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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 ...............
ARTICLES
FMC
Survey ........The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission is currently reviewing
the competitive conditions resulting from the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA).
In response to an FMC request, the NCBFAA canvassed its members on numerous
commercial & legal issues that flow from OSRA, & made a lengthy
submission to the FMC. Read the results of the survey & commentary by our
friend Edward D. Greenberg, Transportation Counsel for the NCBFAA.
A
Shipping Saga ......... from ForwarderLaw.
Multimodal
Vs. Through Transport -- What's The Difference? .......... from ForwarderLaw.
A proposal by the Comite Maritime Int'l, or CMI, is that Multimodal
transport be regulated when including a sea leg, or component.
Shipper
May Sue Under The MAWB .......... as a British Court comes to the conclusion
that even when a forwarder issues its own air transport document, a HAWB, the
customer can sue the carrier on the MAWB issued to the forwarder.
Qualifying Statements On The Bill of Lading ..... a continuing dispute over "Said To Contain" -- comments.
SITES
CMA
CGM Bad Stack LAX Cargo Disaster ........ a new photo disaster feature of
The Cargo Letter.
CubeIQ
...... container loading software free demo.
Ernst & Young Passport - business & tax regs for 130 nations.
eTrackCargo ...... 'nuf said.
GTNexus
....... multicarrier portal had used the temporary name GTN. How
To Import & Export .......... from U.S. Customs. Hyundai
Merchant Marine ......... has new web site with "Cyber Service
Center." Phoenix
Int'l Freight Services ........ launches redesigned web site with enhanced
tracking, available forms & sailing schedules. Enables clients to access
data & tools designed for the coordination of Int'l shipments. Key new
features include Phoenix FastTrack which provides both importers & exporters
with access to purchase orders and shipment status. LogisticsArchitects.com
........ claims itself to be a different virtual logistics marketplace that
provides an efficient, one-to-one trading environment on the Web 'in an auction
format. LogiPlan
....... software for transportation. Ship
N Track ........ supply chain solutions for E-commerce operator. Australians
For Qantas ........ new site for designed to give company owners access to
discounts similar to those that large organizations with hundreds of employees
can receive, the QBIZ site offers discounted airfares & reduced rates on car
rentals, hotel accommodation and business-related products such as
telecommunication, computer products & freight. Available for any company
with an Australian Business Number. Qantas..........
revised site enables customers to track multiple air waybills at some time. Need
A Part? ........ for some old appliance, computer, lawn mower or anything
else. We found the place. Trade
Show Central ...... index to all industries. Marine
Machinery Assn. Annual Spring Meeting ........ May 2, Ritz-Carlton Pentagon
City. The theme is "Building Shipbuilding
Technologies 2001: A Shipbuilding
Technologies Information Exchange .......... at the Beau Rivage Resort &
Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi on Sept. 5 - 6, 2001. Please click below for other sections: Please click below to go back to the Cargo Letter home page. Return to the top of Section D Written from wire stories, the Associated Press,
Reuters, Hong Kong Shipping News Lloyds & other world sources.
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