Transportation

Transportation

  • Transportation Q&A 8

    QUESTION ON BILL HR-1 OF THE 911 COMMISSION: Has anyone in the group heard how the implementation of this bill, specifically Title V- Strengthening the Security of Cargo Containers, is going to be put in place? Is anyone aware of any articles that have been published discussing this new bill?

  • Transportation Q&A 9

    Can a consolidator in China list himself as the “shipper” for a container he loads with four or five shipments for on Importer in the states? I am thinking that this would be a problem for AMS filings. Am I correct? One masterbill, no housebill, just multiple commercial invoices and mid codes.

  • Transportation Q&A 10

    Can anyone share their experience taking the freight forwarding function in-house? I don’t see too many hurdles on the ocean side, but on the air side in dealings with airlines, CASS payments etc, are there barriers to entry that cause the membership to see 3PLs as value added?

  • Transportation Q&A 12

    Question: For goods trans-shipping the USA in bond to another country do FCC’s & FDA’s for electronics need to be provided if the ultimate consignee is shown on the documentation to be other than the USA?

  • Transportation Q&A 13

    Does anyone know where I could find the following? A few years ago I went to a DOT training for HazMat and the like. The Coast Guard did a presentation for ocean freight and had a short video clip in their presentation that showed an example of what can happen on the water. The video […]

  • Transportation Q&A 14

    Didn’t see this covered in San Antonio, and I am wondering how the group is planning on complying with the TSA standards for domestic and international cargo inspection for those goods that might move on a passenger aircraft. Our TM recently attended an outreach meeting from the TSA. They are talking about penalties, and extreme […]

  • Transportation Q&A 15

    Didn’t see this covered in San Antonio, and I am wondering how the group is planning on complying with the TSA standards for domestic and international cargo inspection for those goods that might move on a passenger aircraft. Our TM recently attended an outreach meeting from the TSA. They are talking about penalties, and extreme […]

  • Transportation Q&A 16

    Do any of the members know anything about TSA conducting site visits to shippers to explain the new regulations on cargo exams before lading on commercial passenger craft? I have heard that TSA is now rolling the exam requirements down from airline -> forwarder -> trucker -> shipper and that to avoid the exams, the […]

  • Transportation Q&A 17

    Help! Advice and opinions from my colleagues really helpful… We are a UK based chemical company in the UK. We import chemical from China to the EU and sell to our EU customer on a DDP Rotterdam warehouse basis. Our customer has no logistics department, and so I have helped set up a warehouse and […]