The Cargo Letter

Section A: Section: 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

OUR "D" Section: FF in Cyberspace

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 ...

JoC Online Shipping Schedules ............ Over 1,980 schedules and services, more than 160 steamship carriers, over 140 NVOCCs, & 50 Foreign trade lanes available worldwide.
www.joc.com/gta/pointsearch.shtml

What Does The Term "Supply Chain" Mean? ........... what type do you have. Using this classification system, companies can determine where they fall on the supply chain spectrum & whether the model they have chosen is the best one for their business.
www.manufacturing.net/scm/index.asp?layout=articleWebzine&articleid=CA214143

The Georgia Tech Logistics Institute ...... results of an inventory management focus group that included representatives from 14 industry-leading companies, conducted as part of the Logistics Management Series of courses. Issues examined include factors that influence inventory turns and fill rate in warehousing, transportation & procurement.
www.tli.gatech.edu/news/inventory.cfm

Eurostep ....... has launched a new website aimed at monitoring the trade negotiations between the EU and the African, Caribbean & Pacific (ACP). Entitled EPA Watch.
www.epawatch.net

Latitude 38 ......... a retelling of the LA Times story concerning our friend Neil Lerner, the maritime attorney appointed by CIGNA Ins. to deal with a now infamous claim on the Italian built yacht S/V Principe di Pictor brought by LA attorney Rex DeGeorge -- who claimed for 4 different yachts over the years using roughly the same story.
www.latitude38.com/features/pirates.htm

U.S. Army ....... the official Online game, brought to you free by the U.S. Army. THE current craze.
www.americasarmy.com/

PRODUCTS :
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Elite Int'l Transportation ......... logistics provider specializing in services to the chemical, petrochemical & food industries -- new online access featuring a proprietary system for real-time Internet access to track & manage import/export shipment events. New features include a customizable graphical timeline that displays shipment events.
www.eliteint.com

Flight Explorer Personal Edition 4.0 ............aircraft situation display software platform enables anyone to track IFR flights in the U.S. & Canada. Updated every 3 minutes. Subscribers pay US$9.95 per month.
www.fepersonal.com

GeoDecisions ....... mobile workforce solutions.
www.intelliwhere.com/1024x768.html

Interclaims ......... intermodal & customs claims disposition, insurance review, third party claims administration.
www.InterClaims.com

Maritime Reporter World Yearbook ......... sign up for your free copy.
www.marinelink.com/issue_letter/june2002.html

Scandivavian Shipowners 2002 .......... complete book covering over 380 Nordic shipowners, including supply ship owners, rig owners & management companies in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Faeroe Islands & Iceland -- US$ 69.00.
finns@mweb.co.za

EVENTS :
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Eye For Transport .......... 10th shipper-carrier forum, Hyatt Regency, San Francisco -- June 24-26.
www.eyefortransport.com/sanfran/

Mare Forum 2002: Time for Action - Designing a Model Flag State ........... decisive dialogue between Shipowners & Flag State Regulators Sept. 19 & 20, 2002, Divani Apollon Palace, Vouliagmeni, Athens Greece.
www.mareforum.com/flag_state_programme.htm

UNCTAD Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law & Policy .......... 3-5 July, Geneva, Switzerland.
www.unctad.org/en/subsites/cpolicy/english/c1em0702.htm

The WTO In 2002: A New Start? .......... 21-22 June, Maastricht, Netherlands.
www.amsu.edu/courses/law/law42002.htm

Please click below for other sections:
Section A: Section: 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

Written from wire stories, the Associated Press, Reuters, Hong Kong Shipping News Lloyds & other world sources.