C-TPAT: Launching the Delayed Deployment of Portal 2.0 Phase II on May 30, 2015 C-TPAT will be launching the delayed deployment of Portal 2.0 Phase II, the next step in the new C-TPAT account management tool, on May 30, 2015. During the deployment, the system will be unavailable, from approximately 3:00 p.m. Saturday, May 30, 2015 to 3:00 a.m. Sunday, May 31, 2015. Data … [Read more...]
IATA: Air Freight Shows Modest Growth for March 2015
IATA: Air Freight Shows Modest Growth for March 2015 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets, showing a modest 1.6% rise in volumes in March compared to a year ago. The March performance stands in contrast to the strong 12.2% rise reported for February. However, February’s performance, was skewed positively by the … [Read more...]
Full ISF Enforcement Begins May 14, 2015
Full ISF Enforcement Begins May 14, 2015.. This Wednesday May 13th will mark the end of the “three-strikes" phase approach to ISF enforcement. The 12-month three-strike phase (limited liquidated damage - LD), also called “informed compliance outreach”, was created to better focus on repeat offenders and identify regions and ports with lower rates of compliance. Here is a … [Read more...]
ACE: Air Manifest Phase-In and More
ACE: Air Manifest Phase-In and More... The following is an update from US Customs from CSMS #15-0000249: UPDATE: The deadline for ACE Air Manifest continues to be May 1st and CBP will continue routing trade manifest submissions to both ACE Air Manifest and the legacy AMS. However, CBP is providing flexibility for the trade to test the system through June 6th when Air … [Read more...]
LA, LB Ports – Congestion Eases
LA, LB Ports - Congestion Eases... On Thursday (yesterday) as well as Tuesday, there were brief periods of no container vessels arriving. This is a significant indicator that the congestion is easing. From JOC: The largest U.S. port complex is not out of the woods yet, however, as the vessel arrival schedule provided by the Marine Exchange of Southern California showed … [Read more...]