American Shipper October 2002

Vol. 44, No. 10

October 2002

LOGISTICS Top 20 container shipping lines Logistics in upward cycle? The check is online Mastering logistics USAID ships to Southern Africa 'Freight at rest is freight at risk' Dialing, flying, sailing - and hoping FORWARDING/NVOs Wood packing makers defend platform Hefty fines for ag shipping violators Customs lays first ACE on table AES readies for new phase NVOs find freight outside the box Lozbenko moves up Russian customs WCO task force swings into action TRANSPORT/INTEGRATORS UPS sets sail International helps EGL recovery DHL defends U.S. citizenship TRANSPORT/OCEAN Expedited vessel reflagging FABC's quiet voyage Eye on ocean shipping taxes LMSR contract with Maersk draws fire TRANSPORT/INLAND Laredo in waiting game STB addresses rail rate complaints PORTS NYK acquires Ceres Terminals PSA buys stake in Mermaid Marine PMA calls for perimeter of port security U.S. CIT rejects HMT challenge Panama Canal sets two-step toll hike SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS Pacific lines extend peak season surcharge... Danzas starts charter program in Hong Kong... Mideast conferences to restore rates... TMM adds U.S./South America link... DEPARTMENTS Comments & Letters Theodore Prince Shippers’ Case Law Corporate Appointments Service Announcements Editorial			Mega forwarders keep logistics under control With global networks comprising hundreds of offices around the world, very large forwarders are thriving in the competitive international transport and logistics business. They seek to exert control over door-to-door transportation of goods and associated logistics services under one roof -- and continue to record solid profits.
			Peak(ed) season Rapid growth in Asian imports to the U.S. has returned, but shippers and intermediaries are facing a raft of problems. With the current capacity shortages, financial losses among carriers, dissatisfaction among some shippers and intermediaries, and the start of an investigation inot alleged carrier' bias against NVOCCs, the market mechanism has gone badly wrong in the transpacific this year.
			Industry balks at advanced manifest rules Recently proposed U.S. Customs rules that would mandate filing of cargo minifests 24 hours prior to loading overseas has caused an uproar in the nation's shipping industry. Numerous industry groups called the agency's proposed rulemaking "unreasonable" and incompatible in today's international supply chain management. Some groups went as far as to ask the agency to drop the proposed rules altogether..
			Palermo Senator: Feat of clay No simulation consultant could have put together a more daunting scenario than the one just played out in New York harbor, in which government agents scrambled to determine if radiation detected on the Palermo Senator posed a public threat. Though the source of the radiation was believed to be clay tiles, the incident provided chilling questions as to how well-prepared agencies, ports, carriers and shippers are to handle the threat of weapons of mass destruction delivered in a shipping container.