FAA Advises Assessment of Lithium Batteries Risk The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) yesterday issued a safety alert to US and foreign commercial passenger and cargo airlines, urging them to conduct a safety risk assessment to manage the risks associated with transporting lithium batteries as cargo. The FAA says it also is issuing guidance to its own inspectors to … [Read more...]
2016! January Newsletter
2016! January Newsletter IMPORTANT CHANGES FOR 2016: ⇒Mandatory ACE Transition: Are You Ready? →Feb 28, 2016 ⇒NEW CONTAINER WEIGHING REGULATIONS - SOLAS → 1 July 2016 ***stay tuned to our news page for updates about ACE and SOLAS. INFO - Good to know: Incoterms Denied Parties check To see the entire Newsletter … [Read more...]
Panama Canal Expansion To Be Completed in 2016
Panama Canal Expansion To Be Completed in 2016 The Panama Canal expansion project, also called the 'Third Set of Locks Project', is intended to double the capacity of the Panama Canal by 2016 by creating a new lane of traffic doubling the waterway capacity and allowing more and larger ships, the size, which are about one and a half times the current maximum width and length … [Read more...]
NEW CONTAINER WEIGHING REGULATIONS – Coming in 2016!
NEW CONTAINER WEIGHING REGULATIONS - Coming in 2016! There are new container weighing regulations due to take effect globally on 1 July 2016. The amendments to the SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) Convention require packed shipping containers to have a verified gross mass (VGM) before they can be loaded on a ship for export. The amendments were adopted by the IMO … [Read more...]
Trans-Pacific Trade and the Era of Mega-ships
Trans-Pacific Trade and the Era of Mega-ships The new CMA CGM ship the Benjamin Franklin will be the largest vessel to arrive at the Port of Los Angeles on December 26th. It has 17,859 20-foot-equivalent unit capacity. The Benjamin Franklin will be handled at APM Terminals Pier 400 in Los Angeles. This port (as well as the Ports America Outer Harbour Terminal in Oakland) … [Read more...]