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INDEX to The Cargo Letter:
OUR "A" Section: Trade, Financial & Inland News***
1. Freight Forwarder Trade Briefs ______________
2.
3. Freight Forwarder World Air Briefs ____________
4. FF World Ocean Briefs _____________________
5.
**Back By Popular Demand**
OUR "D" Section: FF in Cyberspace***
6. The Cargo Letter "Cyber Ports of Call" _________
OUR "E" Section: The Forwarder/Broker World***
7. New
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OUR "A" Section: Trade, Financial & Inland News***
1. Freight Forwarder Trade Briefs _____________
***UPS
Calls Off TNT Acquisition...... as roughly 10 months after a deal was first
announced that Dutch express delivery company TNT express had agreed to be
acquired by parcel delivery giant UPS for US$6.8Bn, a long litany of objections
by the European Commission has led UPS to just call the whole thing off.
Believing that the EC plans to prohibit the acquisition, UPS has announced it
will withdraw its offer to purchase TNT. In the process, UPS will pay a US$267M
termination fee. UPS had submitted an initial remedies proposal back in
November 2012, and then revised the proposal twice, ultimately to no avail.
According to Joel Ray, head consultant at Transport Intelligence, "It is
hard to see what the EC sought to achieve through the negative stance they took
to this deal. Their decision-making process looks flawed, caused by a
fundamental lack of understanding of the industry. It seems to have been driven
by a desire to engineer a market structure through political motivations.
European shippers would have gained from the acquisition through a strong new
road- and air-based player. This decision has set the market back many years,
and risks reducing competition, not increasing it." The combined UPS/TNT
would have been a global US$60Bn company.
www.transportintelligence.com/
***The EU View ..... as the European Shippers'
Council (ESC) has voiced full support of the European Commission's decision to
block the proposed US$6.8Bn takeover of TNT Express by UPS, forcing the U.S.
multinational to withdraw its bid. The ESC said it was seeking "a
properly-functioning European market in which competition is encouraged"
and had "expressed its concerns in relation to competition within the
European express market and views UPS' decision in that competitive
context". Joost Van Doesburg,
policy manager, Air Transport Council (ATC) and representative of the ESC said:
"UPS' proposed takeover of TNT Express would have reduced the number of
European express companies from 3 to only 2, with DHL Express alone still able
to compete with the proposed TNT-UPS combination. A few years ago, a similar
reduction in the number of express companies in the
***Breaking
Barriers ...... as the U.S.
Trade Representative Office is to enter into negotiations for a new trade deal
on int'l services with 20 countries, not including
www.ustr.gov/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
***Chinese
Lunar New Year ....... as
most factories & offices in mainland China will be closed from Feb. 9 to
Feb. 15, 2013 and in Hong Kong from Feb. 10 to Feb. 13, 2013.
***Increased
Informal U.S. Entry Limit Now In Force .......
as the value limit for informal entries (see 77 FR 72715), from US$2,000 to
US$2,500, for which commercial importations of merchandise may qualify for an
informal entry came effect on Jan. 7, 2013.
***U.S. Exports Up ...... as goods and services in 2012
totaled US$2.2 trillion, 38.7% higher than the level of exports in 2009, with
exports growing an average of 11.9% annually in that time, according to data
released by the U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis.
www.bea.gov/
***Europe
Cites Steel Dump ...... as
it's trade regulatory body has decided China illegally subsidises
steel manufacturers of organic coated steel used in household appliances at below-market
prices. The European Commission did not cite this in its Sept. provisional
anti-dumping increases of 13.2% to 57.8% on prices of imported products, but
says duties need to be as much as 59% to counter Chinese subsidies, Reuters reports. According to a European Commission (EC)
study,
***
www.isp.se/sa/node.asp?node=
***Walmart Ups American Buy ...... as it is to bump up its spend on domestically produced goods to US$50Bn and add
to its 66% U.S.-sourced or grown inshore goods. It aims to buy more US-made
sporting goods, fashion basics, storage products, games and paper products in Walmart
***U.S.
Postal Service Opportunity ......
as it can generate nearly US$35M in revenues over 2 years by increasing its
viability as a federal contract recipient, according to a new report. USPS'
inspector general's office found by adapting to the needs of federal agencies
-- by broadening price flexibility, for example, and guaranteeing two and
three-day express delivery -- the agency could generate US$17.4M in revenue in
both fiscal years 2013 & 2014. The General Services Administration awarded
about US$340M annually in 2011 & 2012, but only US$1.2M and US$4.8M to
USPS, respectively. Contracts went overwhelmingly to FedEx & UPS. The
report found the Postal Service faced a handicap in acquiring federal business
because GSA began awarding contracts in 2001, but USPS did not begin
participating until 2009. While nothing can be done about the timing -- except
for "enhancing…visibility and accessibility" -- the OIG said the
Postal Service can eliminate other disadvantages its faces against
private-sector competition. "Unlike competitors," the inspector
general wrote, "the Postal Service cannot sell products below cost and
make up the loss with other products or services to penetrate a market, attract
new customers, or match competitors' prices." This hindrance has allowed
UPS & FedEx to consistently undercut the Postal Service's prices. However,
USPS remains competitive for lightweight packages and the inspector general
recommended the Postal Service focus on increasing federal business in that
area by mitigating price rigidity. The report also recommended the Postal
Service develop a better understanding of agencies' needs, including which most
commonly ship lightweight packages. Still, USPS had a record deficit of
US$15.9Bn in 2012.
***U.S.
Burger Aid ...... as fastfood giant McDonald's believes recession-hit
***Dachser Expands Spain ......
as the German forwarder has acquired a major Spanish air & ocean forwarder Transunion, subject to approval by the antitrust authorities.
The global logistics provider is to gain a company with offices in
www.dachser.us/
***DHL
***Kerry
Logistics Trucking & Forwarding Buy ......as
the
***Purolator International Spreads U.S. Base ...... as it plans to add 3 more
branches during the first quarter. The int'l division of
***The West Struggles
To Fill Pot Holes ...... as
Chinas building program in 2012 resulted in a total of 4.1 million kilometers
of road & highways being built, reports Xinhua.
Transport Minister Yang Chuantang said at a recent
transportation conference that a record-breaking sum of
87,000 kilometers' new roads were built last year, 15,000 kilometers
more than in 2011. New expressways took up 11,000 kilometers. New and upgraded
rural roads totaled 194,000 kilometers.
***Heihe - Who Knew? ......
as the little checkpoint on the Sino-Russian border in north eastern China's
Heilongjiang province, posted a year-on-year 168.87% increase in 2012 by
exporting 4,716 automobiles to Russia, setting a record high. The value of
these vehicles, mostly dump trucks, also recorded a steep growth of 164.8% to
nearly US$2Bn, according to Xinhua. Analysts said the
rapid growth was stimulated by the strong domestic demand in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
***Stinking
Swedish Smuggling ...... as
prosecutors have issued international arrest warrants for two Britons suspected
of masterminding a smuggling ring involving Chinese garlic.The
men first shipped the garlic to Norway by boat, where it entered the country
duty-free since it was considered to be in transit, prosecutor Thomas Ahlstrand said Jan. 9. They then drove large shipments of
garlic across the Norwegian-Swedish border, avoiding customs checks and thus
Swedish import duties. Ahlstrand said the men avoided
paying some US$13.1M in Swedish taxes with the scheme, which took place in 2009
& 2010. A lengthy police investigation led to the identification of the two
Britons. Ahlstrand initially said they smuggled in
1.2 tons of garlic, but later said the exact amount was unclear. It was not the
first time smugglers have shown a preference for garlic from
***Grilled
Cheese Tunnel ...... as road
tunnel in northern
***Express Mail ...... as a
http://bit.ly/S8TXss
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**Canadian National Railway. UP as 2012 full-year profit was C$2.68Bn,
up from C$2.4Bn.
**J.B.
Hunt Transport. UP as 4th-quarter net income rose to
US$84M, or 70 cents per share, from US$72.6M, or 61 cents, a year ago.
**Orient Overseas
Container Line (OOCL) UP revenues increased 5.6% to US$1.4Bn, as
volume grew 3.7% to 5.22 million TEU.
**Swift Transportation Co. UP as 4th-quarter net income rose to
US$46.8M, or 34 cents per share, from US$36.8M, or 26 cents, a year ago.
**United Continental
Holdings (UAL). DOWN with a net loss of US$723M for 2012,
which included US$1.3Bn in special charges.
**Union Pacific Corp. UP as 4th-quarter net income rose to
US$1.04Bn, or $2.19 per share, from US$964M, or $1.99, a year
earlier
**US Airways. UP as 4th quarter net profit excluding
special items was US$46M, or $0.26 per diluted share, compared to US$21M, or
$0.13 per diluted share in
2011.
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OUR "B" Section: FF World Air News***
3. Freight Forwarder World Air Briefs __________
***The
Grounding of Code Name
www.aircargonews.com/1212/
787 Battery Blew Up In '06 Lab Test, Burned Down Building
http://seattletimes.com/html/
***Boeing Ended
2012 On A High Note .....
as for the first time in a decade, the Seattle-based
company ended the year as the world's No. 1 airplane manufacturer, outselling
and delivering more jets than its closest competitor, the French company
Airbus. Boeing achieved a net total of orders for 1,203 commercial aircraft in
2012, the second-largest annual number in the company's history. The
manufacturer also delivered 601 commercial jets, the most since 1999. Boeing's
unfilled commercial aircraft orders at the end of the year stood at 4,373, the
most in its history. No one would be surprised to learn that Boeing's
worst-performing commercial jet for net orders in 2012 was the 787 Dreamliner.
***
***Sleepy Cargo
Pilots? ...... as
*varying flight & duty requirements based on what time the pilot's
day begins;
*adjusting allowable length of a duty period based on when the pilot's
day begins, and the number flight segmentsflown,
ranging from 9-14 hours for single crew operations;
*limiting flight time when the plane is moving under its own power
before, during or after flight to 8 or 9 hours depending on the start time of
the entire flight duty rest period; and
*a 10-hour minimum rest period prior to the flight duty period, which is
two hours more than the previous rule, and mandates that a pilot must have an
opportunity for 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep within the 10-hour rest period.
The fact that air cargo carriers are not currently required to abide by these
rules was not well received by the Allied Pilots Assn. (APA), the certified
collective bargaining agent for the 10,000 pilots of American Airlines.
"We strongly object to exempting cargo carriers from the new rules,"
said APA President Captain Dave Bates in a Dec. 2011 statement. "A
fatigued pilot is a fatigued pilot, whether their aircraft contains passengers
or cargo." But Washington, D.C.-based Airforwarders
Assn. (AfA) Executive Director Brandon Fried said
"One size does not fit all. Cargo pilots for the most part fly about half
of the amount of time as passenger pilots do. FedEx, UPS, or TNT might lift off
at
***New Qantas
Airways Cargo Focus ...... as
it has agreed to purchase a 100% stake in Australian Air Express from
joint-venture partner Australia Post, as well as sell its 50% stake of
road-freight business StarTrack to Australia Post.
The deal, which will boost Qantas' airfreight operations, is slated to close in
the 4th quarter.In a press release, Qantas said it
expects to receive Aus$408 million, plus an additional Aus$5 million in
completion adjustments, from the deal. The lump sum signals good news for the
Australian carrier, which has recently made headlines for its financial woes.
Less than 2 months ago, Qantas scrapped its order for 35 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners after posting an Aus$244 million net loss for
fiscal-year 2011-2012, which ended June 30.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
***Southern
Airlines Adds Class ...... as
it recently started providing freight with different classes of service. The
service is separated into 3 classes, the First Class (Class A), High-end Class
(Class B) and Ordinary Class (Class C). Class A space will be open for booking
3 days before departure. Compared to Class B & C, Class A shipments can
enjoy priority in loading following rescue materials, diplomatic bag, aviation
materials and government authorised emergency goods.
Class A can also enjoy priority in space booking & safety check. Are there
meals in First Class?
***Volumes >>> Belgium's Liege Airport suffered a 14.5% fall
in air freight volumes in 2012 after handling 576,664 tons, compared to the
previous year. >>>
***Heavily
Editing The In-Flight Movie ......
as a contract has been awarded for the world's shortest scheduled flight - as
short as 47 seconds - following a bidding war between three rivals, says the
UK's Daily Mail. Scottish airline Loganair triumphed
in the battle for the route, between Westray and Papa
Westray,
www.news.com.au/travel/news/
***German
Air Efficiency ...... as for
a country that prides itself on efficiency & punctuality, the saga of Berlin's
new airport, whose opening was delayed for a fourth time on Jan. 7, has become
something of a national joke and source of embarrassment for Germany. The mayor
of the capital city, Klaus Wowereit, said managers
for the new Willy Brandt airport have determined that it's no longer possible
to open on Oct. 27. He insisted it wasn't yet possible to give a new date, but
the delay means the capital's airport won't be opened until 2014 at the
earliest - about 3 years later than originally planned. The airport, one of the
country's biggest infrastructure projects, is supposed to replace the city's
two aging and increasingly cramped airports, Tegel
and Schoenefeld, which served West and East Berlin
respectively during Germany's Cold War division. It was first scheduled to open
in late 2011, then delayed to June 2012. That date was abandoned only a few
weeks before the airport was due to open; the inauguration was put back to
March 2013, and then postponed again to Oct. Costs have already more than
doubled to US$5.8Bn. Postponing the opening again will lead to additional
costs, the Transport Ministry's Rudolph acknowledged.
***
***Holding On ...... as stunned Qantas Airways
passengers watched out their windows as a large python clung to a plane's wing
during a 2-hour flight from
***Tick, Tick, Tick !!! ......
as the ominous sound of a bag alarmed employees at the world's busiest airport
on Jan. 3, but it has turned out to be nothing more than a passenger's
toothbrush. The battery-powered toothbrush was responsible for the sound that
gave rise to fears of a bomb at
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OUR "C" Section: FF World Ocean News***
4. FF World Ocean Briefs
***Stike Again Looms ......
as even though negotiations between the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX),
an alliance of container carriers, direct employers, and port associations
serving U.S.-based East and Gulf Coasts, and the International Longshoremen's
Association (ILA), the largest union of maritime workers in North America, are
continuing, details of what is discussed remain scant. A major sticking point
in the negotiations between the ILA and USMX has to do with how the ILA has to
negotiate all Master Contract issues with the ILA Wage Scale Committee, which
ILA President Harold Daggett said in an August letter to USMX Chairman and CEO
James Capo is a democratically-elected committee that Capo has declined to
address despite Daggett's overtures to do so. And in
late Dec., Daggett said ILA made major gains on the Container Royalty issue
that will protect its members as well as agreeing to extend the ILA Master
Contract by 30 days, beyond the original Dec. 29 deadline to Feb. 6. Another
issue has to do with technology. USMX' Capo maintains the ILA is demanding that
management guarantee a job for any worker even if new technologies eliminate a
need for that position. Both the National Retail Federation (NRF) and the
Retail Industry Leaders Assn. (RILA) have expressed their concerns to the ILA
and USMX over what a potential labor strike could do. RILA officials said the
ongoing labor negotiations affect 14
www.usmx.com/html/about/USMX/
www.ilaunion.org/
***
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
***Fruits
of Arming The Vessels ...... as
international piracy hit a 5-year low of 297 attacks in 2012 with the biggest
reduction off the Somali coast, but attacks off West Africa increased,
according to the Int'l Maritime Bureau (IBM). Over the 5 year period the level
of violence reduced worldwide with 174 ships boarded by pirates, 28 hijacked
and 28 fired upon, according to the latest figures from the
***State of The Fleet ...... as 5% of the global
container fleet was idle at the end of 2012, or 297 vessels totaling 810,000
TEU, reported Alphaliner. According to Alphaliner, the number of vessels of 3,000 to 5,000-TEU capacity to be idled increased to total 83
vessels, of which 27 were carrier-controled.
Chartering activity fell, leading to increased re-lets and impacting the number
of vessels of average capacity 3,000 TEU being scrapped to 33 in total for the
year, with eight in December alone, and more expected in 2013. Scrapping
reached record highs of 2009, said Alphaliner.
Cellular containership capacity has increased by 6% to 16.3 million TEU,
according to Alphaliner data. Maersk
leads with its 8,200-8,600 TEU S-class vessels to its postpanamax
ships in the 9,600 TEU range. Alphaliner noted the
transpacific tradelane saw the biggest increase in
2012 by 10% from 2.4 million TEU to 2.7 million TEU.
www.alphaliner.com/top100/
***The
Details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
On 10 March 2013, the Countryman & McDaniel law firm will deliver a presentation on
effects of the Panama Canal Expansion at the AirCargo
2013 at the Red Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas
www.aircargoconference.com/
***Slaves On A
Freighter ....... as the
International Transport Workers' Federation is calling on Panama to join the
effort to help the recently released crew of the M/V Iceberg 1 to recover from their hostage ordeal.
The crew of the Panama-flagged vessel were held for
nearly 3 years by Somali pirates – who subjected them to torture, starvation
and even mutilation – before being released last month. The 22 hostages, from 7
nationalities (the chief officer is still missing and another seafarer
committed suicide during his captivity), were helped home by the UNPOS and
UNODC* Hostage Support Program. Twenty-two crew members were freed during gun
battles in December: 8 Yemenis, 5 Indians, 4 Ghanaians, 2 Pakistanis, 2
Sudanese and one Filipino. Oneseafarer, Wagdi Akdram, a Yemeni, was
driven to suicide by his ordeal. The fate of the Indian chief officer, Dhiraj Tiwari, is unknown. He is
known to have been tortured & separated from the other crew. Another
hostage had his ears mutilated. All the crew were
subjected to torture and starvation. The Iceberg 1 had been held since March
2010. The shipowner, Azal
Shipping of
www.itfglobal.org/seafarers/
***The Price of
Pollution ...... as Pacific
International Lines Ltd., a Singapore-based freighter company, agreed to plead
guilty to failing to track oily waste from a ship and to other pollution-
related charges. The closely held carrier was accused of giving
www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/
***Cool Rates
Higher ....... as shippers of
chilled and frozen produce face hefty rate increases from the start of 2013 as
container lines target refrigerated cargoes.Following
Maersk Line's announcement a few months ago that it
planned to raise reefer rates... The largest shipping line in the world, Maersk Line has announced rate increase to refrigerated
container (reefer). The significant freight rate rise will be felt worldwide
and in
***What Do
The Teachers Know? ...... as
the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan says it plans to acquire 100% SeaCube Container Leasing Ltd., one of the world's largest
container leasing companies. No overall value on the deal was disclosed by
Teachers, but it said SeaCube (NYSE:BOX) shareholders
will receive US$23 in cash per common share. The company has just under 20.3 million shares.
www.seacubecontainers.com/
***French
Liner CMA CGM Sells
***Peru In
High Tech Move ....... as APM
Terminals Callao, Peru has become the world's first port facility to install
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology as a new safety measure for
use with container handling equipment such as reach stackers and forklifts,
after an extensive testing period. Known as the "ZoneSafe
Proximity Warning System", heavy equipment operators will receive
automatic alerts if pedestrians or other personnel are close to the machinery
and at risk. The RFID technology was developed by UK-based Avonwood
Developments Ltd., which provides innovative electronic solutions for a wide
range of industrial environments. This is the first adaptation of RFID tags and
transponders for use at a port facility. With the ZoneSafe
System, all yard personnel will wear a small RFID tag which constantly
transmits location signals that are picked up by antennae installed in the
reach stackers, the large wheeled vehicles which lift and transport empty and
loaded containers in the container yard. These terminal workhorse vehicles are
known to have certain "blind spots" in which the operators cannot
easily see nearby activity. If tag-equipped personnel approach a reach stacker
(or similarly equipped fork lift) within the designated "safe zone"
perimeter an alarm will be activated in the operator's cab alerting to
potential danger.
www.avonwood.co.uk/
***Yangtze
River Highway Plunge .......
as the Three Gorges ship locks recorded a year-on-year decrease of 15.37% in
2012 in its cargo throughput to 91.49 million tons attributed to a weak economy
and high water level in flood season, Xinhua reports.
In 2012, 44,263 vessels passed the ship locks, which are staircase locks built
for the river traffic to bypass the Three Gorges Dam. Upward cargo volume
remained at the same level as in 2011, taking up 62% of the total. Downward
shipments plunged nearly 30% to 34.7 million tons from 48.48 million tons. Minerals,
ores and construction materials bound for
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
***Shippers
Losers In Deployment of Slow Steaming? ...... as
it increases inventory costs, according to analysis of four complete rotations
in a paper from
www.eur.nl/english/
www.eur.nl/ese/nieuws/detail/
www.ci-online.co.uk/
***Ships
Are A Nuisance? ...... as a
lawsuit against Charleston's cruise industry should be allowed to go forward
because plaintiffs may be able to show ships are public nuisances that create
soot, traffic and noise, according to a state judge. However, Circuit Judge
Clifton Newman said in his report late Jan. 4, the ships don't
violate city zoning or state pollution rules. Newman was appointed as a special
referee in the lawsuit filed by environmental and preservation groups and city
residents, but whether the lawsuit moves forward is ultimately up to the state
Supreme Court. Lawyers for both sides have 15 days to file objections before
the justices decide on the recommendations. If the nuisance claims go forward,
the matter would return to the lower courts for a trial. Carnival Cruise Lines
permanently based its M/V Fantasy in
***This
Month In
1813 -
1815 - HMS Endymion, Tenedos and Pomone capture USS President.
1944 - Top Marine ace Maj. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington
captured after shooting down 28 aircraft. Boyington
went on to receive the Medal of Honor for his actions.
1847 - U.S. Naval forces occupy
1861 - Union steamer Star of the West is fired on by the Confederates in
1863 - Navy General Order 4, Emancipation Proclamation issued.
1863 - CSS Alabama sinks USS Hatteras off
1922 - Cruiser USS Galveston (CL 19) lands her Marine Corps
detachment at
1943 - In the first ever submarine resupply mission, USS Gudgeon lands 6 men, 2,000 pounds of equipment
& supplies on
1945 - Navy surface forces bombard Japanese positions at
***Civil War 3-D
Fly Over ..... as
the remains of the only U.S. Navy ship sunk in the
www.exploreocean.org/hatteras-
Gallery
http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/
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5.
**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.
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
Jan.. 2013: "New Year - Old Risk" the
Butterfield Stage
www.cargolaw.com/
See our newest photo feature "Singles Only" - Transportation Disasters Told In A
Single Photo!
www.cargolaw.com/
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/
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>>>>>>
2013 National C-TPAT Conference Presentation Materials
www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/
Apostleship of The Sea First Directory of Port Chaplains Around The World
www.apostleshipofthesea.org.
Canada's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) With The European
Union
www.international.gc.ca/trade-
EU Communication on Customs Risk Management
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-
Eye For Transport - Where North American 3PL Headquarters Are Located
http://events.eyefortransport.
First Edition of IATA ULD Regulations
www.iataonline.com/Store/
www.iata.org/publications/
Golden Myanmar Airlines .......
the new start-up
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
IATA Sees 100% e-AWB By End of 2015
www.iata.org/publications/
Initiatives For Cargo Transport By Inland Waterways
www.maritimeprofessional.com/
Non-Vessel Operating Common Carriers (NVOCCs)
Participants in the Sea Automated Manifest System (AMS)
www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/
Proposed U.S. Regulations of All Agenicies ...... search, comment or object
www.regulations.gov/
U.S. Customs ACE Resource Contact Guide (New)
www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/
U.S. Customs Quota Book Transmittals Jan. 2012 To Present
www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/
U.S. Customs Importer Self-Assessment
www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/
Video: Antonov An-225 Rules the Skies, Largest Plane
in the World
www.globallogisticsmedia.com/
Video: Largest Container Ship in the World: CMA CGM Marco Polo
www.globallogisticsmedia.com/
Women in Aviation International
www.wai.org/
PRODUCTS>>>>>>>>>
Armed Piracy Defence
www.armedpiracydefence.com/
The Dictionary of Shipping Terms, 5th Edition
www.researchandmarkets.com/
Pollution at Sea. Law & Liability
www.researchandmarkets.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/
6th World Routes
Development Forum ........ 10-12
Feb. 2012, Cartagena de Indias,
Columbia
www.routesonline.com/
7th World Cargo
Symposium .......12-14 March
2013, Doha, Qatar
www.iata.org/events/wcs/Pages/
9th Int'l Freight
Forwarders Conference .........
15-17 March 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
http://fnc-group.com/Fnc-Kul-
11th 3PL Summit ........18-20 June, Chicago
http://events.eyefortransport.
26th IGHC Ground
Handling Conference ........ 5 -
www.iata.org/events/Pages/
2013 IATA Secure
Freight Forum.......... 6-7 Feb.,
www.iata.org/events/Pages/
AirCargo 2013 ......... 10-13 March 2013, Red Rock
Hotel & Casino,
.www.aircargoconference.com/
Air Cargo Africa 2013 ........
20-23 Feb. 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa
www.stattimes.com/aca2013/
Air Cargo & Logistics
Asia Conference and Exhibition .........
16-18 Oct. 2013, Singapore
http://atwonline.com/events/
Asia Pacific Rail 2013 ......... 12-14 March Ritz Carlton, Kowloon, Hong Kong
www.terrapinn.com/template/
FIATA World Congress
2013 in Singapore ....... 16-19
October 2013
www.fiata2013.org/site/
Int'l Air Transport
Assn. Legal Symposium 2013 ........
17-19 Feb. 2013, Radisson Blu Hotel, Berlin, Germany
https://ems.resrunner.com/
IATA Legal Symposium 2013 .......17-19
Feb. , 2013, Berlin, Germany
www.iata.org/events/Pages/
JAXPORT 2013 Logistics & Intermodal Conference ......18-20 March 2013, Omni Amelia
Island Plantation Resort, Amelia Island, Florida
www.jaxportconference.com/
Sustainable Ocean Summit ........ 22-24 April
2013,
www.oceancouncil.org/site/
TOC Container Supply
Chain Asia Conference ........12-16
March, Hong Kong
www.tocevents-asia.com/page.
World Cargo Symposium
2013 ......12-14 March 2013,
Doha, Qatar
www.iata.org/events/wcs/pages/
Apps For That - iPhones>>>>>>>>>
Smartphone App Keeps Boat Anchor Watch
http://boatmonitor.com/#!1
General Interest>>>>>>>>>
17 Things Your Flight Attendant Won't Tell You
www.foxnews.com/travel/2013/
Car Show Game - 1950s - American Torque .........
average score 70%
www.americantorque.com/game/
Driving An Aircraft To Barrett-Jackson 2013
www.youtube.com/watch?list=
Driving Reaction Test
www.bbc.co.uk/science/
Fateful B-52 Flight Revealed Deadly Weakness
http://news.yahoo.com/fateful-
Latest Wrecked Exotic Cars
www.wreckedexotics.com/
Mast Stepping: A Mariner's Tradition
http://navylive.dodlive.mil/
Proposed U.S. Regulations of All Agenicies ......
search, comment or object
www.regulations.gov/
Two Dogs In A Restaurant
www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=
Video: Life As An Airline Pilot
www.youtube.com/watch?v=
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OUR "E" Section: The Forwarder/Broker World***
7. New U.S.
Transport Related Legal Cases _______
American Trucking Associations
vs. City of Los Angeles
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a trucking industry challenge to
rules that Los Angeles adopted 5 years ago designed to curb truck emissions at
the nation's busiest port. The case will determine the constitutionality of
certain provisions of the Clean Truck Program at the
www.scotusblog.com/case-files/
Estes Express Lines v.
2013 U.S. Claims LEXIS 10 (
Uncle Sam avoids double payment of freight charges after its intermediary
absconded...as the United States Court of Federal Claims found the suing Carmack carrier had no privity of
contract with the Marine Corps Exchange (MCX). The MCX was the shipper
and/or consignee under the carrier's bills of lading, and the carrier invoiced
MCX, "care of" MCX's intermediary.
The Court found the carrier had a relationship only with the intermediary and
could not pursue the MCX directly. Carriers beware of intermediaries on your
big accounts!
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Written from wire stories, the Associated Press, Reuters, Hong Kong Shipping
News Lloyds & other world sources.
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Michael S. McDaniel, Esq. Editor (Countryman & McDaniel)
Christoph M. Wahner, Esq. (Countryman & McDaniel) Daily Vessel Casualties
Bruce Lindsay, Esq.
(Countryman & McDaniel)
Maria Payne (Countryman & McDaniel)
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