd quarter to US$944,000.
**Box Ships, Inc. UP with a profit of US$5.1M in the first full quarter since the Greek
container ship owner's initial public offering on the NYSE. www.box-ships.com/
**BNSF Railway. UP as profit rose 8.5% year-over-year to US$766M in the 2nd quarter,
as the railroad's revenue rose 13% despite traffic falling 1.9%.
**CEVA Logistics. UP as 3rd quarter profit increases
by 5.8% to US$125.6M on a 1.2% gain in revenue to US$2.54Bn
**Con-way. UP with 3rd quarter profit of
US$29.1M on total revenue 8.4% in the third quarter to US$1.38Bn.
**Covenant Transportation. DOWN with a loss of US$11.1M in the 3rd quarter compared to a US$1.9M
profit in the same period year ago, as the truckload carrier saw freight
revenue fall 9% and took a US$9.4M impairment charge.
**Diana Containerships. UP with net income of US$2.7M for the third quarter of 2011, compared
to a net loss of US$0.1M for the same 2010 period, as the chartering of 3
vessels to Maersk Line helped the vessel owner-charterer more than triple its
revenue. www.dcontainerships.com/
**Expeditors Int'l of Washington. UP 11% with net profit of US$106M in the 3rd quarter.
**Hapag-Lloyd. DOWN 628% with US$46M in operating profits in 3rd quarter, an 87%
decline from the same period in 2010, and for the year, the Hamburg-based
container line has made US$84.9M, an 87.6% drop from the first 9 months of
2010.
**Horizon Lines DOWN with a US$126.4M loss in 3rd
quarter ending Sept. 25, compared to a profit of UO$7.7M in 3rd quarter of
2010.
**Japan Airlines (JAL). UP with net profits of US$1.25Bn in
the 1st half fiscal 2011, evidence of its robust return from bankruptcy in Jan.
2010.
**Maersk Line. DOWN with a loss of US$322M in Q3
2011, compared to a profit of US$1Bn. in the same quarter last year.
**Rickmers Maritime Trust. UP with a US$11.1M profit in the
3rd quarter from a US$54.6M loss a year ago, as the Singapore-based container
shipowner boosted charter revenue & trimmed financing costs.
**Singapore Airlines. DOWN with 2nd quarter results ending Sept. 30, posting a net profit of
US$153M, which was down 49% year on year due to high fuel costs and losses in
cargo business.
**Trailer Bridge Inc. DOWN with a 3rd-quarter loss of US$1.9M, or 16 cents per share,
compared to net income of US$6,900, or zero cents, a year ago.
**U.S. Postal Service. DOWN as it lost US$5.1Bn in fiscal 2011, raising the pressure the
ailing agency will default on a US$5.5Bn payment as it loses business to
electronic
communication.
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OUR "B" Section: FF World Air News***
3. Freight Forwarder World Air Briefs __________
***American
Airlines Bankruptcy .....
as at press time AA has filed for reorganization under
Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code .... last of
the major airlines to do so since 9/11.
www.aa.com/homePage.do
***Lufthansa
Cargo - The Boss May Cut..... as it could cut
capacity by as much as 30% going into 2012 and temporarily ground some
freighters amid indications of a slowdown in demand. But the German carrier
expects the air cargo market to grow again in the 2nd half of next year. The
carrier may ground some of its eighteen MD-11 freighters but would not park
them in the desert as it did in the 2009 recession. Lufthansa Cargo's traffic
is 5% below expectation in recent weeks. Lufthansa is preparing for zero growth
in the air cargo market through the 1st quarter of 2012 and possibly into the
1st half. But it expects around 3% growth in the 2nd half of the year.
***Stopping The India Advantage ...... as the Air Transport Assn. of
America has taken legal action against the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank of the United States to prevent Air India from receiving a US$3.4Bn loan. The ATA filed the suit with the
U.S. District Court of the District of
Columbia, asking the court
to deem the Ex-Im Bank's loan-guarantee unlawful. According to ATA officials,
the Ex-Im Bank has already approved a US$1.3Bn loan for Air India, with an
additional US$2.1M pending consideration; the loans would support the carrier's
acquisition of 30 aircraft, including 27 Boeing 787s. With this lawsuit, ATA
officials hope to prevent foreign carriers from receiving drastically lower —
up to 50% — financing rates than U.S. airlines. After all, an ATA spokesman revealed, the discounts
afforded to these carriers have certainly added up.
***Lufthansa
Cargo Says No To Late Night Ban .....
as is suspending plans for a US$1.35Bn expansion of
the airline's Frankfurt hub because of a German court's ban on night flights at the
airport. The airline's action is the strongest response yet to a ruling that
effectively shut down Lufthansa's night operations, triggering an overhaul of
the carrier's extensive freighter schedule. A second project directly affected
by the provisional night flight ban is the construction of new headquarters in
the neighborhood of the existing LH Cargo Center. Lufthansa Cargo CEO Karl
Garnadt said last month the airline remained committed to an expansion that
would sharply scale up the airline's handling capacity at Frankfurt to 2 million metric
tons. But an airline official told Reuters the carrier now is awaiting a review
of the regional court ruling before proceeding. "Lufthansa still wants to
invest, but the size is dependent on the night flight regulations," the
unnamed official said.
***Japan Airlines Takes A Hit .... as depressed markets resulting from the
March tsunami and earthquake have drastically cut into Japan Airlines' profit
margins, representatives for the carrier revealed. Reported
revenue-ton kilometers, which dropped 52.2%, year-over year, in the 1st half of
fiscal-year 2011, wasn't the only area of loss for the airline. Domestic
capacity also fell 17.4%, year-over-year, from April to the end of Sept., as
JAL officials scaled down routes to offset decreased cargo demand.
***Airbus Optimistic .....
as it expects global air cargo volume to increase
nearly 300% in the next 20 years, leading to a 200% more aircraft in the
world's freighter fleet. According to the Airbus 2010-2030 Cargo Global Market
Forecast, there will be demand for 834 new aircraft, with the largest market segment
being mid-sized freighters like the Airbus A330-200F.
***Lufthansa
Cargo Contest For You ..... as
it has opened entries for its Cargo Innovation Contest at its online innovation platform to present "green
solutions" and ideas for "add-on services" to cover any aspect
of its cargo supply chain to help reduce its environmental impact. Lufthansa
Cargo will award its 3 winners a trip to Frankfurt, Germany where they will get to present their proposals to engineers &
management and discuss how their ideas could be implemented. The winners will
also receive flight training in a simulator with a Lufthansa Cargo flight
captain and up to 25,000 Miles and More Miles. In addition, a Most Valuable
Participant will be awarded 25,000 Miles and More Miles, based on activity in
the contest, quality of contributions and support for other members. The
contest is open to all until deadline Dec. 19.
To submit ideas:
http://innovation.lufthansa-cargo.com
***Emirates
Airline Beholds The Belly .....
as it's cargo planning chief says using bellyholds for
freight on passenger craft and maintaining capacity is key to future of
Emirates SkyCargo. "For an airline like us, the freight in the belly is
extremely important, you cannot understate the
importance of it. It represents 17% plus of our business," Emirates VP
Hiran Perertold U.S.-based Air Cargo News (FlyingTypers), at the sidelines of Dubai
Airshow. The Dubai-based carrier's launch of freighter services to Iraq, South
America and a new Far East and Australasia freighter route, Dubai, Singapore,
Sydney, Hong Kong, Dubai has boosted its coverage alongside its charter revenue
which is to hone on Africa and Japan markets. By using passenger service like
its Dubai to Sao Paolo, San
Francisco and Los Angeles for freight
Emirates can manage the seasonality of freight and passenger demand through
data management and offset risk.
***Cathay Pacific Airways Goes Big At HKG ..... as it has held a ceremony to mark the
completion of construction of the new US$706.4M Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal
at Hong Kong Int'l Airport. When fully operational in 2013, it will employ 1,800 people and
run 24-7, the most advanced in the world. Construction was done by a Gammon-Hip
Hing joint venture.The faciity will be powered by Siemens.
***Qantas
Birthday Used For B-787 ....
as it celebrated its 91st birthday by officially
welcoming the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Sydney on its first visit
to Australia before low-cost carrier Jetstar receives the first of the group's
fifty 787s in mid-2013. Melbourne-based Jetstar is to receive 15 of the Boeing
787-8s to replace Airbus A330s which will transfer to Qantas, with 35 Boeing
787-9s to jointly support international growth for both carriers. "The
B-787 is a game-changer" said Qantas CEO Alan Joyce, citing its GEnx
engines that make for greater fuel-efficiency that lowers operating costs and a
capability for both low-fare and premium markets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetstar_Airways
www.boeing.com/commercial/787family/background.html
***Lion Air
Tries To Be King .... as
the once little-known Indonesian airline says it is planning to buy 230 planes
from Boeing Co. The bill - with a list price of US$21.7Bn - is to be paid over
12 years though ,bank financing. Dozens of airlines
have emerged in Indonesia since it deregulated its aviation industry in the 1990s, making
air travel affordable for the 1st time for many across the sprawling island
nation of 240 million, and luring passengers away from ferries & trains.
The number of air passengers in Indonesia jumped 22% from 43 million in 2009 to 53 million in 2010,
according to Indonesia's statistics agency. That trend has continued in 2011. But the
country also has had its share of accidents, raising concerns that the supply
of trained aviation professionals, regulatory oversight and ground
infrastructure can't keep up with growth. In 2007, the European Union banned
all of Indonesia's 50 airlines from landing on its runways for two years, and Lion
Air has not gone unscathed. In 2004, a Lion Air MD-82 crash-landed at the airport
in Surakarta, killing 25 people in its only fatal accident. There also have
been scores of other incidents, including hard landings and overshooting
runways, some causing injuries or damage to planes.
www2.lionair.co.id/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_Air
***The Last A340 .....
as Airbus has announced that ending the productions of
the company's longest fuselage amid competition to Boeing's 777 twin-engine
model and high fuel prices. The A340, which held the record as the longest
civil aircraft until Boeing stretched its 747-8 jumbo, fits up to 375
passengers and can fly non-stop from Singapore to Los Angeles. There are 365 A340s in operation today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A340
***Volumes >>> Air China posted a 4.1% cargo decline in October year on year and a 6.7%
drop from Sept. to 96,215 tons, but in the first 9 months of the year, its
throughput was up 1.9% to 953,229 tons. >>> Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragonair in Oct. carried
135,998 tons of cargo and mail, representing a drop of 17.5% year on year. >>> Japan's All Nippon
Airways volume edged up 0.8%
year-over-year in Sept. in a slight recovery after ANA reported its 1st freight
decline in two years the month before. >>> Hong Kong Int'l Airport (HKIA) has posted 8.2% decline in air cargo throughput in Oct.
year on year to 342,000 tons,
***Russian Corruption ....
as air freight operator & arms trader Viktor Bout
has been convicted by a New York jury on terrorism charges after being accused of smuggling arms
to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to use against U.S. forces. On Nov. 2, 2011, he was convicted
by a jury in a federal court in Manhattan of
conspiracy to kill US citizens and officials, deliver anti-aircraft missiles
and provide aid to a terrorist organization. Mr Bout was arrested 3 years ago
in Bangkok, where he then spent two years in custody before being extradited to
the U.S. Bout, a former Russian air force officer, once employed 300 people and
operated 40 to 60 aircraft, including the largest private fleet of Antonov
cargo planes during the 1990s, until some of its fleet were grounded for
inadequate documentation. During the trial, Bout denied weapons trafficking but
said he was instead trying to sell two old cargo aircraft for US$5M to the
Colombians.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Bout
***Landing On
Your Own Grass .... as
sheriff's deputy says authorities are hunting for the pilot of a small plane
carrying a large amount of marijuana that skidded off a runway at an airport
west of Houston. John Kremmer of the Waller County Sheriff's Department says the
twin-engine plane slid onto the grass Nov. 21 evening at Houston Executive Airport in Brookshire after the plane's nose gear collapsed. He says he
doesn't know how many people were aboard, but the plane was abandoned when
authorities arrived. Kremmer says several bundles of marijuana were found on
the plane. The exact amount hasn't been determined, but he says it was "a
lot more than just personal use." The plane is registered to an owner in
La Vernia, Texas. Kremmer says it hadn't been reported stolen.
***Standing Room Only .... as a
passenger had to stand Nov. 20, during a 7-hour flight after a morbidly obese
man sitting next to him made it impossible to get into his seat. Arthur
Berkowitz said his 400lb neighbour on US Airways Flight 901, from Anchorage to Philadelphia, spilled over into his personal space. He was not able to sit in
his seat, could not move elsewhere in the aircraft because it was full and was
therefore forced to stand up. "I didn't fly from Alaska to Philadelphia on Flight 901," Mr Berkowitz told consumer advocate
Christopher Elliot's blog. "I stood." The flight from Anchorage to Philadelphia is one of the longest non-stop U.S. domestic flights. Flight attendants whom he told about the
problem said they could not help him, as he was not allowed to sit in their
jump seats. Mr. Berkowitz claims US Airways admitted their gate agent had made
an error in allowing the passenger to board without having bought two
seats.
***Caught With
His Pants Down..... as a pilot who accidentally
locked himself in the bathroom of his LaGuardia-bound plane caused a terror
scare Nov. 16 night when a helpful passenger with an accent tried to come to
his rescue by banging on the cockpit door. The embarrassing comedy of errors
began when the captain of a Chatauqua Airlines flight from Asheville, N.Car., decided to take a bathroom break before landing. But
when he tried to get out of the men's room, the door jammed, trapping him in
the tight quarters. Desperate to get out and land the plane — which was in a
holding pattern above the airport — he pounded his fists on the door to attract
attention. A well-intentioned passenger sitting in the front row heard his
thumping & hurried over to help. Relieved, the pilot told the passenger to
go to the cockpit and alert the crew to his plight. But crew members didn't
react well to the unexpected visit from a stranger trying to breach the highly
secure area of the plane. The jittery co-pilot — at the controls and wondering
why his boss' bathroom break was taking forever — thought the unfamiliar accent
was Middle Eastern, a source told The Post. Practically stammering, he quickly
radioed air traffic control. "We are 180 knots 10,000 [feet] uh, can we
leave the frequency for a minute? We are going to try to, uh contact
dispatch," he said. "The captain disappeared in the back, and, uh, I
have someone with a thick foreign accent trying to access the cockpit."
Even after the passenger explained through the door that the captain was locked
in the john, the co-pilot was still suspicious. "What I'm being told is
he's stuck in the lav [lavatory], and, uh, someone with a thick foreign accent
is giving me a password to access the cockpit," he said. He clearly did
not believe the passenger. "I'm not about to let him in," the nervous
co-pilot told the LaGuardia tower. The controller, also spooked, advised the
pilot to declare an emergency and "just get on the ground.'' The captain
finally extricated himself and told colleagues all was well. Before that
happened fighter planes were alerted, although they were never scrambled. When
an air traffic controller called to check if "there were
any level of disturbance on the airplane," the pilot got on and
responded "negative.""The captain, myself, went back to the
lavatory and the door latch broke and I had to fight my way out of it with my
body to get the door open ," he said. "There
is no issue, no threat."The FBI & Port Authority cops met the plane
when it landed around 6:30 pm. A spokesman for
Chatauqua — which runs the regional flight under the Delta name — said cops
talked to the passenger & quickly realized it was all a
misunderstanding.
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OUR "C" Section: FF World Ocean News***
4. FF World Ocean
Briefs
***Mischief
Warning .....
as the U.S. "Occupy Movement" is calling for a shutdown of all West
Coast ports on Dec. 12, but they will have to pursue their goal without the
cooperation of the powerful Int'l Longshore and Warehouse Union. The movement's
declaration came about 3 weeks after thousands of Occupy Oakland protestors
halted nighttime operations at the Port of Oakland on Nov. 2. The ILWU voiced support for the Oakland protest, but a
letter from the ILWU Coast Committee in San Francisco to all longshore locals
on the West Coast shows a position shift: "To be clear, the ILWU, the
Coast Longshore Division and Local 21 are not coordinating independently or in
conjunction with any self-proclaimed organization or group to shut down any
port or terminal, particularly as it related to our dispute with EGT in
Longview (Wash)." The ILWU considers its dispute with EGT, which is
attempting to open a grain terminal in Longview, Wash., with the use of
non-ILWU labor, to be a crucial issue for the union, but the ILWU does not want
outside groups using that issue to attract support from the union rank and file
for a ports shutdown.
***Incresed Traffic ....
as volume of containerized exports handled in the U.S. increased 6.7% in the 3rd quarter to 2,933,396 TEU on the back of
growing demand for wastepaper, scrap metal & grain, according to PIERS
data. Containerized grain & flour product exports were up by 37% to 40,468
TEU, while shipments of boxed soybeans nearly doubled to 40,298 TEU. The volume
of empty containers returning to Asia also fell by 17.4% in Oct., which means more containers were
leaving the port loaded with export cargo. In the first 10 months of the year,
the number of loaded & empty containers increased 0.68% year on year.
Within October's monthly total, westbound transpacific exports surged by 10.4 %
to 1,653,158 TEU, accounting for 56% of the total. Exports to the America's top containerized trading partner China grew 13% to 652,069 TEU compared to the same period a year
earlier.
***Port of Hamburg NO. 2 For EU ..... as it regained its 2nd place behind Rotterdam as a
European container port as it surpassed Antwerp with a 15.3%
year-on-year increase in the first 9 months to 6.8 million TEU. Hamburg outpaced Antwerp, the second
largest port in Europe, which increased volume 3.1% to 6.5 million TEU, and compared to Europe's top box Port of Rotterdam's 8% increase to nine million TEU.
***New
Anti-Pirate Fleet ....
as a private navy equipped with a fleet of patrol
boats is scheduled to begin escorting ships through the Gulf of Aden early next year as
private security forces take a growing role in the fight against piracy. The
venture has been organized by Convoy Escort Programme Ltd, and is backed by UK insurance and reinsurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group,
Bloomberg reports. It is due to commence escorts in 5 months time. "The
bullet-proof boats will charge about US$30,000 per ship travelling in a convoy
of around 4 vessels over 3 to 4 days," Convoy Escort CEO Angus Campbell
told Bloomberg. Convoy Escort will use 7 ex-navy patrol boats, each with 8
armed guards, costing US$30M. Some in the industry even wonder if a special
security effort is really necessary. There are around 35,000 ship voyages a
year through the Indian Ocean, they point out, the vast majority are
completely unarmed and make it through. Officials say it costs around US$55,000
to deploy an experienced four-man security team on a 10-12 day transit between Suez and Galle in Sri Lanka. Firms touting for business without experience have offered teams
at US$15,000 to US$20,000.
www.jltgroup.com/
Captain of the M/V Renuar, testimony after abduction of his ship
- chilling :
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pb1VAgYkUiY
***Closed Shop?....
as harbor truckers in Southern California are raising concerns that an effort
by longshoremen to inspect all chassis before equipment is trucked from Los
Angeles-Long Beach will result in unnecessary delays for their drivers. The
area arbitrator who handles contract disputes between the Int'l Longshore and
Warehouse Union and waterfront employers ruled, effective Nov. 21, terminal
operators will conduct a mandatory roadability inspection of all chassis owned
or controled by shipping lines or terminal operators before allowing the
chassis to be hauled from the facility. Terminal operators on the West Coast
employ ILWU labor. Longshore mechanics repair most of the chassis provided by
shipping lines & terminal operators, but longshoremen at most terminals do
not inspect chassis before they are hauled from marine terminals. The Harbor Trucking
Assn., which represents drayage companies in Southern California, said the
terminal inspection requirement is redundant because the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration requires truck drivers inspect chassis before hauling the
equipment from terminals.
***Don't
Lower The Ocean, Raise The Bridge ..... as Maersk Line is to make 8
of its 7,450 TEU ships into 8,500-TEU vessels by adding two extra layers of
containers stowed forward of the accommodation block and raising the wheelhouse
to see over the highest stacks. But the report from Paris-based Alphaliner did
not say whether the remaining eight SAM-MAX vessels would be retrofitted with
an elevated wheelhouse and a 1,500 TEU capacity increase. The upgrade is taking
place at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.
***Maersk Line
Clock Watching ..... as
it has been named the world's most on-time carrier among the top carriers as
63% of the world's containerships were found to have arrived on time in the
third quarter, according to Drewry Maritime Research's latest schedule
reliability report. The result surpasses the 55% of on time arrivals recorded
in the 2nd quarter, reports Newark's Journal of Commerce. Out of the top 20 shipping lines measured
by vessel fleet size across all the trades covered by Drewry, APL clinched the
number 2 spot and Hyundai Merchant Marine came in 3rd. Maersk interestingly
claimed the top spot after launching a new guaranteed schedule service at a
number of ports in Asia and Europe in September.
***Sample Rate Increases Approach .....
**Matson announced
Nov. 23 it will raise its rates for the company's Hawaii service by
US$175 per westbound container and US$85 per eastbound container, effective Jan. 1, 2012. The increase will be filed with the Surface Transportation
Board. In addition, Matson will raise its terminal handling charge by US$50 per
westbound container and US$25 per eastbound container, also effective Jan. 1, 2012. Matson estimates the combined increase of both the rate
adjustment and terminal handling charge will result in shipping costs rising by
an average of 5.6%. Historically, Matson has announced average percentage
increases based solely on the rate increase, excluding terminal handling
increases. In the interest of greater transparency, the company has decided to
combine both numbers for the average percent increase.
**CMA CGM, the
world's 3rd largest container ocean shipping line, has announced it will raise
rates effective Dec. 15. Increases are US$600 per TEU from Asia to Mexico and the west coast of Central and South America, US$560 per TEU and
US$800 per FEU from Asia to the Caribbean and US$250 per TEU from Asia to West Africa. Members of the Canada Transpacific Stabilization Agreement
(CTSA) say the rate changes will apply to all coasts, effective by no later
than Jan. 1, and are intended to achieve an additional minimum of US$400 per
40-foot container.
**Mediterranean
Shipping Co. (MSC) will raise rates by US$600 per
TEU from the Far East to the west coast of South
America effective Dec. 15.
**Mediterranean
Shipping Co. has announced a
general rate increase of US$320 per TEU, US$400 per FEU and US$450 per 40-foot
high cube for services from Far East and southeast Asia to the US and
Puerto Rico from Jan. 1.
**Asia-West Africa
Trade Agreement (AWATA)
recently suggested its member carrier increase the freight rates by US$200 per
TEU from Far East to West Africa from Dec. 15. AWATA member carriers comprise CMA CGM, China
Shipping, Delmas, GoldStar, MOL, Maersk, MSC, NileDutch, PIL
& Safmarine.
***FESCO Russian Pacific Line Breaks Trail ..... as
it's new direct all water service to Vladivostok departed the
Port of Tacoma on Nov. 22, 2011. The service
will use roll-on/roll-off vessels as part of its direct fortnightly service to Vladivostok and other
points in the Russian Far East. FESCO operates 47 vessels and 4 icebreakers,
and is Russia's largest container, dry bulk and roll on/roll off operator.
FESCO is also the 2nd largest privately-held railcar operator in the Russian Federation.
***Container Tech ..... as
Maersk Line said it is beginning to use new fully automatic container
twistlocks on some ships that will enable vessels to offload containers as soon
as they are secured in port. The fully automatic twistlocks, like other
twistlocks, latch containers together so they remain locked at sea. Unlike
semi-automatic twistlocks in wide use, they don't have to be unlocked manually
by terminal workers. Instead, with the new twistlocks, the containers are
released by the cranes' vertical pull , eliminating
time-consuming unlocking done by stevedores. Maersk said the new twistlocks
were developed and tested over an 8 year period. Maersk said the immediate
release feature of the fully automatic twistlocks can only be used on
containers stowed above the 3rd tier. To ensure the container stability at sea,
lashing rods on other tiers have to be locked manually to prevent damage to the
lashing rods.
***Deadly Reefers .....
as an explosion in a reefer container serviced by a
repair yard last month in Quingdao, Vietnam has led to 82 such containers being shut down and quarantined.
CMA CGM, issued a statement that all necessary
instructions were given to its teams on land and at sea to ensure these
containers were handled & stored in complete safety. From April to Oct., 4
reefers repaired in Vietnam have exploded in Brazil, China and Vietnam, killing 3 port workers. Refrigeration experts believe that they
have discovered with "near certainty" the cause of the explosions. A
bulletin published by the UK P&I Club reproduces initial findings from Cambridge
Refrigeration Technology, which says a counterfeit refrigerant containing
methyl chloride is the likely cause of the accidents. The Cargo Letter reported this news in our Daily Vessel Causualties on 15 Oct. 2011, about 2.5 weeks
before industry media. You should visit daily!
www.cargolaw.com/presentations_casualties.php
***Fruit Disclosure .... as a
U.K. court has ruled Russia's largest fruit importer JFC Group must disclose all its
worldwide assets after the company failed to pay US$16.5M in damages to
Norwegian shipowner Star Reefers. In August 2011, the High Court in London awarded the refrigerated
cargo ship operator damages & costs against charter party guarantor JFC,
following the unlawful early redelivery of 3 ships and wrongful termination of
charters by JFC's chartering arm Kalistad. After JFC failed to pay the damages
or appeal the judgment became final. Star Reefers said it has started
enforcement proceedings in Cyprus, Luxembourg and the U.S. against JFC's associated companies.
***U.S. Jones Act Carrier Admits Price Fixing ..... as Sea Star Line has pleaded guilty to
price fixing and agreed to pay a US$14.2M criminal fine and the carrier's
ex-president Frank Peake was also indicted & accused of price fixing in the
U.S. mainland-Puerto Rico trade from late 2005 to April 2008. Sea Star
was said to have "engaged in a conspiracy to fix rates & surcharges
for water transportation of freight between the continental U.S. & Puerto
Rico from as early as May 2002, until at least April 2008," reported
London's Lloyd's List. It is the second U.S. carrier pleading guilty for the same charge this year. Horizon
Lines pleaded guilty in March and agreed to pay a US$45M fine initially, but
was plunged into the brink of bankruptcy later. The U.S. Justice Dept. later
allowed the fine to be reduced to US$15M, so the carrier was able to pay.
www.seastarline.com/
***Trailer Bridge Bankrupt ..... as the U.S. carrier which operates an integrated trucking & marine
freight service connecting the U.S. mainland with Puerto Rico, said it filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code on Nov. 17 2011. The company plans
to put forth a reorganization plan in the next month which will include plans
to de-leverage the company's balance sheet, possibly through an equity
conversion or offering. Trailer Bridge will
continue to operate 2 sailings per week between Jacksonville, Fla. and San Juan. The
voluntary reorganization petition was filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for
the Middle District of Florida and one day after US$82.5M of 9.25% senior
secured notes became due. Trailer Bridge was founded
in 1991 by containerization pioneer Malcom McLean and pioneered the use of
53-foot domestic containers in an integrated truck-barge service that offers
through carriage between the lower 48 states & Puerto Rico.
***Marad
Study: Comparison of U.S. & Foreign-Flag Operating Costs ........ as
the finding is that the total average cost of operating a U.S.-flag vessel in
foreign trade is estimated to be 2.7 times higher, on average, than
foreign-flag equivalents. The report said carriers indicated the Maritime
Security Program (MSP) payments play a critical role in lessening the
competitive gap in operating costs when compared to foreign-flag carriers in
the foreign trades.
www.marad.dot.gov/documents/Comparison_of_US_and_Foreign_Flag_Operating_Costs.pdf
U.S. Maritime Union Response: Maritime Administration Disregards Shipboard
Labor, Releases Flawed Report
http://mebaunion.org/WHATS-NEW/11-07-11_JointStatement110711final%5B1%5D.pdf
***Container
Weight Debate ..... as
TT Club has published the results of a survey it conducted in July on the
subject of overweight containers and proposals that empty containers be
weighed. TT Club said while there has been some feedback it would be
wasteful to weigh empty containers, 53% of those surveyed did not favor the
exemption. A 2009 accident in the port of Bremerhaven, in which container
stacks collapsed on the ship M/V Husky Racer, was blamed on containers that
were thought to be empty, but were each actually loaded with 15-30 tons of
cargo. TT Club said 70% of the respondents thought there ought to be allowed a
"modest tolerance between declared, certified and actual weight," 88%
thought container weights should be done "at the earliest possible point
in the transport (such as the point of packing or consolidation)" and 81%
thought a certified weight receipt should accompany documentation.
www.ttclub.com/knowledge-store/article/tt-talk-weighing-in-again-3649/
***Building Cans
At The Source..... as
Maersk Container Industry will start construction of a new factory in San Antonio, Chile, to produce reefers. The factory will begin operating by the end
of 2013, and later reach an output of 40,000 reefer containers and 30,000
reefer machines annually. MCI's new factory will create 1,800 jobs in &
around San Antonio, and, more broadly, help correct a reefer trade imbalance that
disfavors exporters of fresh produce, fish & meat from Western South America.
***Six Year
Olds Now Banned .....
as beginning Jan. 1, 2012 both the Port of Los Angeles & the Port of Long Beach will no longer be assessing a Clean Truck Fee on trucks with an
engine year of 2006 and older. Trucks with an engine year of 2006 and older
will be banned from port marine terminals. PortCheck will be refunding Clean
Truck Fees that were deposited in accounts but not spent. Customers should
check their accounts and request their deposit refund no later than Jan. 15, 2012. Deposit refunds that are not requested by Jan. 15, 2012 may be forfeited as unclaimed deposits.
***L.A. Ditch Fee .... as
Mediterranean Shipping Co. plans to begin assessing a fee for cargo moving from
Asia to North America by way of the Alameda Corridor. The corridor is a 20-mile
stretch of below ground railway that links the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to rail
yards near downtown Los Angeles. The fee, effective Dec. 1, is US$21 per 20-foot container and
US$42 per 40-foot or 40-foot high-cube container.
***Port of
Le Harve Meets Sino Wine Call ......
as China recruits 30 million people into the middle class every year, French
wine shippers find consumption levels soaring, it was revealed at the Hong Kong
International Wine and Spirit Fair. The fair, a giant wine tasting at the Hong
Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, was sponsored by Le Grand Port Maritime
du Havre through which the lion's share of French wine - 800 million bottles a
year - flows to the Far East. Le Havre provides 55
warehouses dedicated to storage, specialized transporters (food-grade
containers, reefers, groupage, temperature - controlled or not), administrative
& customs facilities, electronic procedures and VAT-free import.
***Throughput >>> Port of Charleston in
Oct. fell 6.3% year-over-year to 113,650 20-foot equivalent units, while
non-container traffic rose 58% year-over-year to 42,163 tons. >>> Fujian ports, in southeast China's coastal province, lifted a total of 7.87 million TEU of
containers from Jan. to Oct., 10.6% more than in the same period in 2010. >>> Port of Hamburg grew 15.3% in the first 3 quarters of 2011, to 6.8 million TEUs >>> Port of Hong Konghandled 2.07 million TEU in Oct., an increase of 8% against the 1.91
million TEU handled in Oct. of last year. >>> Port of Long Beach has seen a year-on-year 20.5% decline in its overall container
volume in Oct. due to overcapacity and soft demand. >>> Port of Los Angeles overall containerized volumes rose 4.4% year on year in Oct.
including empty boxes returning to Asia. Import volumes rose 5.5% year on year from Oct. 2010, while
exports grew 28.1%.>>> Singapore's Maritime & Port Authority
reported a 7.4% increase in container movement in Oct., having handled 2.57
million TEU compared to 2.39 million TEU in Oct. of last year. >>> Port of Wuzhou, in southwest China's Guangxi Autonomous Region, handled 20.23 million tons of cargo
from Jan. to Oct., 1.94% more than in the same period a year ago.
***This Month In U.S. Navy History
1775 - U.S. Continental Congress authorizes privateering.
1861 - Capt. Charles Wilkes seizes two Confederate diplomats from the British
steamer Trent, causing an international controversy
with Great Britain (known as the Trent Affair).
1890 - USS Maine, the first American battleship, is
launched.
1910 - Civilian Eugene Ely pilots first aircraft to take off from a ship, USS Birmingham (CL 2) at Hampton Roads, Va. He lands safely on Willoughby Spit, Norfolk, Va.
1922 - Cdmr. Kenneth Whiting in a PT seaplane, makes first catapult launching
from aircraft carrier, USS Langley (CV 1), at anchor in the York River.
1943 - In Battle of Cape St. George, 5 destroyers of Destroyer Squadron 23 (Capt.
Arleigh Burke) intercept 5 Japanese destroyers and sink 3 & damage one
without suffering any damage.
1960 - First Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine, USS George Washington (SSBN 598), leaves Charleston, S.C., on initial fleet
ballistic missile patrol.
1961 - Commissioning of USS Enterprise [CVA(N)-65],
the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, at Newport News, Va.
***Boatlift --
Untold Tale of 9/11 True American Resilience .......... as the cargo was heroism
for 500,000 people moved by boat in 9 hours, breaking a previous record set by
the famous WWII evacuation of Dunkurk.
www.youtube.com/embed/MDOrzF7B2Kg
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5. The Cargo
Letter Cargo Damage
Dispatches
**Back By Popular Demand**
We're sorry, but there were so many sinkings, explosions, pirate
attacks, fires, cargo mishaps, battles on the water & other disasters at
sea that we do not have room to print even the highlights this month. Many
people lost their lives at sea this month!!
But you can read all this month's disaster news at our special Internet web
feature which provides full details of each event -- our Vessel Casualties & Pirate
Activity Database. Bookmark the site and visit every day! Updated twice daily.
www.cargolaw.com/presentations_casualties.html
SPECIAL NOTE: Please view the dramatic new pictures at our special
"Gallery of Cargo Loss" website feature.
www.cargolaw.com/gallery.html
See our new feature for Nov. 2011: "Acute Rena
Failure" - the continunig story of grounded M/V Rena off New Zealand. Updated
daily. A doomed vessel?
https://cargolaw.com/2011nightmare_mv_rena.html
See our newest photo feature "Singles Only" - Transportation Disasters Told In A
Single Photo!
www.cargolaw.com/2000nightmare_singles.only.html
Daily Vessel Casualties ......
as we don't want you to miss the excitement of our 24 hour reports of the
dramatic events at sea each day -- stories of casualties & pirates ---
almost none of which are carried on your local news. Edited
daily by Christoph Wahner, Esq. of Countryman & McDaniel.
www.cargolaw.com/presentations_casualties.php
NOTE: The
historic dangers of carriage by sea continue to be quite real. Shippers must be
encouraged to purchase high quality marine cargo insurance from their freight forwarder or
customs broker. It's dangerous out there.
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OUR "D" Section: FF in Cyberspace***
6. The Cargo Letter "Cyber Ports Of Call"
Here are our suggested world wide web sites of the
week for your business, your information and your amusement..............
Cargo & Trade>>>>>>
2011 Directory of Transportation
http://dot2-2011.cadmus.com/Index.aspx
Marad Study: Comparison of U.S. & Foreign-Flag Operating Costs
www.marad.dot.gov/documents/Comparison_of_US_and_Foreign_Flag_Operating_Costs.pdf
Consumer Product Safety Commission Final Rule: Protocols & Standards For
Certification of Children's Products
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-11-08/pdf/2011-27678.pdf
Dangers of Vessel Structural Icing
http://ourmailer.com/YHP-LI8U-DA4LTOHSAD/cr.aspx
Panama Maritime Chamber
www.camaramaritima.com/index.php?lang=en
Pilot Program: Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Simplified Entry
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-11-09/pdf/2011-29055.pdf
Should Containers Declared As Empty Be Exempted From Weight Verification?
www.ttclub.com/knowledge-store/article/tt-talk-weighing-in-again-3649/
Texas Transportation Institute Researchers Identify The Most Congested U.S.
Corridors
http://tti.tamu.edu/2011/11/15/researchers-identify-the-nations-most-congested-corridors/
PRODUCTS>>>>>>>>>
Maritime World Employment Database
www.maritimworld.com/
EVENTS>>>>>>>>>
Transport Events
www.transportevents.com/
Trade Shows, Exhibitions, Conferences & Business Events
Worldwide
www.eventseye.com/
World Trade Organization Events
www.wto.org/english/news_e/meets.pdf
AirCargo 2012 .......18-20
March 2012, Miami
www.my-registration.com/AirCargo2012
Breakbulk South America Congress 2011 ......... Dec. 6-7, Sao Paulo, Brazil
http://breakbulkevents.com/index.php?section=breakbulk_south_america_2011_agenda
CNS Partnership Conference 2012 ......6-8 May 2012, Miami
https://ems.resrunner.com/CNS12
IATA Legal Symposium 2012 ......Feb.
5-7, Shanghai
www.iata.org/events/Documents/legal-symposium-2012.pdf
IATA World Cargo Symposium 2012 ........13-15 March 2012, Kuala Lumur,
Malaysia
https://ems.resrunner.com/WorldCargo
MODEX 2012........6-9 Feb. 2012, Atlanta's Georgia World
Congress Center
www.modexshow.com/
Apps For That - iPhones>>>>>>>>>
Animoticons ...... add big flair
to your messages
Shazam ...... identify &
copy any song ever made - by playing it
General Interest>>>>>>>>>
Flying the 787: Passenger's Perspective Video
www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2011/11/flying-the-787-this-passengers.html
Football's Blimpworthy Poll
http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/post/_/id/7160978/goodyear-blimpworthy-poll
Helicopter Crashes Installing Christmas Tree in Auckland
http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/22/8963617-helicopter-crashes-installing-christmas-tree-in-auckland
HMS Challenger .....foundation of modern
oceanography
www.maritimeprofessional.com/Blogs/Maritime-Musings/November-2011/Challenger-Expedition.aspx
How To Show TSA Agents What's Under Your Clothes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HXEENr2iDE&feature=related
Miniature Operational Airport
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1383532/Knuffingen-Airport-German-builds-worlds-largest-model-airport.html
Movie
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz4NcTnQedo&annotation_id=annotation_785740&feature=iv
Onboard Cabin Footage of 767 Gear-Up Landing & Evacuation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns-3ObP4C54
Parachute Jump .... get crazed
www.bassfiles.net/parachute.swf
Popular Mechanics Flashback: Rocket Propelled Airships Of The Future
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6106/6314154674_aeb858c035_b.jpg
Top 10 Crashes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jdl914OG-E&feature=related
The United States Light House Service
http://maritimeprofessional.com/Blogs/Maritime-Musings/November-2011/United-States-Light-House-Service.aspx
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