The Cargo Letter
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The Cargo Letter |
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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 ...............
CIFFA Commentary on the CMI Singapore Conference For Issues of Transport Law ....... says Int'l project is not yet forwarder friendly. . . . certainly not to the Canadian Int'l Freight Forwarders Assn. from Forwarder Law.
Bank of America ...... order foreign currency & foreign currency Travelers Checks over the Web.
Int'l Refrigerated Transportation Assn.
Locomotive Leasing Partners ....... includes photos.
Lykes Lines Sailing Schedules ......... now continuously updated throughout the day.
Operation Life Saver ........ teach kids (or adults, if you live in Los Angeles) about railroad crossing safety.
Port of Antwerp ........ the great port has a great new sit.
CargoReservations
......... claims a new training tool called "desktop streaming" that
provides the same level of personal attention one would expect from a guide
standing over your shoulder for sourcing air freight capacity.
InnoFleet ....... one way
equipment repositioning. NYK Logistics Technology Institute
.......... database provides data on temperatures, shocks & other
environmental conditions inside containers during transport -- with info
gathered since 1987.
Society of Maritime Arbitrators UK Port
Safety Guide ......... a review of the Port Marine Safety Code undertaken by
harbor authorities.
U.S. Food & Drug
Administration Cooperative Int'l Agreements U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration World Shipping Council ........
the Washington, D.C., trade assn.
The Navigator ..... Spring edition of quarterly newsletter for shipbuilding community. Articles about R&D implementation, new funding awards & technologytransfer conferences.
"The Cruise of Marriages" ........ good news is that the shower you need to chill down for this trip may also remove the slime -- as itinerary is -- "Round-trip flight to Russia, met & transferred to your cruiseship. Relax on board with dinner. Meet 100 beautiful single ladies waiting to meet you." Cruises described as "beautiful opportunity for single American men to meet single Russian women during a spectacular 10 day voyage through Russia" on "the world's only true Love Boat." At a cost of US$3,895 -- U.S. INS "charges " not included. (Note: Lots of windows pop up on this site -- but below is the feature).
Cracking The Code of Life ....... a historic 16 chapter QuickTime presentation on the human genome.
American Institute for Shippers' Assns. ........ annual meeting in Del Mar, Calif., July 22-25. Nation's largest trade association serving shippers' associations. Topics such as the Bush Administration's transportation priorities, cargo security practices, U.S./Mexico trucking issues, cargo sales. Contact Glenn Cella (202) 628-0933.
Agriculture Ocean Transportation Coalition ....... annual meeting in San Francisco June 14-15. Shippers-only dinner evening of June 14. Contact (202) 467-8383, or e-mail to agotc@aol.com
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Written from wire stories, the Associated Press, Reuters, Hong Kong Shipping News Lloyds & other world sources.