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CargoSmart Success Story with Cargo Express Inc.

Cargo Express, Inc.
"We are very impressed with the level of shipment detail in CargoSmart. In fact, not only do we use CargoSmart as an automated system to track our customers' shipments in-house, we also encourage our customers to use it as a value-added service to track their hot shipments online."
- Joe Pfender, President, Cargo Express

Cargo Express, a freight forwarder, uses CargoSmart's visibility features as both a complementary in-house system and a value-added service for its customers to save time and money and provide a high level of customer service.

Cargo Express (www.cargoexpressinc.com) is a transportation logistic solutions provider for the import and export business. The company operates in 21 countries and works with over 15 carrier lines. As a freight forwarder, Cargo Express requires detailed, real-time information about its customers' shipments to be able to better serve its customers.

Managing 10+2 for Customers

OOCL Logistics offers customers an information technology and supply chain process solution - in the company’s MyPodium system – which effectively manages the requirements of ISF “10+2” for all customers.

"Our supply chain visibility synergies ensure that each client, who chooses OOCL Logistics as their ISF "10+2" filing partner, will be confident that this important information will be delivered to CBP in a secure, timely manner for each and every shipment. Our systems demonstrate our capability to deliver quality service for our customers, on time, all the time," said Joe Hogan, President of OOCL Logistics (USA) Inc.

OOCL Logistics’ information technology systems provide a full solution for all possible contingencies with regard to capturing or entering the data elements necessary for all of our customers and transmitting that data to CBP. MyPodium has been developed as a module-based International Supply Chain Management IT platform, with the flexibility to meet the needs of diverse industry verticals and the advanced technology to keep pace with ever-changing supply chain demands.

OOCL Logistics Video

Our tagline "All the Right Moves" describes our role in enabling our customers to have full control, flexibility, visibility and freedom in choosing their logistics and transportation service providers in meeting their changing business needs.

It is important to note that while OOCL Logistics has its own mission statement, it is still a member of the OOCL group and so shares the OOCL Mission, Core Values and Core Competencies. Therefore, the motto "We take it personally" is applicable to every member of the OOCL family, in both liner and logistics businesses.


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Welcome to OOCL Trade News	Highlights
Happy Year of the OX!! OOCL Celebrates 40 Years of Containerization Since our first ship reached the U.S. Atlantic Coast and Europe in 1947, OOCL has been at the forefront of the transport industry. In 2009, we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of containerization. In 1969, OOCL took a giant step for global trade by embracing containerization – marking the beginning of a long, exciting journey. Meet Our Customer - Seaboard Foods Website: www.seaboardpork.com Seaboard Foods, a division of Seaboard Corporation, has grown from a start-up operation in the early 1990s to become an integrated food producer of premium pork products. The company is a top ten pork producer and processor in the United States. As an integrated food company, Seaboard Foods controls every step from research and development in genetics to high quality meat products at our processing facilities. Seaboard Foods' live production facilities consist of genetic and commercial breeding, farrowing, nursery and finishing buildings located in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and Colorado, supported by six centrally located feed mills. Their current operations produce more than four million hogs annually, ranking Seaboard Foods as the second largest pork producer in the United States. Seaboard Foods' state-of-the-art processing facility in Guymon, Okla., opened in 1995. It has operated at full capacity since 1997, allowing Seaboard Foods to process approximately 4.9 million hogs annually and holds a position within the top ten largest pork processors in the United States.	Meet Our Customer Seaboard Foods 10+2 Importer Security Filing OOCL Wins Best of Best Award OOCL receives award from World Trade magazine Bunker Prices (US Dollar per M Ton) Click on Image for full view Source: OOCL US Diesel Fuel Prices Source: US Department of Energy Link to website US Customs Importer Security Filing – “10+2” US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published the Interim Final Rule for the Importer Security Filing (ISF) “10+2” requirements on November 25, 2008. The new rule is applicable to all cargo loading at foreign ports of load, and destined for direct discharge at, or transiting over, a US Port. Cargo discharging at foreign ports, with final delivery to the US overland, will not be affected by this rule. The Federal Register rule came into effect on January 26, 2009. CBP has granted a period of 12 months from that date under Informed Compliance, enabling carriers, importers, and their “agents” to comply with the new regulations over a total 14 month period. (Importers are defined as parties causing goods to arrive in the US.) Importers, or their agents, are required to submit the additional 10 elements covering: Seller Buyer Importer of Record number Consignee Number Manufacturer (or Supplier) Ship-to-party Country of origin Commodity HTSUS (Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States) Container Stuffing Location, and Consolidator (stuffer) For more information, please click on the link below:- Click here
Awards and Functions	CargoSmart & Logistics
OOCL Selected as 'Best of the Best' by World Trade Magazine The ‘Performance Partners Awards of Excellence’ were recently launched by World Trade Magazine with the purpose of celebrating companies that are providing superior value based on statistically significant measures. Working with their BNP Media corporate partners, Clear Seas Research, World Trade Magazine surveyed their readers who are customers of the transportation and logistics companies that move their freight and manage their supply chains. The questions included what customers think is important and what they’re looking for in a service provider and how they rate their own vendors on these metrics. The surveys were conducted by asking readers to rank the importance of 14 different attributes in determining how they choose their carriers and also evaluate their satisfaction with their carriers on those attributes. The attributes were developed based on global perspectives. Please click here to read the full article in World Trade Magazine. China’s 24 Hour Advanced Manifest Regulation OOCL would like to notify our customers that China Customs has announced a new 24 hour Advanced Manifest Regulation which took effect on January 1st, 2009. The rule requires all ocean carriers to submit a list of customs-defined manifest data to China Customs at least 24 hours prior to cargo loading. The regulation is applicable to all import, export and transshipped cargo via any China Ports (except Hong Kong). For more details about the new requirement, please see the following announcements from China Customs Click here Click here for information China Customs website: China Customs OOCL will make the appropriate changes to the documentation process in order to comply with the customs requirement and secure cargo loading for our customers, and will continue to update customers on any further developments on this issue. Conference & Event Schedule OOCL will be an exhibitor at the Boston International Seafood /Seafood Processing America Show,March 15-17, 2009. Stop by at our Booth 269 www.seafoodprocessingamerica.com Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, 415 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210	CargoSmart Success Story with Cargo Express Inc. Cargo Express, Inc. "We are very impressed with the level of shipment detail in CargoSmart. In fact, not only do we use CargoSmart as an automated system to track our customers' shipments in-house, we also encourage our customers to use it as a value-added service to track their hot shipments online." - Joe Pfender, President, Cargo Express Cargo Express, a freight forwarder, uses CargoSmart's visibility features as both a complementary in-house system and a value-added service for its customers to save time and money and provide a high level of customer service. Cargo Express (www.cargoexpressinc.com) is a transportation logistic solutions provider for the import and export business. The company operates in 21 countries and works with over 15 carrier lines. As a freight forwarder, Cargo Express requires detailed, real-time information about its customers' shipments to be able to better serve its customers. Managing 10+2 for Customers OOCL Logistics offers customers an information technology and supply chain process solution - in the company’s MyPodium system – which effectively manages the requirements of ISF “10+2” for all customers. "Our supply chain visibility synergies ensure that each client, who chooses OOCL Logistics as their ISF "10+2" filing partner, will be confident that this important information will be delivered to CBP in a secure, timely manner for each and every shipment. Our systems demonstrate our capability to deliver quality service for our customers, on time, all the time," said Joe Hogan, President of OOCL Logistics (USA) Inc. OOCL Logistics’ information technology systems provide a full solution for all possible contingencies with regard to capturing or entering the data elements necessary for all of our customers and transmitting that data to CBP. MyPodium has been developed as a module-based International Supply Chain Management IT platform, with the flexibility to meet the needs of diverse industry verticals and the advanced technology to keep pace with ever-changing supply chain demands. OOCL Logistics Video Our tagline "All the Right Moves" describes our role in enabling our customers to have full control, flexibility, visibility and freedom in choosing their logistics and transportation service providers in meeting their changing business needs. It is important to note that while OOCL Logistics has its own mission statement, it is still a member of the OOCL group and so shares the OOCL Mission, Core Values and Core Competencies. Therefore, the motto "We take it personally" is applicable to every member of the OOCL family, in both liner and logistics businesses. Check out OOCL Logistics new website http://www.oocllogistics.com/
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