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Good Thursday Morning from our Observation Deck......overlooking the officially
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attorneys at LAX.
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.
**Back By Popular Demand**
OUR "D" Section: FF in Cyberspace***
6. The Cargo Letter "Cyber Ports of Call" _________
OUR "E" Section: The Forwarder/Broker World***
7. New
Growing Problem of The
Imposter Trucker
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OUR "A" Section: Trade, Financial & Inland News***
1. Freight Forwarder Trade Briefs _____________
***End Of GSP? ...... as the Generalized System of
Preferences ("GSP") trade preference program is due to expire on
Download The GSP Guidebook
www.ustr.gov/sites/default/
***
***All That
Glitters May Not Be Gold .......as
Reuters reports fake invoicing inflated China's official import and export
totals by US$75Bn in the first 4 months of 2013, local media reported, citing
an internal review by China's commerce ministry.
***Brazil's
Trade Gap ...... as the
current account deficit widened in May as the trade balance remained weak,
central bank data showed on Friday, continuing a deteriorating pattern this
year and prompting the central bank to widen its forecast for the full-year
deficit. The current account deficit was US$6.42Bn in May, wider than
expectations for a gap of US$6.2Bn, according to the median forecast of 19
analysts surveyed by Reuters. In May 2012, the gap was US$3.422Bn. The central
bank revised its forecast for the current account deficit in 2013, widening it
to US$75Bn from US$67Bn previously, and acknowledging foreign direct investment
would not cover that gap as it has in previous years.
****New Canadian Border Concept ....... as CBP began Phase I of a
truck cargo pre-inspection pilot on June 17 at the
Beyond the Border: See The Details & Documents
www.dhs.gov/beyond-border-
***Gum Dumping ....... as the United States
decided on June 20 to levy anti-dumping duty on xanthan gum imported from
China. The U.S. Int'l Trade Commission (ITC) claimed the domestic industry was
threatened or materially injured by imports of xanthan gum from
***You
Can't Go, But Your Cargo Can .......
as a ceremony for the launch of direct cross-border transportation for trucks
and government cars between China and Vietnam was recently held at the Youyi
Sino-Vietnamese border checkpoint in southwest China's Guangxi Autonomous
Region. In Feb. 2012, the new Sino-Vietnamese road transportation agreement
came into effect. Later in August, direct cross-border transportation between
Read More About The Zhuang Autonomous Region
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
www.china.org.cn/english/
***UPS Expands
***FedEx In
South Africa ...... as it is
acquiring service provider, Supaswift and its subsidiaries that offer FedEx
services in
***TNT Express
Italian Downsize ....... as
it has announced plans to layoff 850 people in
***Robot Drivers
On The Commercial Road .......
as Ford Motor Co. has launched a pilot program that would utilize robots
instead of humans for some of its more rigorous vehicle testing, including
tests for commercial vans and trucks, the company announced. The program was
recently used for durability testing of Ford's new full-size Transit van, which
launches in 2014. The test vehicles are equipped with a robotic control module
that handles vehicle steering, acceleration and braking, Ford said. The module
is set to follow a preprogrammed course, and the vehicles are tracked using
GPS. Engineers watch the vehicles via camera in a control room, Ford said.
Should the vehicle stray from its programmed course, engineers have the ability
to stop the vehicle, correct its course, or restart the test, Ford said.
Onboard sensors can command a full stop if a pedestrian or another vehicle
strays into the path.
***Why A
Logistics Facility Wants Foreign Trade Zone Status ........as having FTZ status means
that when a customer's imported product arrives at a
An Introduction to Foreign-Trade Zones And How To Establish One
www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/
www.foreign-trade-zone.com/g_
***How We Roll ........ as in 1940, a major problem
facing the nation was finding a replacement for rubber. War clouds were
gathering, and the supply of natural rubber from
***PC On Swedish
Rails ..... as commuters on a
train line in northern
***Turkish Border
Security Meets An Unicornian ......as
for 9-year-old Emily Harris of
See The Unicorn Passport
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/
***Not His
***When
Cross-Labeling A Shipment Can Get You Killed .......
as drug traffickers back in
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2.
**CMS CGM. UP as 1st quarter profit was US$258M,
compared with a loss of US$31M in first-quarter 2012
**FedEx. DOWN with a 45% plunge in net profit in its
4th quarter ending May 31 to US$303M, drawn on revenues of US$11.4Bn, up 3.6%
**Singapore Airlines Cargo. DOWN with an operating loss of US$167M in the
financial year ending March 2013, compared to a loss of $119M during the 2011-2012
financial year.
**UTi Worldwide. DOWN with a 7.4% year-on-year first quarter
gross profit fall to US$347M drawn on revenues of US$1.08Bn, down 7.5%.
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OUR "B" Section: FF World Air News***
3. Freight Forwarder World Air Briefs __________
50th International Paris Air Show .......as
this year's event ended June 23rd, but you can still experience the excitement.
www.paris-air-show.com/
Mobile App For The
www.paris-air-show.com/GB/
***Swiss Miss? .....as more than US$1.2M was
discovered missing from Swiss Air Lines flight 17, but whoever took the
cash left behind the rest of the loot – another US$92M. The cash shipment was
destined for the Federal Reserve Bank of
***More Price
Fixing ...... as a Canadian
court has fined
***World
Aircraft Fleet Will Double ........ as over the next 20 years ithere
will be 35,000 new aircraft purchases costing US$4.8 trillion, based on a 5%
growth rate projection, according to Boeing. The single-aisle market, served by
Boeing's Next-Generation 737 and the future 737 MAX, was a major focus of the
company's annual Current Market Outlook. Airlines are replacing older aircraft
with new, fuel-efficient planes, said Boeing, adding that they have been forced
to change the way they do business.
***The Problem
of African Air Safety ........as despite the global air transport industry
achieving a record improvement in jet safety performance, the high airline
accident rate in Africa is still a concern, according to the International Air
Transport Assn. (IATA). IATA said the total accident rate for all jet airliners
in
***
***Goodby
To The Trisaurus ...... as
after 35 years of service, FedEx parked the last of its Boeing 727 (nicknamed
"Trisaurus')narrow-body freighters when the plane landed on June 21 at its
hub in
History of The Boeing 727
www.boeing.com/boeing/history/
www.boeing.com/boeing/
***Boeing Stores
New Freighters In The Desert ......
as it is parking an undisclosed number of 747-8 freighters in desert storage
and cutting production as the air cargo slump deepens. Some of the 747-8s will
be stored in an outdoor facility in
***Meet The
A350 ....as the newest
aircraft from European aircraft manufacturer Airbus took off on a maiden test
flight from
A350 Photos & Videos
www.airbus.com/
***American
Airlines
***Delta Air
Lines Closing A Hub ...... as
it plans to scrap its
***Dual Customs Hangar To Reopen ....... as
***Toronto's New Airport Still "Coming" After 40 Years ......as the Canadian government has
unveiled plans for a new airport, among other developments, at the
federally-owned Pickering Lands site outside of Toronto. The new airport will
replace
Read More Abour Proposed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
***Air Cargo
Industry Achievement Award 2013 ........
as it was presented at Air Cargo Week in
***CCA On The Team .....
as China Cargo Airlines, a subsidiary of China Eastern Airlines and the
mainland's first operating all-cargo airline, has joined the SkyTeam Cargo
Alliance as its 11th member at the recent Air Cargo Europe expo at
Read More About Sky Team Cargo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
***Norwegian Air Shuttle Enters The Cargo Market ..... as the carrier is to enter
the troubled air cargo market by setting up a freight division using belly
capacity on its long-haul services. The long-haul flights will operate four
times a week and will increase to six with the addition of new aircraft as new
destinations will be added later in the year. It has been contacted by shippers
wishing to use whole capacity rather than trucking but as yet the airline is
reluctant to lose revenue by using forwarders. Norwegian currently has 74
aircraft flying from several operational bases in
Read More About Norwegian Air Shuttle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
***Biggest of
Them All ...... as when you need to ship Snoop Dog's oversized tour stage
to Nigeria, you're going to need the world's biggest and strongest aircraft:
the Antonov An-225. The Antonov An-225 Mriya is, quite simply, the largest
airplane in the world. At 275 feet in length with a 290 foot wingspan and a
maximum takeoff weight of 640 tons, it dwarfs 787's. When it debuted in 1988,
the An-225 was 50% bigger than any airliner ever built before it. It remains
the largest operational aircraft in terms of length and wingspan to this day.
Designed at the end of the Cold War, the An-225 was built as a replacement for
the Myasishchev VM-T to carry the
Read More About The An-225
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
***Sharks On The
No Fly List ...... as an
endangered marine species, a growing number of Asia-Pacific airlines are
banning the carriage of their fins as cargo. Korean Air announced a ban on the
carriage of shark fins on its cargo flights. Korean's move was followed by a
similar announcement from Asiana Airlines. Airlines previously banning shark
fins include Cathay Pacific and Air New
Read More About CITES (Convention on Int'l Trade in Endangered Species of
Wild Fauna &Flora)
www.cites.org/
***Volumes >>> Air China atest figures show that carrier
recorded an air freight volume of 124,500 tons in May, 4.5% more than in the
same month in 2012. >>> Cathay Pacific Airways and its sister airline Dragonair
posted a 1.5% year-on-year decline in cargo volume to 121,529 tons and a 0.8%
drop in passengers to 2,338,703 seats sold in May.
***The FWI
Penalty ...... as a 15-year
prison term is looming over the head of an air freight pilot for air cargo
Flight Express in
Read More About Flight Express
www.flightexpress.com/
***When It Hits
The Fan ...... as a Heathrow
cargo & baggage handler caused up to £1million worth of damage to a British
Airways plane on June 20 when a luggage scanning gun got sucked into the
engine. The accident happened as the Airbus A320 was being powered up as it
prepared to taxi out to the runway. A worker left the metal scanner gun on the
engine cover and it was pulled inside causing around £1million worth of damage
to the aircraft which had 150 passengers on board
***TSA Trusts In
The Force ...... as not even
Chewbacca and his light saber get a free pass with airport security before
being cleared to travel. Transportation Security Administration agents in
Denver briefly stopped "Star Wars" franchise actor Peter Mayhew
recently as he was boarding a flight with a cane shaped like one of
science-fiction's most iconic weapons. Airport officials say they wanted to
inspect the huge walking stick before allowing Mayhew, who is more than 7 feet
tall, on the plane. Mayhew tweeted "Giant man need giant cane" from
his verified Twitter account when the incident happened June 3. He also posted
photos showing a TSA agent holding the replica laser sword, which comes up to
his chest. "Because of the unusual weight of the passenger's cane, a
security officer alerted a supervisor. Less than five minutes later the
passenger and cane were cleared to travel. Social media played no role in the
determination," the TSA said in a brief statement released to The
Associated Press on Saturday. There was no word on whether agents were
initially suspicious that Chewie had a weapon more commonly associated with
other "Star Wars" characters, including Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader
and
Yoda.
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OUR "C" Section: FF World Ocean News***
4. FF World Ocean Briefs
***Triple-E:
World"s Largest Ship Delivers Junes 28 .......
as the name is derived from the class's three design principles: "Economy
of scale, Energy efficient and Environmentally improved". These ships are
expected to be not only the world's largest ships in service, but also the most
efficient containerships per twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) of cargo. The
ships will be 400 meters (1,312 ft) long and 59 meters (194 ft) wide.
While only 3 meters (9.8 ft) longer and 4 meters (13 ft) wider than
E-class ships, the Triple E ships will be able to carry 2,500 more containers.
With a draft of 14.5 meters (48 ft), they will be too deep to use any port
in the
Maersk's Definitive Photo & Video Guide
www.worldslargestship.com/
Building The Triple-E In Time Lapse
www.worldslargestship.com/
Video: The First Triple-E named Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller
http://vimeo.com/68399450
***U.S. Supreme
Court Strikes Down Port of Los Angeles Clean Truck Program ......as the high court found its
demands that harbor trucks bear designated signage and pay for off-street
parking violated federal law. But the American Trucking Associations (ATA) suit
failed to persuade the court to address the financial capacity and truck
maintenance requirements imposed by the port's Clean Trucks Program. Yet the
court ruled that the port's requirement that harbour trucks display designated
placards while in the harbor exceeded its authority and violated federal law.
The court also ruled that demanding truckers develop off-street parking also
exceeded its authority. Earlier the U.S. Court of Appeals struck down the main
port requirement that owner-operators be banned from harbor trucking in favor
of larger companies which hired employee drivers. The ban was backed by the
Teamsters union because it would make it easier to unionise harbor truckers.
Read The Complete Supreme Court Decision
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/
About The Port of Los
Angeles Clean Truck Program
www.portoflosangeles.org/ctp/
Overview of The Clean Truck Program
www.portoflosangeles.org/ctp/
***M/V MOL Comfort -- A Major Loss .....
as the 7,041-TEU container vessel suffered crack / severe structural failure
amidships approximately 200-nm off
***Capacity To
Hold Down Rates ........ as
an oversupply of vessels will likely continue to outstrip demand in most
shipping services and the outlook for the global shipping industry will remain
negative over the next 12-18 months, said Moody's Investors Service.
Read More About Moody's
www.moodys.com/Pages/atc002.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
***Ports
Threatening
***Obama
Administration Cuts U.S. Fleet Support ......
as the highly-subsidised
Read More About The U.S. Maritime Security Program
www.marad.dot.gov/ships_
***LBG Ups The
Big Budget ...... as the Long
Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners has approved a US$1.02Bn budget for fiscal
year 2014 that begins on Oct. 1 after the port's latest statistics showed it
was gaining on neighbouring Los Angeles. The budget includes the biggest
capital improvement spending plan to date for the
***A Bigger Big
Ditch? ....... as the
Nicaraguan government has proposed legislation that will give a 50-year
concession for the construction and operation of a new canal connecting the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans to a Chinese operator, HKND Group, a privately-held
int'l infrastructure development firm headquartered in Hong Kong. Should the
Chinese operator succeed in raising sufficient finance to develop the project,
it will profoundly alter operational conditions in
***Harmony Along
The Suez ....... as a plan by
***Carriers Test
New Business Model ....... as
CMA CGM, Maersk Line and MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA have agreed to
establish a long-term operational alliance on East – West trades, called the P3
Network. The aim is to improve and optimize operations and service offerings.
The P3 Network will operate a capacity of 2.6 million TEU (initially 255
vessels on 29 loops) on three trade lanes:
***Milestone
For The Spider ........ as
the 5,000th
See The Original Straddle Carrier In The Laurel & Hardy Movie
"The Busy Bodies" (1933).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=
***E Booking
Goes Automatic ........ as
the portal-based ocean shipping e-commerce network INTTRA has unveiled a new
application designed to reduce the millions of manual transactions ocean
carriers process annually. The product, called INTTRA Change, will allow
shippers to submit electronic documents to carriers in the output format from
their enterprise resource planning (ERP) system or transportation management
system while allowing carriers to receive it in an electronic-data-interchange
(EDI) format. INTTRA will map the document – typically bookings and shipping
instructions - and convert it to EDI, the preferred format for carriers.
Instead of emailing the attachment directly to the carriers, shippers would
email it to INTTRA, with the EDI version flowing seamlessly into the carriers'
system. The product is designed to eliminate the manual intervention on the
carrier side, cutting down on errors, and on staff time needed to key in the
information manually. At first INTTRA Change will map any structured readable
electronic document – from a PDF to a spreadsheet to output documents from an
ERP. Eventually, the application will expand to handle unstructured documents
that are captured through optical character recognition (OCR).
www.inttra.com/
***Dole Changes To Containers ......
as now in strawberry season, the Southern California based produce giant has
now decided to spend available funds to acquire three new reefer containerships
for US$165M due for delivery in late 2015 or early 2016. This was revealed as
part of the explanation of why the company had decided against a US$200M share
buy back plan, and what it would do with some of the funds earmarked for that
purpose. It also indicated a switch to containerships from bulk loading reefer
ships, which once dominated the trade suffering declines. The new vessels will
be deployed on the company's
***Soybeans Also
Discovering Box Benefits ......
as a growing number of customers choose to import soybeans via containers.
Currently, container shipments make up only a small percentage of soybean
exports. Containers are an efficient and effective method to move soybeans to
markets in
Read The Containerization Study
www.ilsoy.org/_data/
***See
Someting, Say Something .......
as the U.S. Coast Guard investigators have assessed "K" Line a
US$75,000 fine its failure to report an engine failure that caused its
chartered 4,500-TEU M/V Bangkok Bridge to go adrift in a busy Alaskan
shipping lane. Built in 2010, the
***Throughput >>>
***This Month In
1815 - Trials of Fulton I, built by Robert Fulton, are completed in
1870 - USS Mohican burns Mexican pirate ship Forward.
1933 - On
1942 - On
***Maersk's New
Challenge Game: Quest For Oil ..........
as this first game of its kind and with the convergence of forces, innovation
and technology Maersk gives the chance to experience the challenging world of
being on a drilling rig with its 53,000 tons of steel rammed into the bottom of
the ocean. With the free, worldwide distribution of the real-time strategy game
Quest for Oil, Maersk unfolds the unknown universe of oil exploration and
invites you to embark on a conquest of the depths of the seabed. Free.
http://questforoil.com/?gclid=
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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 amazing photo
feature from April 1979: "UNDER Achiever" ....... one of the
all-time greats!
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>>>>>>
50th Int'l Paris Air Show
www.paris-air-show.com/
787 Dreamliner Live Flight Tracker
http://flighttracker.
Broker License Customs Exam -- Monday, October 7, 2013 at
various
locations throughout the United States
www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/
FMC Amendments to Regulations Governing Ocean Transportation Intermediary
Licensing and Financial Responsibility Requirements
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-
Rail Projects in Africa
www.terrapinn.com/template/
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy 2013 Commencement Ceremony
http://maritimetv.com/Events/
When A Vessel Launch Goes Horribly Wrong
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/
PRODUCTS>>>>>>>>>
PalletPal 360 Spring Level Loader
www.southworthproducts.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/
4th Annual MarineTech
Summit-2013 .........23-25 Sept.,
Hangzhou, China
www.bitconferences.com/
2nd Annual World Congress
of Ocean-2013 ........... 23-25
Sept., Hangzhou, China
www.bitconferences.com/
6th Optimising Port
Development Conference ..........
4-5 Dec. 2013, London
www.wplgroup.com/aci/
9th IATA Cargo Claims &
Loss Prevention ......... 19 - 21
November, 2013, Limerick, Ireland
www.cvent.com/d/
www.terrapinn.com/conference/
Air Cargo & Logistics
Asia Conference and Exhibition .........
16-18 Oct. 2013, Singapore
http://atwonline.com/events/
Cargo Logistics Canada Expo + Conference ..........
29-30 Jan. 2014, Vanouver, Canada
www.bettermail.ca/ct/1177/
FIATA World Congress 2013
in Singapore ....... 16-19 Oct.
2013
www.fiata2013.org/site/
Intermodal Europe 2013 ......8-10
Oct. 2013, Hamburg Messe, Hamburg Germany
www.worldcargonews.com/htm/
Marine Insurance
Association of Seattle 2013 Golf & Bowling Tournament and Banquet ........ Oct. 7 2013
https://mias.memberclicks.net/
Apps For That - iPhones>>>>>>>>>
Mobile App For The Paris Air Show
www.paris-air-show.com/GB/
General Interest>>>>>>>>>
After V1 ........stunning
slow motion
http://vimeo.com/67814853
Bagels In Brooklyn
www.wimp.com/makingbagels/
Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) Go-Around in Heavy Rain
www.youtube.com/watch?v=
Boeing's CHAMP .......non-leathal
war
www.boeing.com/Features/2012/
Brass Band ........sure to
be one of the strangest shows you"ve seen
www.wimp.com/brassband/
C-130 Lands Unarrested on an Aircraft Carrier
www.military.com/video/
Does every motor vehicle
need a fire extinguisher?
www.aa.co.za/technical-
Food for Thought: What Makes a Captain – a Captain
http://navylive.dodlive.mil/
Lamp Shade
www.youtube.com/embed/
LG-1000 ......the first
air-launched, disposable cargo glider capable of carrying 1,000 lbs. of
supplies over 70 nautical miles successfully flew above the California desert.
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=
Lokomotiv Hockey Team Plane Crash Movie - 7 Sept. 2011
www.planecrashes.org/air-
Memories
http://pinterest.com/
Orange County Police Car Chase On The CA-241 Toll Road - Hilarious
http://offtheedgehumorpics.
Solar Road ...... must see
www.wimp.com/solarhighways/
Squatty Potty
www.squattypotty.com/Default.
USNS Comet Virtual Tour
www.marad.dot.gov/Assets/html/
USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Prepares for Journey Home After 51 Years
http://navylive.dodlive.mil/
Video: Drunk Vs United Air Pilot
www.liveleak.com/view?i=989_
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OUR "E" Section: The Forwarder/Broker World***
7. New U.S.
Transport Related Legal Cases _______
Growing Problem of The Imposter Trucker
Identity theft is no longer limited to individuals. Crime rings now pose
as legitimate motor carriers to bid for on-line (message boards) long haul
postings, resulting in the theft of whole truckloads of cargo. Internet load
postings give the thieves entre, with the most desirable loads seeking team
drivers and $250,000 insurance – signifying a valuable load.
There are various senarios, but in one version the crime ring bids on the load
and uses the stolen identity of a legitimate trucking company to
"prove" its operating authority, certificate of insurance and
location of business. To avoid tracing, the thieves use a prepaid cell phone
and claim the company is having trouble with its phone or internet, so contact
must be to the "dispatcher" directly. The trucker which
actually arrives for the pick-up usually is not from the same company that bid
the load, but the driver handles any question by claiming to be an
"owner-operator" or "sub-hauler." Because the driver has
the correct load information regarding the load – pallet count, weight and
destination – the unwitting warehouseman loads the truck and off goes the
cargo, not to be seen again.
This problem frequently can be avoided by following the practice of not giving
a load to any carrier you do not know, or one who is only available by cell
phone or at a personal email address. On a first time load with a new carrier,
the load should not be given to a carrier other than the one booked, unless you
have followed proper security protocols. For one example out of several
techniques you should employ, use the Federal Motor Carrrier Safety
Administration website to obtain the carrier's actual contact information,
licensing & insurance < http://li-public.fmcsa.dot.
If proper steps are followed, you may miss scheduling an expedited load from
time to time because the bidding carrier was unacceptable for any of the
foregoing reasons. But, on the other hand, you may have avoided possibly
giving a valuable load of cargo to a sophisticated cargo theft ring. For
further details of accepted security procedures, agreements and forms, you
shoulld consult the attorneys of Countryman & McDaniel.
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And again this month, a lighter look back at transport related legal cases
.......
Hermle Black Forest
Clocks, Inc. v.
749 F.Supp. 270 (1990)
U.S. Customs: Tuned metal
gong rods contained within a clock cabinet that were struck by hammers
contained within cabinet and used to audibly announce time were not better
classified as musical instrument parts not specifically provided for, as
opposed to assemblies and subassemblies for clock movements, in determining tax
rate. Nice try!!
Read The Opinion:
www.leagle.com/xmlResult.aspx?
United States v.
Canals-Jimenez
U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals
943 F.2d 1284 (1991)
Crossing Borders: Alien
who had been previously deported could not be found guilty of violating
Immigration and Nationality Act by being "found in" United States
where he was stopped at airport and had not yet passed through immigration
inspection; mere fact alien was "in" United States did not mean he
was "found in" United States within meaning of Act......... and if
you cover your eyes, we can"t see you!
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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)
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(Countryman & McDaniel)
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