Miscellaneous International Trade Notices
According to American Shipper, California State Senator Lowenthal on Tuesday pulled a bill he authored that would have assessed a $30-per-TEU fee on every container passing through the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles to pay for security, traffic and environmental projects associated with goods movement. The article states that this bill was opposed by business and goods movement leaders, and that Lowenthal would try to work out a more collaborative proposal. The article adds that a bill authored by Lowethal in 2004 ultimately lead to the formation of PierPass. (AS article dated 08/17/05, ShippersNewsWire@americanshipper.com )
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1. Southern California Ports Fee Bill Pulled
2. NYK Resolves Controversy Over Smuggling Incident and its C-TPAT Status
The Journal of Commerce reports that members of the trade community sounded the alarm when NYK Line got notice from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that its Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) certification had been suspended as a result of an incident involving the discovery of 32 Chinese stowaways in a container from a NYK Line vessel in January. The article states that NYK presented an action plan for increasing security in South China and was returned to C-TPAT in good standing. (JoC dated 08/08/05, www.joc.com.)
3. NCTO Says Comprehensive Textile Agreement First Step with China, Second Step Would be to Combat Unfair Labor Practices at WTO, Etc.
A press release from the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), states that a comprehensive textile agreement with China would be an important first step of a five-step process to achieving a long term solution to China's distorting trade practices in the textile and apparel sector. NCTO states that a second step would be to combat China's unfair trade practices through World Trade Organization (WTO) cases and U.S. trade laws, a third step would be a permanent China textile safeguard in the Doha round, etc. (NCTO release, dated 08/15/05, available at http://www.ncto.org/newsroom/pr200531.asp )
4. FMC Lists OTI Applications
The FMC has issued a notice listing those applying for OTI licenses, as follows:
NVOCC OTI applicants:
ANDA Pacific, Inc. (CA)
Carmen Cargo Express, Inc. (FL)
S Cargo International, Inc. (CA)
BBC Freight Line, Inc. (CA)
NVOCC/FF OTI applicants:
ELFS Management, Inc. (TX)
Darpex Import & Export Corp (FL)
Cargo Link Air Freight, Inc. (NY)
ATC Logistic, Inc. (CA)
Newskin Express, Inc. (CA)
Airways Freight Corporation dba AFC Oceancarriers (AR)
FF/OTI applicants:
Dorotime Services Limited (RI)
(FR Pub 08/11/05, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/05-15844.pdf )