3 High Information Tales in Worldwide Delivery Present Occasions
At present’s weblog does simply that, supplying you with three high tales from worldwide transport information that impacts importers and exporters of products.
Doug Oakley reported within the Contra Costa Instances a federal prison criticism was filed on Tuesday in opposition to a person for sneaking onto a cargo ship heading for South Korea from the Port of Oakland:
Andreas Guenther allegedly rowed an inflatable raft he purchased at a sporting items retailer throughout the bay and boarded the M/V Cosco Oceania at Berth 58, climbed a rope ladder and bought on board the ship, in line with an affidavit submitted by Coast Guard investigator Brian DuBois that’s hooked up to a federal prison criticism.
If convicted, Guenther may spend 5 years in jail….
After the ship bought underway, crew members discovered Guenther, and the ship stopped and anchored within the bay, in line with the affidavit. The U.S. Coast Guard then got here and took him off…
Apparently, Guenther contacted Cosco about transport a crate to South Korea with the intention to discover out the place the ship was moored and its departure schedule.
The incident raises safety issues and the ultimate quote of Oakley’s story shouldn’t be reassuring. “We’ve got loads of methods to safe the port from the land aspect, however it is a new situation with somebody coming in from the bay.”
We’ve been preserving shippers knowledgeable concerning the up and down rollercoaster of service Port Congestion Surcharge bulletins.
We’re nonetheless hoping shippers won’t ever see these $1,000+ charges on the transport containers they’re importing and exporting by way of West Coast ports. On the very least, shippers gained’t have to fret about Port Congestion Surcharges till 2015.
Sure, that’s simply subsequent month.
The Federal Maritime Fee launched the next in a assertion on December 4th:
The Fee has been suggested that the 15 ocean service members of the Transpacific Stabilization Settlement have individually dedicated to forego imposition of any port congestion surcharges till 2015.
The Federal Maritime Fee has obtained quite a few inquiries relating to congestion surcharges for “labor unrest” as introduced in numerous ocean carriers’ tariff guidelines required to be revealed beneath the Delivery Act and the Fee’s laws. On November 17, the Fee introduced that it was accumulating data relating to congestion surcharge guidelines revealed in service tariffs and endeavor a assessment. Ocean carriers within the transpacific trades have been requested to reply to Fee inquiries into the timing and authorized sufficiency of the surcharges, and all carriers well timed responded.
Through the week of November 24, following the Fee’s inquiries, many carriers introduced non permanent suspension of the surcharge.
Chairman Mario Cordero acknowledged:
“I welcome the person commitments of the ocean carriers to postpone port congestion surcharges into 2015. Throughout this time, Fee workers will additional deal with with the carriers our issues for the lawfulness, equity, and adequacy of discover of implementation. The carriers’ dedication to defer the congestion surcharge gives the chance to proceed this vital dialogue and pursue higher transparency as to the timing and the necessity for future service surcharges. The monitoring by Fee workers of port congestion and associated surcharges will proceed.”
We’ve got a Port Congestion Surcharge file you may take a look at to maintain up to date on the main points of those fees from the carriers.
The Pacific Maritime Affiliation (PMA) has been reporting that the Worldwide Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) has been orchestrating slowdowns, making dangerous congestion worse, to achieve leverage in contract negotiations. The ILWU refutes PMA’s claims, saying the PMA is deceitfully blaming congestion on the union.
Neither the PMA nor the ILWU are sharing what points are constraining the negotiation of a brand new contract.
The final massive information launch from PMA stated the ILWU have been extending their slowdown techniques to the negotiating desk by refusing to carry “massive desk” talks from November twentieth by way of the top of the Thanksgiving weekend–a 12-day break.
Negotiations resumed final week, however no excellent news of progress has been launched.
The ILWU has a coastwide caucus scheduled for Dec. fifteenth. Ideally, the ILWU would have a brand new contract to current on the caucus. Shippers and companies worry that as a substitute, the union may plan extra slowdowns and even maintain a vote to strike.
We simply carried out an interview with an ILWU member you can take a look at in UCM’s weblog.
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