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THE CARGO LETTER [503]
Air & Ocean Logistics - Customs Broker News
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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.
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OUR "D" Section: FF in Cyberspace***
6. The Cargo Letter "Cyber Ports of Call" _________
OUR "E" Section: The Forwarder/Broker World***
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OUR "A" Section: Trade, Financial & Inland News***
1. Freight Forwarder Trade Briefs _____________
***What Is
Required To Ship Charity Goods To The
Schedule B Description
9802.10.0000
Food
Products
9802.20.0000
Medicinal and pharmaceutical X
no unit required
9802.30.0000
Wearing apparel
(including
X no unit required
9802.40.0000
Donated articles, not elsewhere X no unit
required
Any commodity valued over US$2,500 per Schedule B number or that requires a
license must be filed in the Automated Export System (AES). However, if the
commodity is valued less than US$2,500 per Schedule B number and does not
require a license, then the low value exemption (NOEEI 30.37 (a)) can be used.
In this case, food, clothing and medicines do not require a license; however,
medical equipment and tools may require an export license. The Export
Information Code to be reported is "CH" or "CI" for
shipments of goods donated for relief or charity. The value to be reported is
the market value. If the value is not known, estimate how much you would
receive if you sold the goods. The value should be consistent with the goods
being exported, to avoid confusion and possible delays with the U.S. Customs
and Border Protection officer at the port of export. There are different ways
to file your export information. The most common is to report through the U.S.
Census Bureau's free Internet based filing system called AESDirect
at:
e-mail U.S. Census:
askaes@census.gov
FTDregs@census.gov
Philippines Sailors'
Society Typhoon Haiyan Relief Appeal
www.justgiving.com/Sailors-
The Salvation Army HaiyanRelief
https://donate.
Watch: Daring Rescue of
Philippine Barge Crew
www.youtube.com/watch?v=
***Happy Thanksgiving -- Now Go Secure The Cargo ...... as he logistics security
services provider, FreightWatch International, has
issued a Thanksgiving Holiday Awareness bulletin about cargo thefts. It notes
year after year the holiday shipping season shows an increase in cargo theft
risks for transportation companies, shippers and manufacturers. "Over the
past three Thanksgiving holiday weekends the industry has experienced 10.5
thefts per day, more than three times the annual average of 2.6 thefts per day
throughout those years," said FreightWatch. It
warns organized theft rings are active and they understand increased supply
chain volume translates into more shipments. "Additionally, during
this time, electronics and clothing/shoes rise up on the thieves' wish lists in
a three way tie with the ever popular category of food/drinks for the most
targeted product type." FreightWatch points to
several notable cargo theft that took place during the
2012 Thanksgiving holiday as reason for taking precautions:
* Nov. 21, full truckload of 3D televisions and Blu-ray
players stolen in
* Nov. 22, over US$550,000 dollars worth of infant formula was stolen from an
unsecured lot in
* Nov. 24, US$540,000 dollars in copper stolen in
* Nov. 25, full truckload theft of clothing in
* Nov. 25, full truckload theft of computer memory chips from
Learn More About Freightwatch Int'l
www.freightwatchintl.com/
***U.S. Genetically Modified Corn Banned ...... as a shipment of 55,000
tons has been rejected by China on arrival at the Shenzhen-Shekou
terminal near Hong Kong because it was not on Beijing's approved GM food list.
The refusal of the shipment by Shenzhen's quarantine bureau has rattled corn
futures on the Chicago Board of Trade, which has registered a three-year low
for December. The Swiss-based chemical company Syngenta
AG production of Agrisure Viptera
(known as MIR 612) corn, genetically engineered to protect against insect
contamination, has been approved by several corn export markets including
***Record U.S. Ag Exports ....... as the USDA released its
final tally for agricultural exports in fiscal year 2013, showing a record of
US$140.9Bn. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack
made the following statement on this news: "American agriculture achieved
record exports once again in fiscal year 2013, and the period 2009-13 stands as
the strongest five-year period for agricultural exports in our nation's
history. In fact, compared to the previous five-year period from 2004-08, U.S.
agricultural exports from 2009-13 increased by a total of more than US$230Bn —
and the average volume of bulk commodities exported increased by nearly 4
million tons per year during that same period.
***Japan Output
Rise ...... as exports rose 18.6% in the year to October driven by a
surge in car shipments, beating market expectations of 16.5% and representing
the biggest annual increase in three years, according to data from the Ministry
of Finance. Exports also rebounded in volume terms, up 4.4 per cent from a year
earlier.
***Australia
Rethinks Green Tax ....... as
the process to repeal it's carbon tax formally began
this month, when the country's new Parliament began its session. Prime Minister
Tony Abbott, who was elected in a landslide election in September, has called
the repeal of the controversial measure one of his top policy priorities,
making it the first bill to be introduced in this legislative session.
***Calculation of
EU Customs Dutie .......
as the annually revised Combined Nomenclature (CN) will come into effect 1
January 2014. When declared to customs in the European Community, goods must
generally be classified according to the CN. Imported and exported goods must
be declared under the subheadings of the CN. This determines which rate of
customs duty applies and how the goods are treated for statistical purposes.
The European Commission states: "The CN is thus a vital working tool for
business and the Member States' customs administrations." The Explanatory
Notes to the CN are considered to be an important aid for interpreting the
scope of the various tariff headings but do not have legally binding force.
Read About The Combined Nomenclature
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_
***Cyber Monday Takes A Back Seat ...... as China State Post
Bureau's latest statistics show that in the shopping spree on the Nov. 11 pop
culture entertaining holiday "Singles' Day" (always on 11/11) the
anti-Valentine's Day where bachelors and bachelorettes celebrate single life, couriers
in the country handled more than 60 million parcels, marking a dramatic upswing
of 170% compared to the peak of 35 million pieces handled on the same day in
2012, Xinhua reports. Eighty per cent of the 180 million parcels comes from transaction on e-tailers
Taobao and Tmall, which
surged 85% year on year. This year, online sales from the holiday are forecast
to hit around US$5Bn, according to China Market Research Group, 20% higher than
2012. This compares to US$1.5Bn in
What Is Singles Day?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
***Will Amazon.com Save The
Mail? ....... as it has a new
partnership with the U.S. Postal Service to deliver online orders from the
world's largest Internet retailer on Sunday for the first time.The
service started this month in the Los Angeles and New York metropolitan areas
and Amazon plans to expand it to a large portion of the U.S. population in
2014, including Dallas, Houston, New Orleans and Phoenix. Amazon is not
charging extra for the new service, so members of the company's popular Prime
service will be able to buy products on Friday and get them by Sunday for free.
The service also applies to non-Prime members, who can get free five to
eight-day shipping on orders of at least US$35 (up from US$25
previously).Amazon has been spending billions of dollars building new
warehouses around the world so it can deliver products more quickly. The
company hopes that adding Sunday as a delivery option will generate more sales.
Watch The Video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=
***UPS Joins ABF, DHL & YRC ...... as it will raise its rates
on average 4.9% for package and airfreight delivery, effective Dec. 30. The
rate increase covers ground services, UPS air and international services, UPS
said in a statement. DHL Express announced a 3.9% average price increase for
***IANA Driver
Vehicle Examination Report Service ......
as the Intermodal Assn. of North America has announced release of its new
Driver Vehicle Examination Report (DVER) Notification Service. The new service
provides an efficient method for Intermodal Equipment Providers (IEPs) and Motor Carriers to be notified that a DVER has
been issued on intermodal equipment, as well as e-mail delivery and ongoing web
portal access to a "physical" copy of the Intermodal Equipment
Provider Report, page 2 of the DVER. To accomplish this, an interface
connection between the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and
IANA has been established in order for FMCSA to transmit copies of the DVER IEP
Report electronically to IANA.
Driver Vehicle Examination Report
www.intermodal.org/assets/
IANA
www.intermodal.org/
Auto Club Warning Not to Use E15 Gas in Your Car Or Truck
www.youtube.com/watch?v=
The Most Expensive U.S. Import In 2012
On a per kilo basis, it was over US$1.3M for a gold/silver plated wristwatch
(HTS Code 9102113030)...That
brings a whole new meaning to the phrase spending time.
***Thanking
The U.S. Transportation Industry For World Time ...... as in this month in 1883, the
ancestor of today's familiar
Splitting Two Volvo Cargo Carriers ..........
the now viral video you must see. Volvo swears there has been no trick
photography.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=
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2.
**Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings. DOWN as Q3 profits are down 16.7% to US$28M.
**CMA CGM. DOWN with a 430% fall in third quarter net
profit to US$70M year on year, drawn on revenues of US$4.1Bn, up 1.4%.
**Damco. DOWN with a 47% decline in third quarter
operating profit to US$23M year on year.
**Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.
UP with a 62.1% year-on-year third quarter net profit
increase to US$86.5M.
**El Al Airlines. UP with US$643.29M in revenue, up 6% or
US$37.52M from the corresponding quarter - the highest in 5 years
**Hanjin Shipping. DOWN with a 3rd quarter net loss of
US$297.26M.
**Hapag-Lloyd. DOWN with a 15% decline in pre-tax third
quarter profit to US$82M.
**JAL. DOWN as Q3 profit declines 17.8% to US$800M despite 4%
revenue rise.
**LATAM Airlines. UP with 3rd quarter net profit of US$52M,
compared to a loss of US$49M during the same period last year when hit by
weakness in its Brazilian market.
**Lufthansa Cargo. DOWN with a 55.8% year-on-year decline in net
profit in the 1st nine months of 2013 to US$47.1M
**Maersk Group. UP as it came out of 3 quarter with a
profit of US$6.7Bn , up from US$5.6Bn in the same
period last year.
**YRC Worldwide. DOWN as operating income fell from US$27.3M
to US$5.8M
year-over-year.
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3. Freight Forwarder World Air Briefs __________
***Now The
World's Largest Airline ......
as American Airlines and US Airways Group have settled the litigation brought
by the U.S. Dept. of Justice (DOJ), the States of Arizona, Florida, Michigan
and Tennessee, the Commonwealths of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and the District
of Columbia challenging the merger of American and US Airways. The companies
also announced an agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
related to small community service from Washington Reagan National Airport
(DCA). Under the terms of the settlement, the airlines will divest 52 slot
pairs at Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA) and 17 slot pairs at New York
LaGuardia Airport (LGA), as well as certain gates and related facilities to
support service at those airports.[i]
The airlines also will divest two gates and related support facilities at each
of Boston Logan International Airport, Chicago O'Hare International Airport,
Dallas Love Field, Los Angeles Int'l Airport and Miami Int'l Airport. The divestitures
will occur through a DOJ approved process following the completion of the
merger. Despite the divestitures, the new American is still expected to
generate more than US$1Bn in annual net synergies beginning in 2015, as was
estimated when the merger was announced in February. In the settlement
agreement with the state Attorneys General, the new American has agreed to
maintain its hubs in Charlotte, New York (Kennedy), Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago
(O'Hare), Philadelphia and Phoenix, consistent with historical operations for a
period of three years.
***Significant
Changes To IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations ....... as IATA has released a
summary of the main changes to the 55th edition of their Dangerous Goods
Regulations, effective 1 January 2014, replacing last year's edition. The 55th
edition incorporates all amendments made by the IATA Dangerous Goods Board and
includes corrigenda and addenda issued after the 54th edition was published.
The list is not exhaustive and is merely a tool to assist users to identify the
main changes introduced in the new edition. Beside changes to various
requirements for lithium batteries and radioactive material, etc., a new
Appendix has been added, Appendix H, to provide details of changes coming into
effect 1 January 2015 based on the adoption of changes arising from the 18th
revised edition of the UN Model Regulations, as well as the changes that have
been agreed to date by the ICAO Dangerous Goods Panel for inclusion in the
2015/2016 Technical Instructions.
Main Changes To IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations
www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/
***As Electronics
Minaturize -- So Do Freighter Lines ...... as Taiwan's Eva Airways
will reduce its freighter fleet by more than a third as electronic products
become smaller as handheld devices diminish demand for PCs and laptops, says
Eva president Austin Cheng. "I think this will be a trend for everybody
because it's very difficult to find cargo to fill a freighter," Mr Cheng said. The carrier plans to cut the number of cargo
planes, including all six of its MD-11s, to fewer than 10 from 15 by 2017, he
said. As consumers desert desktops for smartphones
from Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics, Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific said peak
cargo demand kicked in later than usual this season and wasn't as strong as
expected. "Apple not only changed consumers' pattern, but also changed air
cargo transportation," Mr. Cheng said. "Electronic products are
becoming smaller, while we charge by weight. The whole pattern for cargo
transportation has changed." Eva Air plans to boost the number of
passenger planes it operates to 70 in five years, from 61 now, he said.
Bloomberg reported that Weekly cargo revenue was 25% lower than it was three
years ago.
***December 2 Approaches ........ as the U.S. second
largest package shipping giant FedEx is predicting an increase of 13% year on
year to 22 million shipments on December 2, doubling its busiest day 6 years
ago, which will be predominately online retailer shipments.
***Airbus Hits
Superjumbo Setback ....... as
Air France-KLM Group said it's exploring plans to drop
orders for A380 superjumbos, in a possible blow for
it's flagship model that's losing favour with
customers from
Read More About The A380
www.google.com/url?q=http://
***Dreamliner Has More Nightmares ...... as in its latest series of
mishaps, the windshield of a Air India Boeing 787 cracked as the plane landed
at Melbourne airport on Nov. 4, though there was no threat to about 100 people
on board, airline officials said. Air
***Boeing Ramps Up The 737 .....as it announced that
production on the 737 program will increase to 47 airplanes per month in 2017,
the highest rate ever for the airliner in history. Once implemented, the 737
program will build more than 560 airplanes per year, and will have increased
output by nearly 50% since 2010. Boeing now produces 38 airplanes per month
from its
***Boeing's New
777X Getting A Lot of Attention ...... as its composite wing with
folding tips and its super-efficient engines are forward looking. However, one
of the airliner's most innovative features are the
tiny holes in its tail that smooth airflow and improve fuel efficiency. The
holes help smooth airflow around the tail by improving something called laminar
flow, basically making the airplane more aerodynamic, which reduces fuel
consumption. "Aerodynamic advances such as a hybrid laminar flow control
vertical tail," are the few words Boeing used to describe it in a press
release announcing the 777X, Boeing's impressive updating of its long-range
twin-engine airliner. Boeing is working with NASA to further develop the idea
to nclude "sweeping jet actuators" embedded
in the tail of future models. Such advancements in airflow manipulation could
bring significant fuel savings.
Learn More About The Boeing &&&X
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
***Lufthansa
Cargo's second Boeing 777F........ as Air Cargo
News FlyingTypers reports the big hangar at Frankfurt
was packed with about 1,800 people on Nov. 20, including staff, customers,
press, and guests .Then slowly, slowly, the giant doors opened to reveal the
big, beautiful, newly created airplane, which Lufthansa Cargo has named
"Good Day,
***Global Aviation Holdings Falters ........
as the largest commercial provider of charter air
transportation for the
Glogal Aviation Holdings
www.glah.com/
***TNT Express
Builds It's Own Road .......
as the delivery giant has begun construction of its new road and air hub at Dammam's King Fahd Int'l Airport (KFIA) in Saudi Arabia
that will quintuple the size of its space when it opens in January 2015. When
complete, the US$12.9M Dammam site will become TNT
Express' flagship clearance gateway in the country, providing 4,800 square
meters of sorting and customs clearance space within a 10,000-square meter
building.
***Volumes >>> AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) carried 92,000 tons of cargo in
the 3rd quarter of 2013 across its network linking Europe, Asia, Russia and
North America, up 3% compared to the same period last year.>>> Air China's latest announced operating
figures show that the carrier recorded a freight transport volume of 127,300
tons in Oct., which remained at the same level as in the same month in the
prior year.>>> Berlin Airports reported a 23.7% year-on-year increase
in cargo in Oct. to 3,657 tons, despite a 2.5% decrease in aircraft movcements. >>> Cathay Pacific Airways and sister airline Dragonair
combined carried 137,300 tons of cargo and mail in October, a decrease of 0.9%
compared to the same month last year. >>>Dubai Int'l Airport has
reported a Sept. cargo volume increase of 1.8% to 196,823 tons while aircraft
movements increased 10.2% to 30,746.
***The Gator In Terminal Three ......as a small alligator found
under an escalator at
***Landing
At The Wrong Airport ......as
the National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation into a Dreamlifter custom freighter landing at a wrong airport.
The Boeing 747 landed at
See Video of The Incident
www.kwch.com/news/local-news/
The Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
***British Airways' Digital Billboard Identifies Planes
As They Pass Overhead ........cool
video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtJx_
***Golden
Load ...... as cleaners found
a stash of 24 gold bars worth more than US$1.1M hidden in an airplane lavatory
after a flight from Bangkok arrived in eastern India, officials said Nov. 20.
The Jet Airways plane had landed in Kolkata and was being cleaned before a
scheduled flight to
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OUR "C" Section: FF
4. FF World Ocean Briefs
***Nigerian Pirates Up Their Rates ..... as
they have escalated average ransom sums of US$50,000-US$100,000 to US$2M for
the release of two
Maritime TV: Piracy In The Gulf of
www.piracydaily.com/maritime-
***
Read More About Drewry
Maritime Research
www.drewry.co.uk/
What Are Cabotage Laws?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
***China Cabotage Loosens, But Not Really ...... as formal liberalization of
regulations for cargo moving to and from Shanghai is expected to have a limited
effect for the port's transshipment activity, according to London's Drewry Maritime Research. While the new
law allows foreign flagged vessels to join in the coastal trade, only those
foreign-registered vessels that have to have Chinese owners enjoy such rights.
This, said Drewry, is less a "relaxation"
than bringing cabotage rules into line to what is
happening in practice. Nor does the
***ECNA Container Volume Up ......
as traffic from
***P3 Draws More
Critics ....... as the Asian
Shippers Council (ASC) says the mega alliance of Maersk,
MSC and CMA CGM is too big and will bring with it greater market volatility.
The ASC said P3 would be far bigger than any other alliance in terms of the
number of ships, size of ships' sailing frequency and port coverage, and could
accelerate the demise of smaller players, which would increase market
volatility. "Such a concentration of capacity is untenable," said ASC
chairman John Lu. "We fear the worst should the regulatory authorities
give its approval. With fewer service providers, we can only imagine what
effect this will have on freight rates and service levels." The ASC said
the problem could be exacerbated if competitors tried to match the P3 Network
by ordering larger ships and expanding fleet sizes. That would worsen the
supply-demand imbalance and "bring about price wars and rate
volatility".
Exactly What Is The P3
http://shippingwatch.com/
***Port of Lazaro Cardenas
Under Arms ...... as the
Mexican armed forces have taken charge of security in the major cargo hub on
the Pacific in a part of the country struggling to contain violent drug gangs.
The government said on Monday that units of the army, navy and federal police
were moving in to oversee access to and around Lazaro
Cardenas, one of
Read More About The Port Situation
www.cnn.com/2013/11/05/world/
***Panama
Canal Behind Schedule ......as its completion date of the
locks on the Pacific side of the canal has been postponed until June 2015, said
the Panama Canal Authority, having previously said all would be done in April
2015. The delay was caused by a re-evaluation and modification of the logistics
and duration of the locks' electromechanical works, the Panama Canal Authority
said, reports
Panama Canal -- Video Flyover of The New Locks
www.youtube.com/watch?v=
***Miami Gets Deeper ......
as the long-awaited dredge of the port began laat
week as it and other cities up and down the east coast scramble to prepare for
the massive ships that will pass through the Panama Canal when expansion work
there is completed in 2015. "The investment in the deep dredge will pay
dividends in years to come," Port Director Bill Johnson said in a news
release on Nov. 21, announcing the commencement of the 18-month project,
"making
***Larger Vessels Impact Port Productivity & Output ....... as terminal productivity
is never more important than the current climate of bigger vessels, slow
steaming and higher bunker costs, said APM Terminals CEO Kim Fejfer, stressing the need for speed and efficiency in
carriers' networks. "If you have to offload 4,000 TEU rather than 2,000
TEU then obviously the port stay will be longer," said Mr
Fejfer, forcing terminals to improve performance
whether through technological advancements, increased equipment and/or labour costs. APMT reported a strong third quarter due in
part to investment in yard improvements like its new container GPS system to
trace containers position within a stack. But costs do arise from improvements
and carriers need to share the burden with port operators, said Mr Fejfer. The supply chain as a
whole is suffering from the pressure of larger containerships on intermodal
services of road, rail and barge dealing with increasing box volumes. For
ports, the number of vessels physically able to berth has been reduced, with
one mega ship taking up two 300-metre berths. While crane can cope with
increased volumes, the number of vessels at a terminal at any one time is down.
The advent of the P3 alliance of three major carriers, APMT sister company Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Co and CMA CGM, will
present a major network to handle 255 vessels and around 2.6 million TEU. APMT
said the impact of the P3 network on its terminals is unknown with more than
50% of its volumes generated by non-Maersk carriers.
APM Terminals (APMT) Rotterdam Maasvlakte will
retrofit five of the terminal's postpanamax cranes to
span 23 container rows - rather than 22 - to accommodate 18,000-TEUers.
Retrofitting involves engineering and software adjustments expected to be
completed in time for the arrival of the 18,000-TEU M/V Marie Maersk, which is to arrive in
Read More About APM Terminals
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
***Bounty Hunters .......
as shipping lines that bring additional containers to the Port of Los Angeles
will be rewarded under a first-of-its-kind incentive programme
being launched by the Los Angeles Board of Harbour
Commissioners in 2014. Under the program, a carrier will be paid US$5 per TEU
for each additional container it ships through the port in 2014 over its
volumes this year. If a carrier's container volume grows by 100,000 TEU or more
compared to the previous 12-month period, it will receive US$15 per TEU for
every extra container. The payments will be awarded in a lump-sum form in early
2015, reported Washington-based DC Velocity. Port staff will monitor the programme each month to assess its effectiveness and to
determine if it should be extended beyond the first year. The plan is to
counteract adverse shipping patterns, such as the greater deployment of
mega-ships, which will call on fewer ports per voyage and the opening of the
expanded Panama Canal that may divert cargo from
***Qingdao Explosion ......as
all vessels in the harbor were ordered out to sea after a pipeline explosion
killed 35 and injured 166 people on Nov. 24. Incoming ships were diverted to
outer anchorages while vessel calls cancelled. The explosion occurred after a
leaking oil pipeline caught fire, reported GAC Hot Port News. Workers were
repairing the pipeline at the time of the explosion.
***Avoidable Loss ........
as cargo handling accidents at south
***Stack Collapse ...... as a stevedore was killed when
he was crushed and another man was severely injured by three falling containers
at Hongkong Int'l Terminal at Kwai
Chung last week. The dead man was sitting in the back of a light goods van when
three of the six stacked containers fell onto the vehicle after being
accidentally hit by a mobile yard crane. One man was pronounced dead on the
scene, while the driver suffered head injuries and was rushed to hospital, said
a report. The yard crane that caused the accident mistakenly moved towards the
container stack, the circumstances of which are now under investigation.
***Throughput >>> Port of Hamburg, handled two million TEU
in the 3rd quarter up to the end of Sept., a rise of 6.3% year on year
attributed to increasing Baltic feeder traffic. >>>
***This Month In U.S. Navy History
1776 - Captain John Paul Jones in Alfred with brig Providence captures British transport Mellish, carrying winter uniforms later used by
Washington's troops.
1942 - Although
1942 - Loss of USS Juneau (CL 52) during Battle of Guadalcanal
results in loss of the five Sullivan Brothers.
1943 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt embarks on USS Iowa (BB 61) to go to the Allied conferences at
1960 - First Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine, USS George Washington (SSBN-598), leaves
***November 11 ...... as the date marked the 38th
anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, the Great Lakes freighter that sank in a
strong gale on eastern
***China Finally
Acts ...... as the PRC is
sending a state-of-the-art hospital ship to the
Read More About "Peace Ark" - A Type 920 Hospital Ship
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
***Singapore
Floats Away ....... as an
iceberg which is almost one and a half times the size of Singapore has broken
away from the west coast of Antarctica. It is currently drifting north. If the
giant iceberg continues in the same direction , it
will be a major threat to international shipping in the area. The giant iceberg
broke off Pine Island Glacier 4 months ago, but is only now beginning to move
into the open waters. Initially the winter weather in the area prevented the
iceberg from coming out into the open waters , but
this week it was clear. The iceberg measures according to NASA, about 35 times
20 kilometers. It happens on average only about every two years,
that such large icebergs break off. An iceberg this size is so slow to
melt, it can be a threat to shipping in a year or maybe even more. British
researchers will try to follow its course to warn ships in the waters if they
are in danger of colliding with the giant iceberg
***USS Zumwalt Is Stealthy & Futuristic ........ as
it's the first U.S.surface warship to use electric
propulsion, and its power plant is capable of producing enough electricity to
light up a small city and to power future weapons like the electromagnetic rail
gun. The Navy's largest destroyer will feature a composite deckhouse with
hidden radar and sensors and an angular shape that minimizes its radar
signature. Its unusual wave-piercing hull will reduce the ship's wake. So
futuristic is the design that many refer to the vessel as something right out
of "Star Trek." Inside, it's just as unique. The number of sailors
needed to stand watch will be reduced through the use of cameras and video
monitors which show what's going on outside. The bridge will indeed look like
something from "Star Trek" with two chairs surrounded by nearly 360
degrees of video monitors. The 610-foot-long ship has the highest level of
automation on a
See More of USS Zumwalt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=
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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
July 2009: "Big Bunch 'O Black Barges - Beached"
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>>>>>>
Chamber of Shipping of America
/www.knowships.org/
Foreign Trade Regulations: Mandatory Automated Export System Final Rule
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-
Freightwatch Route Analysis Tool .......determine the level of risk for
your high-value cargo on a designated route
https://route.
Maritime TV: Piracy In The Gulf of Guinea
www.piracydaily.com/maritime-
New System For Entry To Switzerland – Do I Require A Visa?
www.bfm.admin.ch/content/bfm/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=
Podcast: U.S. Supreme Court .......
addressing the importance of being a vessel under maritime law.
www3.ambest.com/bestfeed/
Retracing the Trails of the Iron Horse
www.inboundlogistics.com/cms/
U.S. Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) ........
a searchable database of CBP rulings that can be
retrieved based on simple or complex search characteristics using keywords and
Boolean operators. CROSS has the added functionality of CROSS referencing
rulings from the initial search result set with their modified, revoked or
referenced counterparts.
http://rulings.cbp.gov/
U.S. - Morocco Trade Facilitation Agreement of 21 Nov. 2013
www.ustr.gov/press-office/
Video: Chamber of Shipping of America Environmental Achievement Awards
www.maritimetv.com/
Video: Introducing the Boeing 777X
www.youtube.com/watch?v=
PRODUCTS>>>>>>>>>
IATA and Stanford University's Center for Professional Development Advanced
Executive Education For The Aviation Industry
http://stanford.edu/~veena14/
The Reluctant Pirate ........fast-paced
thriller follows Abdi, a Somali boy brought up in the
UK, as he is sucked into a pirate gang in Somalia.
www.thereluctantpirate.com/
World Wall Maps for Logistics Companies
www.thewallmaps.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 Optimising
Port Development Conference ..........
4-5 Dec. 2013, London
www.wplgroup.com/aci/
Battleship USS Iowa -- 51st Annual Boat Parade .......... 7 Dec. 2013, Los
Angeles Harbor
www.pacificbattleship.com/
Asia Pacific Rail 2014 .....18-20
March 2014, Hong Kong
www.terrapinn.com/conference/
Battleship USS Iowa Veteran's Day ............
9 Nov. 2013, Port of Los Angeles
http://pacificbattleship.com/
Cargo Logistics Canada Expo + Conference ..........
29-30 Jan. 2014, Vanouver, Canada
www.bettermail.ca/ct/1177/
CNS Partnership Conference 2014 .........4-6
May 2014, San Antonio, Texas
www.cnsc.net/events/Pages/cns-
IATA Legal Symposium 2014....... 23 - 25, Feb. 2014, San Francisco
www.iata.org/events/Pages/
IATA Passenger Terminal
Expo 2014 .........25-27 March
2014, Barcelona
www.passengerterminal-expo.
Intermodal Asia 2014 ........1-3 April 2014, Shanghai World
Expo Center, Shanghai
www.intermodal-asia.com/
MODEX 2014 .....17-20 March 2014,
Atlanta
www.modexshow.com/
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) East Coast Trade Symposium ........March 6-7, 2014, Washington, DC
www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/
World Cargo Symposium 2014 ........11-13 March, Hyatt Regency
Century Plaza, Los Angeles
ww.youtube.com/watch?v=FdEaE-
https://ems.resrunner.com/
Apps For That - iPhones & Droids>>>>>>>>>
Roadify - Train, Subway, Bus, Ferry & Parking In
A Strange City
https://itunes.apple.com/US/
General Interest>>>>>>>>>
Affordable Care Act Website Finally Fixed .........simply click on the
"Apply Now" button to get started.
http://home.roadrunner.com/~
Amazing Lockheed Martin SR-72 -- The Space Blackbird
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/
Epic Video of New Zealand Fishermen Battling A Flood On The Grey River
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=
Excellent A380 vs. Boeing 738 Size Comparison.
http://jetphotos.net/
Exclusive Images: Skydivers' Terrifying Collision And Chaotic Plunge
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_
Extreme Small Plane Lands On Freighter M/V Oceanic At Sea
ww.youtube.com/watch?v=
GBU-57A/B Penetrator ...... now
there's nowhere to hide
www.gizmag.com/massive-
Got Paper?
www.youtube.com/embed/V_
Hitler finds Out Obamacare Will Not Let Him Keep His
Doctor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=
How Fast Can You Evacuate An A380 Superjumbo?
http://qz.com/145969/heres-
New 139.072 ton M/V MSC Divina
www.msccruises.com/gl_en/
NY Waterway Ferries Fit Video Surveillance System
www.interlogix.com/case-
Pioletless F-16
http://video.boeing.com/
See European Cargo Spacecraft Burn Up In Spectacular Fashion
http://arstechnica.com/
Spitfire 944 -- Every Pilot Should Fly A Spitfire
www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=
Supersonic Travel: Would You Like To Get to Sydney, Australia in 4 Hours?
http://news.yahoo.com/video/
The Home of All Homes: 12 Bay Island, Newport Beach, CA ....... wath
the video
www.twelvebayisland.com/index.
Video: Plane Parts Rain Down On West Seattle, Nov. 13
www.komonews.com/news/local/
Video of World's Shortest
Commercial Cargo Flight
http://vimeo.com/72343999
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OUR "E" Section: The Forwarder/Broker World***
7. New U.S.
Transport Related Legal Cases _______
Qbe Ins. v. EVA Airways Corp.
19 April 2013, U.S. District Court Northern California
LEXIS 67129, N.D.C.A. cv 13-0279
Cargo underwriters' subrogation rights in jeapordy
for air cargo...as the United States District Court for the Northern District
of California held earlier this year that a subrogating cargo insurance company
has no standing under the Montreal Convention to bring legal action. The Court
ruled that pursuant to Convention language, only parties appearing on the air
waybill as consignor or consignee have standing to bring action. The Court
ruled that a cargo underwriter does not have standing to sue on behalf of the
consignor by virtue of assignment or subrogation. The decision emphasizes the
importance of well drafted policy provisions allowing the underwriter to sue in
the name of the insured and requiring the insured's cooperation in subrogation.
The attorneys ofCountryman & McDaniel specialize in reviewing, enhancing and
drafting first and third party insurance policy forms to avoid unintended or
unanticipated coverage and subrogation
exposures.
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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 Jackson (Countryman & McDaniel)
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