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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 _____________
***The
Unintended Consequences of Defective Transportation Contracts ........
as asside from customer
service and safe/on-time delivery of cargo, one of the most important aspects
of a transportation provider is to make certain its contracts relating to
liability for cargo damage, loss or delay correspond to each other. Take the
case of a forwarder which grants the trucking company a contractual liability
limit of US$250,000, but then forgetfully assumes liability with the customer
for the value of the load. If the value exceeds US$250,000 for the damaged
cargo, the forwarder will be held liable for the excess. We see this all too
frequently, where sales staff has not worked with operations personnel to
clarify the potential liability issues.
There was an even worse case result where the carrier assumed full cargo
liability to the customer, but then failed to understand it had previously
agreed, in a poorly worded in-house contract, to indemnify the sub-contractor
for any loss in excess of US$250,000. Then, when the sub-contractor's
truck driove off the road and a US$2,000,000 loss
ensued, the failure to have its contracts reviewed proved a very costly lesson
for the carrier. Yes, these things really do happen.
With specially drawn contracts becoming more prevelent
these days, it is important to note many insurance policies exclude coverage
for unapproved contractually assumed liability.
The attorneys of Countryman & McDaniel commonly review client contracts to see that you do not
fall victim to unintended liabilities. Think of it the same as you would an
annual medical check-up.
For more on this topic see "Negotiations: Where The Paper Trail Leads",
an interview with the Countryman & McDaniel lawyers in the June 2013 edition of Air Cargo World magazine, or see the article
below:
www.aircargoworld-digital.com/
www.aircargoworld-digital.com/
***Solar Trade War? ......
as Economy Minister Philipp Roesler
says the European Commission's decision to impose punitive duties on Chinese
solar panels is a "grave mistake" and urged it to avoid a trade war. Mr Roesler said
So How Does Anti-Dumping Work?
www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/
www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/
www.federalregister.gov/
***Is
***
Read More From
www.brainetta.com/_BAL2005/
***Ausi-American Trade Deal .....
as the Australia-U.S. Defence Trade Cooperation
Treaty came into force on 16 May, reducing the need for export licences, and potentially 'improving delivery times,
improve[ing] sustainment
and giving Australian industry better access to technical data to tender for
United States contracts,' according to Australia's Ministry of Defence. The event was marked by the exchange of notes in
Read Details, The Treaty And FAQ
www.defence.gov.au/
***TWIC Biometric
Reader Test Failed ....... as
a Government Accountability Office report criticizing a pilot test of
Transportation Worker Identification Credential biometric readers does not
diminish the justification for TWIC as a port security tool, a Coast Guard
official said. The GAO said the voluntary pilot program for TWIC
readers produced results that "were incomplete, inaccurate and
unreliable for informing Congress and for developing a regulation" for the
readers. The report also renewed the GAO's suggestion that a less-centralized approach
might work better than a single nationwide identification credential for
transportation workers.
Read More About The TWIC Biometric Reader Program
http://chsdemocrats.house.gov/
***Time Is Big Money .....
as delays at U.S.-Mexico border crossings cost the
***Canada Border
Services Agency (CBSA) Cargo Control & Sufferance Warehouse Modernization
(CCSWM) Initiative .........
as it will simplify in-bond process and provide electronic tracking of in-bond
cargo, thus permitting bonded carriers to deliver these shipments directly to
their own facilities or the premises of a third party.
Details of The New Canadian In-Bond Process
www.cbsa.gc.ca/import/ccswm-
***Colombian
Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Tourism Decree # 925 .......... as it establishes the
conditions and requirements to comply with new Import Licenses and Import
Registry regulations, along with a list of 187 statistical breakouts subject to
Import License requirement covering multiple Chapters of the Colombian
classification system.
http://wsp.presidencia.gov.co/
***Fighting The Railroad To Be More Pleasant? ..... as the
Surface Transportation Board (STB) has announced adoption of final mediation
& arbitration rules that establish a new arbitration program aimed at
helping shippers and railroads voluntarily arbitrate certain types of disputes
with clearly defined liability limits. The changes to existing mediation rules
establish procedures through which the STB can order parties to participate in
mediation in certain types of disputes on a case-specific basis. The adopted
rules reflect the board's attempt to facilitate alternative dispute resolution
in lieu of formal agency proceedings, wherever possible, STB members said in a
press release. Board members believe the new program will be more useful to
both shippers and railroads by providing a dispute resolution process that's
less time-consuming, expensive and adversarial than the formal adjudicatory
process.
How The Mediation Process Works
www.stb.dot.gov/newsrels.nsf/
***Celebrating
Read More About This Month's I-5 Bridge Freeway Collapse
http://ktla.com/2013/05/24/i-
***When Your
Body Becomes Freight ......
as an Oregon funeral home in Eugene offers natural burials where the ride to
the person's final resting place is on the back of a three-wheeled bicycle.
Seeing Is Believing
www.kval.com/news/business/
***Zombie
Fear And Loathing In Transport......as a Tennessee man who stole a big-rig
truck in California, caused several accidents and told investigators he was
fleeing zombies when he did it has pleaded guilty to several felonies. U-T San
Diego reports Jerimiah Hartline
pleaded guilty May 13, to assault with a deadly weapon, hit-and-run causing
death or injury, and vehicle theft. He could get five years in prison. The
California Highway Patrol says Hartline stowed away
in the truck in
http://bit.ly/17Yg8VO
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**A.P. Moller-Maersk. UP with earnings of US$204M for 1st quarter, compared with a US$599 M loss in the same period
last year.
**CEVA. DOWN as adjusted earnings in 1st quarter 2013
plunged 53% from US$84.8M in first quarter of 2012 to US$4.1M at the end of the
first 3 months of 2013.
**CSAV (
**
**Hanjin Shipping. UP as the world's eighth biggest container
line narrowed its year-on-year quarterly loss of US$31.1M.
**Hapag-Lloyd. UP as it nearly halved first quarter losses
to EUR53.2 million year on year, drawn on revenues of
EUR1.65 billion, up 3.1%.
**NOL (
**Virgin Atlantic
Cargo. UP for 2012 with revenue of US$349.2M,
which was nearly on part with its best-ever results
from the previous year.
**Radiant Logistics. UP as 3rd quarter net income rose to
US$881,000, or 3 cents per share, from a loss of US$74,000, or zero cents
a share, a year ago.
**Srilankan
Cargo (cargo arm of SriLankan Airlines). UP with record 2012 annual revenue of
US$102M.
**United Parcel Service (UPS). UP as first
quarter profit increased 6.9% to US$1.04Bn year on year, drawn on revenues of
US$13.43Bn, up 2.3%.
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OUR "B" Section: FF World Air News***
3. Freight Forwarder World Air Briefs __________
***Now
Boarding -- The Boeing 787 Dreamliner ......... as following FAA approval in
the United States, Japan gave permission for passenger airlines to resume
Boeing 787 flights in the country effective April 26, 2013. On
Tour The 787 Dreamliner
www.newairplane.com/welcome/?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
***Airbus
A350 Poised To Take
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
See The Bloomberg Video
www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-
***Air Cargo In A
Stall .....
as the international freight decline of 2.3% in the
first 3 months of 2013, on a 0.3 % drop in capacity, is a "temporary stall",
said the International Air Transport Association (IATA) director general and
CEO Tony Tyler, former CEO of Hong Kong Cathay Pacific. Despite the decline
seen in March results, the growing business confidence and gathering export
orders in 2013 will revive air freight trade. "The fundamentals for a
sustained improvement in air cargo volumes are in place," he said.
***Carbon Exclusion ..... as
the European Union has named Air
What Is A Carbon Tax?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
***2013
Marks 25th Anniversary of UPS Airlines ..........
as a quarter-century ago, the Federal Aviation Authority offered its initial
approval of the UPS Air Carrier Operating Certificate. Starting with two DC-8s,
UPS Airlines would quickly become one of the largest airlines in the world. And
with Worldport, UPS Airlines' innovative
international hub, they have helped make
The Celebration
http://blog.ups.com/2013/01/
www.facebook.com/media/set/?
Inside The UPS Airliines Global Operations Center (your editor loved the tour)
www.travelchannel.com/video/
How UPS Airlines Works
http://videos.howstuffworks.
***Lufthansa
Cargo Goes eAWB .....
as it has signed an agreement with the Int'l Air
Transport Assn. (IATA) to rapidly enable electronic Air Waybills (eAWB), the company has announced. The company plans to
switch entirely to eAWB by 2015, having already made
it the standard for all German stations to all destinations in its global
network this year. Lufthansa Cargo said it has for years spearheaded migration
to paperless air freight with more than 60 customers already signed up to using
the eAWB. Following the new IATA multilateral
electronic air waybill standard, forwarders need to sign only one agreement
with IATA to gain acceptance from multiple carriers for their eAWB. All signatory airlines are then automatically
included in the IATA accord. The agreement spells out rules on the use of the eAWB and "renders complex bilateral eAWB agreements on legal aspects and interfaces between
carriers and freight forwarders unnecessary", said the Lufthansa
statement.
What Is The e-Air Waybill (e-AWB)?
www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/e/
***Goodbye
Air Cargo
Read More About Air Cargo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
***New
French European Cargo Airline .....
as Aerospace One, with a heavylift
focus, will officially be launched at June's Air Cargo Europe show in
Read More About The New Company
ttp://aerospaceone.com/
***Undercover DHL ...... as it shipped the latest
generation of the Mercedes S-Class to its international premiere in Hamburg.
Transported straight from the Mercedes-Benz plant in
***Flying
To The Showdown ..... as
on May 20, Alaska Air Cargo delivered the season's first shipment of
Visit The Event
www.flickr.com/photos/
***DHL Express Is Rolling In Dough ....... as it has been entered in the
Guinness Book of World Records for performing the largest pizza delivery in
history for Pizzas 4 Patriots, a non-profit organization. Since 2008, DHL
Express and Pizzas 4 Patriots have joined forces to bring pizza to
Read More About Pizza 4 Patriots
www.businesswire.com/news/
***Lufthansa
Cargo May Mothball The MD-11F Fleet ......
as it is to review its capacity expansion plans in light of fragile economic
recovery in
***Volumes >>> Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said its freight traffic dropped 0.6%
year-on-year in April on weak air cargo demand. >>> Hong Kong Int'l Airport reported cargo throughput in April
reached 342,000 tons, up 4.5% compared to April 2012. >>>
***LATAM Airlines
No Longer To Haul Aluminum .....
as it has purchased 3,517 ultra-light Kevlar
containers from Nordisk Aviation Products to replace
all of those used in the company's cargo operations and improve fuel efficiency
to make an annual cost saving of US$3.2M. The Santiago-based airline, the
result of a merger in 2012 of two airlines LAN Airlines & TAM Airlines, has
acquired the lighter containers at a price of US$9M. The ultra-light containers
are high strength, offer thermal stability under extreme temperatures, and
weigh 30% less than standard aluminium containers.
Read More About Kevlar
Containers
www.nordisk-aviation.com/main/
***American
Airlines Cargo Goes FlightSafe .....as it is offering to
shippers, freight forwarders and couriers the option of adding a tracking
device to an air cargo shipment in order to monitor the package from point of
origin to destination. The one-time use program with FlightSafe,
a GPS and sensor-based tracking device for air freight, is being delivered in
partnership with OnAsset Intelligence, which provides
the product. The tracking device can be added to the carrier's
Read More About FlightSafe
www.firpr.com/PDFs/
***Cargo 2000
Lost It's Zing? ..... as the cargo quality assurance agency has lost its appeal to
smaller forwarders and airlines unwillingly to implement its cargo management
processes, according to one of its key clients, Air France-KLM Martinair Cargo. The carrier's VP of sales, Mattijis ten Brink, told delegates of CNS [Cargo Network
Services] Partnership Conference that the air cargo business needs to retain
industry standards at a time when airlines and forwarders suffer from low
reliability. The launch of Cargo 2000 was to bring the industry into line over
changes in security rules and e-freight but it has failed to take into account
the cost and manpower such a metrology creates for an airline.
Read More About Cargo 2000
www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/
***747 Lost It's
Zing? ...... as Boeing is facing a dwindling number of orders for its
famous giant as its latest cancelled US$1.76Bn order for five 747-8 freighters
by Dubai Aerospace Enterprise shows. It remains to be seen whether this is the
end of days for the 747, which remains king of the skies after 40 years of
service, having flown the equivalent of half the world's population at 3.5
billion people in that time. The slowdown of output for its 747 program, at two
per month is to fall to 1.75 by next year, is partly the result of the
attraction of the 777 which brings twin-engine efficiency and reliability to
the long-range market.
***Pilots
Loosing Their Zing? ..... as there is word Fed Ex may be testing unmanned freighters
somewhere in
Read More About Drones
http://diydrones.com/
***New Kassel Airport Off To A Bad Start ......... as Germany's KSF is
still having some bad luck after the first scheduled flight on April 5th did
not take place because of a lack of passengers. Next, Croatia Airways cancelled
the 17 May flight as well, but this time there were a sufficient number of
passengers, but no cabin crew. More than forty crew
reported sick, which is almost a third of the entire cabin staff. The
completely new full regional airport was built next to the old airport to
accommodate commercial chartered and scheduled carriers. The new airport
officially opened on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
***Fuel Savings
Are In The Bag ....... as the
U.S. Air Force has announced plans to buy up to 18,000 Apple AAPL +1.47% iPads after a six-month trial at Little Rock Air Force
Base. According The Street, Apple will spend US$9.36M to give pilots electronic
flight bags. Pilots typically carry 30-40 pounds of paper documents in their
flight bags and there is another 90 pounds or so of documentation on the
aircraft. With 10 crewmembers on a C-5 Galaxy transport this could add up 490
pounds per plane. This, in turn, leads to significant savings in fuel
consumption. American Airlines recently got permission to use its iPad Electronic Flight Bags in the cockpit during all
phases of flight, saving an estimated US$1.2M of fuel annually. The U.S. Airforce estimates the savings at US$50M. For pilots, it's
a huge benefit. A bag full of airways charts, airport maps and operations
manuals can weigh 35 or 40 pounds. If you think your carry-on bag is heavy, try
adding that for every trip. These iPads will be
locked so users can't play Angry Birds or install their own software. This
makes them more secure and more manageable – an important concern if you have
18,000 devices to keep track of. Instead of using regular iPad
apps, electronic flight bags need specialist aviation map software. For
example, Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen makes a product
called FlightDeck Pro that combines airways charts,
approach plates and FAA-approved moving maps of airports (very handy in big,
unfamiliar places, especially at night).
Read More About FlightDeck
Pro
ww1.jeppesen.com/company/
***British
business Magnate Richard Branson Fired ......
as he has lost his latest job because of orange juice. The Virgin Group founder
had his legs shaved, put on lipstick and squeezed into a red skirt to honor a
bet by serving as a flight attendant May 10, on an AirAsia
trip from
***For
http://gizmodo.com/you-can-
The Auction
http://gsaauctions.gov/
***Fake Birdman Caged ..... as
a man who forged pilot's qualifications to get a job as a commercial airline
pilot is believed to be on the run after failing to turn up at court. Michael
Fay, 59, faked papers to get a job with Libyan firm Afriqiyah
Airways, flying passengers into Gatwick. Hampshire police said Fay, a U.S.
national, did not attend Winchester Crown Court on 3 May when he was due to be
sentenced for fraud. He was handed 3 years imprisonment in his absence.The former U.S. Air Force Pilot, who had settled in
***If The Post Office Had An Airline ..... as a couple who had intended
to fly from Los Angeles to Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, ended up 7,000 miles
away in Dhaka, Bangladesh, because of an airline error. Sandy Valdivieso and her husband Triet Vo, 39, told the Los Angeles Times that they didn't think
anything was amiss when they got their Turkish Airlines boarding passes for
their flights from
***Boeing Causes
Big Flaps in Atlanta ......
as authorities are investigating why pieces of a China Airlines B-747F
freighter crashed into a woman's house May 18 afternoon. The woman lives on
***Coffee,Tea Or Auto-Pilot? ....... as two Air India pilots put
the lives of 166 passengers on a Bangkok-Delhi flight in danger by taking a
40-minute break from the cockpit and getting 2 stewardesses to operate the
plane in their absence. Their stunt almost ended in disaster after one of the
stewardesses accidentally turned off the auto-pilot, forcing the pilots to rush
back to their seats. The incident took place 33,000 feet in the air on Air
***IN
MEMORIUM: Bagram Airfield Crash Video, 29 Apr 2013.......as
a civilian B-747F owned by American company, National Airlines crashed at Bagram Airfield, north of the Afghan capital, soon after
takeoff, killing all seven people aboard, the U.S.-led military coalition said.
The plane — owned by National Airlines, an Orlando, Fla.-based subsidiary of
National Air Cargo — was carrying vehicles and other cargo, according to
National Air Cargo VP Shirley Kaufman. She said those killed were four pilots,
two mechanics and a load master, who was responsible for making sure that the
weight & balance of the cargo were appropriate. Five of the seven
fatalities were from
The Tragic Video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=
About National Airlines
www.nationalairlines.aero/
About The Loss
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OUR "C" Section: FF World Ocean News***
4. FF World Ocean Briefs
***May 20 --
National Maritime Day: Remembering The Forgotten
***Anti-Piracy
Ramp-Up..... as funding of US$47.7M is to be
allocated by the European Union to fight piracy in eastern and southern African
countries through its Regional Maritime Security program. Financial support
focuses on the development of legal and judicial systems in these countries so
the arrest and transfer of pirates can be dealt with effectively. It will also
allocate training for authorities to prevent the transfer of funds profited
from piracy, or for it, and strengthen existing financial oversight systems.
***New Pirate Haunts ..... as
Somali pirates cut down on their attacks due to arming global fleets,
Bangladeshi pirates are seen as the next threat. C-Level Maritime Risks said
Bangladesh-based pirates will emerge as a serious threat side by side with the
fading Somali pirates in the next two years. The maritime risks reduction
expert said Bangladeshi pirates will have the
http://c-level.us.com/page.htm
***New OTI Rules ......as the U.S. Federal Maritime
Commission (FMC) has voted 3-2 to move forward with reforming the Ocean
Transportation Intermediaries (OTI) rules, regulating U.S. and foreign-based
non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCC) and freight forwarders. The
advanced notice of proposed rulemaking will be published in the Federal
Register, starting a 60-day notice and comment period preceding the final rule
publication. Under the proposed rule, licensed OTIs
will have to renew their licenses every two years. Also, foreign-based NVOCCs must have a
***Favoring
The Long Way Around ......
as
***More Slow Steaming Ahead? ........
as although the practice continues to be a contentious issue with shippers, the
current rate war on Asia-Europe and Asia-U.S. rotes, combined with a flood of
new ships, will force carriers to resort to more slow steaming, says Drewry Maritime Research. The London analysts say that with
east-west freight rates now falling to unprofitable levels, carriers will take
the view that "shippers get the service they pay for" and their ships
will take the obvious slow-steaming course to cost saving. At the end of April,
there were still another 31 ships of more than 10,000 TEU each due for delivery
this year as carriers running out roles for their unwanted 8,000-TEUers, said
the Drewry report. At the same time, cargo growth
between
Who Is Drewry"s
www.drewry.co.uk/publications/
***Maersk Line Goes Up .....
as the world's largest container carrier will increase
rates from the
***COSCO's Next Super Ship .....
as it has received delivery of its 13,386-TEU post neopanamax vessel, M/V COSCO France, the second, after the delivery of M/V COSCO Belgium in March, of eight identical ships from Nantong Cosco KHI Ship
Engineering Company (NACKS), Cosco's joint venture
with Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The Cosco France is a 20-row wide twin-isle ship costing
US$167 million, first scheduled for an earlier delivery, but deferred because
of the global economic downturn. The other ships will be delivered over the
next 18 months, with the final ship due in September 2014. Each of the vessels
will be named after a European country.
Read More About M/V COSCO
http://linervision.wordpress.
***Shore Power Makes
Flower Power .....as
it is to be available to ships at all international terminals of California
ports by the end of 2013 with Long Beach & Los Angeles offering "cold
ironing" at 13 terminals in total. Cold ironing enables a ship's auxiliary
engines to be switched off, reducing pollution from
ships at berth by up to 95%, according to
***Port of
Montreal: New Hub ...... as
it is to see improved access to Montreal on the St Lawrence river navigation
channel for vessels up to 44 meters wide allowing entry for post-panamax vessels of 6,000 TEU capacity, reports American
Shipper. This is the first time vessels wider than its previous restriction of
32.1 meters are allowed up the channel. This will reinforce
***Tragedy In Genoa ...... as the containership M/V Jolly Nero crashed into a control tower in the
northern Italian
Video of The Loss
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/
***Meet The
Largest Container Ship In The World: M/V CMA CGM Marco Polo .......16,020 TEUs, 396 meters long, 16
meters wide, but a crew of only 27.
Take The Video Tour
www.youtube.com/watch?v=
www.youtube.com/watch?v=
***Throughput >>>
***This Month In
U.S. Navy History
1779 - Continental Navy sloop Providence captures British brig Diligent off Cape
Charles.1882 - Commodore Shufeldt signs commerce
treaty opening Korea to U.S. trade.
1917 - USS Ericsson fires first torpedo of WWI.
1944 - Accidental explosion on board an LST unloading ammunition in
1958 - Naval aircraft F4D-1 Sky Ray sets five world speed-to-climb records, May
22-23.
1967 -
1968 - USS Scorpion (SSN 589) is lost with all hands.
***Defending The Defender ..... as former British Navy LT. Chris Enmarsh's
decommissioned gunboat Defender has been stopped from sailing since
being forced to stop off in Tenerife for repairs. The Spanish authorities are
understood to be concerned Mr. Enmarsh and his
five-man crew intend to operate as so-called guns-for-hire protecting oil
platforms off the coastline of East Africa, reports the Daily Mail. The 127ft
boat was built in Lowestoft, Suffolk, in the mid-'70s
as a fast attack craft for the Sultan of Oman's navy in the Gulf. She was
decommissioned in 2002, and Mr Enmarsh
is thought to have bought it 2 years ago. Officials are understood to have been
suspicious the formidable looking vessel, which flies the British flag, was
registered as a pleasure boat.
Photo
www.islandconnections.eu/
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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
Take A Look Back To Our
June 2000 Feature: "Give Me A Brake, Please!"
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 Maritime Day Observance Ceremony,
www.maritimetv.com/Events/
CSX National Gateway Video ........
a collection of railway corridors throughout the
United States that help transport goods and products quickly and efficiently.
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=
National Maritime Day Luncheon Speaker Navy Vice Adm. Mark Harnitchek
www.maritimetv.com/Events/
Protecting Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (PSSAs)
http://pssa.imo.org/#/intro
U.S. Customs & Border Protection Trusted Trader Program ....... provides additional incentives
to participating low-risk partners
www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/
www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/
U.S. - Myanmar Trade And Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Signed May 21.
www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-
USTR Annual Special 301 Report on World Intellectual Property Rights
www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-
Waterways Council Produces TV Commercial Calling For Infrastructure Repairs
http://waterwayscouncil.org/
PRODUCTS - a feature for which we are not
compensated >>>>>>>>>
Cargo ShockTimer-Plus 3D version 2 .....low cost
tri-axial shock, temperature & humidity recorder.
www.isthq.com/PressReleases/
Incoterms 2010 Q&A: Questions &
Expert ICC Guidance on the Incoterms 2010 Rules
http://uscib.informz.net/z/
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/
4th Annual MarineTech Summit-2013 .........23-25
Sept., Hangzhou, China
www.bitconferences.com/
2nd Annual World Congress
of Ocean-2013 ........... 23-25 Sept.,
www.bitconferences.com/
9th IATA Cargo Claims &
Loss Prevention ......... 19 - 21
November, 2013,
www.cvent.com/d/
11th 3PL Summit ........18-20 June, Chicago
http://events.eyefortransport.
2013 Global Shipping Summit ..........
24-25th Jun 2013 at Dalian China
http://gss2013.shippingchina.
AfricaRail .......24-27
June 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa
www.terrapinn.com/2013/africa-
Air Cargo & Logistics
Asia Conference and Exhibition .........
16-18 Oct. 2013, Singapore
http://atwonline.com/events/
Cargo Logistics Canada Expo + Conference ..........
29-30 Jan. 2014, Vanouver, Canada
www.bettermail.ca/ct/1177/
FIATA World Congress 2013
in Singapore ....... 16-19 Oct.
2013
www.fiata2013.org/site/
IATA E-Cargo Conference .............
18-20 June, Geneva, Switzerland
www.iata.org/events/Pages/e-
Intermodal Europe 2013 ......8-10
October 2013, Hamburg Messe, Hamburg Germany
www.worldcargonews.com/htm/
Marine Insurance Association of Seattle: June Educational Luncheon ........ 4 June, Washington Athletic
Club
www.miaseattle.org/index.php?
Sino-European Freight Forwarders Conference........ 20-23 June,
http://sinoeuropean2013.com/
TOC Container Supply Chain:
www.tocevents-europe.com/
Apps For That - iPhones>>>>>>>>>
UPS App for iPad .....lets
users easily track packages, find UPS shipping locations and access UPS My
Choice, all with enhanced mapping features. Enables customers to track packages
and find locations where they can send shipments. The app allows users of UPS
My Choice to access all of the features of the service including the ability to
reroute or reschedule delivery.
www.pressroom.ups.com/Press+
General Interest>>>>>>>>>
3-D Printing Offers Unlimited Potential for Navy Making Parts At Sea
http://navylive.dodlive.mil/
Flying Over The Salvage of M/V Costa Concordia
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=
Google's Shiny New US$82M Airport Terminal In Silicon Valley
http://flightaware.com/
Helicopter Balances On Rail On Side of Road
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=
Littoral Combat Ships: The Value of Forward Presence & Numbers ....... photos & video
http://navylive.dodlive.mil/
London 1927 -- In Color
http://vimeo.com/7638752
Massive Rain Shower Engulfs Hong Kong Int'l Airport
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-
Rebuilding The Boardwalk
After Hurrican Sandy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Shanghai's Air Train Plans
https://blogs.terrapinn.com/
Train Crash in Missour --7 Injured Bridge Collapses
www.youtube.com/watch?v=
Unmanned MQ-4C Triton Completes First Flight
http://navylive.dodlive.mil/
What A Drone Can See From 17,500 Feet ........roughly
equal to 3-1/2 miles.
www.youtube.com/v/AHrZgS-Gvi4
What's in an airport name?
www.usatoday.com/story/travel/
X-47B First "Trap" Arrested Landing NAS Pax
River
ww.youtube.com/watch?feature=
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OUR "E" Section: The Forwarder/Broker World***
7. New
***The
Unintended Consequences of Defective Transportation Contracts ........
as asside from customer
service and safe/on-time delivery of cargo, one of the most important aspects
of a transportation provider is to make certain its contracts relating to
liability for cargo damage, loss or delay correspond to each other. Take the
case of a forwarder which grants the trucking company a contractual liability
limit of US$250,000, but then forgetfully assumes liability with the customer
for the value of the load. If the value exceeds US$250,000 for the damaged
cargo, the forwarder will be held liable for the excess. We see this all too
frequently, where sales staff has not worked with operations personnel to
clarify the potential liability issues.
There was an even worse case result where the carrier assumed full cargo
liability to the customer, but then failed to understand it had previously
agreed, in a poorly worded in-house contract, to indemnify the sub-contractor
for any loss in excess of US$250,000. Then, when the sub-contractor's
truck driove off the road and a US$2,000,000 loss
ensued, the failure to have its contracts reviewed proved a very costly lesson
for the carrier. Yes, these things really do happen.
With specially drawn contracts becoming more prevelent
these days, it is important to note many insurance policies exclude coverage
for unapproved contractually assumed liability.
The attorneys of Countryman & McDaniel commonly review client contracts to see that you do not
fall victim to unintended liabilities. Think of it the same as you would an
annual medical check-up.
For more on this topic see "Negotiations: Where The Paper Trail Leads",
an interview with the Countryman & McDaniel lawyers in the June 2013 edition of Air Cargo World magazine,
or see below:
www.aircargoworld-digital.com/
www.aircargoworld-digital.com/
Frescati Shipping
v. Citgo
U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
No. 11-2576, 16 May 2013
A marine terminal may be liable for a submerged abandoned anchor in the
harbor....as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit concluded on 16
May 2013 that the "safe berth warranty" is an express assurance of
safety, and that the named port exception to that warranty does not apply to
hazards that are unknown to the parties and not reasonably foreseeable.
The case arose from the oil tanker M/T ATHOS I, which after a journey from
Churchill v. F/V
Fjord
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
892 F.2d 763 (1988)
Doctrine of in rem liability of vessel applies where
owner of vessel has entrusted control to a third party, and under this
doctrine, charterers, pilots, and stevedores are
considered to be in lawful possession, whereas pirates, mutineers, and
"like" people are not.
https://bulk.resource.org/
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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-Jackson (Countryman & McDaniel)
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