The Cargo Letter
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Top Story: UPS Acquisitions Take Center Stage
Section A: Trade, Financial & Inland News
Section B: FF World Air News
Section C: FF World Ocean News
Section D: FF in Cyberspace
Section E: The Forwarder Broker World
Here are our suggested world wide web sites of the week for your business, your information and your amusement ...............
Looking For Great Ship Pictures? ........... visit "The Gallery."
Basic Understanding of Letters of Credit- Part 1 ........ a letter of credit (LC) is a bank instrument that is issued to protect the beneficiary in a transaction. It is not a contract although there are usually contractual undertakings that underlie the credit.
New Privacy Laws For Canada Household Goods Movers
U.S. Maritime Administration ........ has an updated Port Economic Impact Kit, containing economic impact models for the industry.
The Navigator ........ quarterly newsletter for the public/private U.S. shipbuilding community. Click "Download our Latest Newsletter."
Cathay Pacific's Downloadable Trip Planner ......... gives users access to a huge database of travel-related information from around the world, including airline flights, airport maps, Cathay Pacific worldwide contact details, & lounge information. The Trip Planner can be downloaded free from the Internet in 2.9MB, 3MB or 4.2MB sizes. The largest version will take between 14 & 20 minutes to download. With a broadband connection the download could be complete in seconds. It will be updated in the middle of every month.
Towing Line ....... for lovers of tug boats.
ComPairData ..... global liner shipping database.
CargoSmart ....... now with a new sailing schedule for the B2B, customers can search & filter over 4,000 port pairs schedules by cities & countries of origin/destination, cargo cut-off and availability. Conventional searches go by port pairs alone.
LoadScout ....... a new freight matching service for U.S. truckers.
OceanConnect.com ..........P&O Nedlloyd has signed a letter of intent to become an equity partner in the global online marketplace for the purchase & sale of marine fuels, products & services.
LevelSeas ....... chartering tools online.
True Statements of Motorists
http://www.insurance-canada.ca/consumerinfo/real10.htm/
Xqsite........ has just signed a multiyear Internet service contact with United Cargo of Untied Airlines.
AstroNavigation ......... software NavTools Lite is now available for download. Intended as backup navigation system on merchant navy vessels, using Astronomical (sextant) observations to 'get the vessel home' if the primary (GPS) system should fail. Using an internal nautical almanac (sun, moon, all planets, & 61 stars) it will calculate the vessels true position from two or more sextant observations, as well as continously display the present dead-reckoning position, bearing of next waypoint, true course & speed, required speed & required engine revolutions. Sixty day free trial.
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Written from wire stories, the Associated Press, Reuters, Hong Kong Shipping News Lloyds & other world sources.