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OOCL's Premier MAX Service Connects the United States to the Middle East

One of the fastest growing markets for US exports is the Middle East. US exports are expected to grow 40% in 2006 to an estimated $37.9 billion from $11 billion in 2000. US exports to the United Arab Emirates will see a 91% growth in 2006 - that is a quadruple growth since 2004.

With the introduction of our new Middle East Asia Express (MAX) Service, OOCL now connects the US to the major Middle East destinations via our Transpacific Services transshipped from Singapore with highly competitive transit times. Five 5,000 TEU container ships will be deployed in this new service. Feeder service and rail serves major cities namely Dubai, Muscat, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and more. See below for transit times to major Middle East Destinations.

 

Should you have any questions or require assistance with regards to this advisory or your shipment needs, please do not hesitate to contact OOCL in USA or Canada at 1-888-388-6625.


Putting China Logistics into Perspective

China may have a significant advantage over the United States in terms of port capacity and marine terminal efficiency, but shippers should be aware that China lags well behind North America in terms of inland transportation efficiency and risk, according to Rick Wen, Vice President of Business Development for OOCL.

Speaking at the Organization of Women in International Trade annual conference in San Francisco September 14, Wen said truckers in China have increasingly shifted to using 60-foot-long flatbed trucks -- capable of hauling two containers’ worth of goods -- in order to maximize their per-haul efficiency.

The result, however, is a predominance of overweight, over-height, over-long and over-wide shipments. Nevertheless It’s easy to see, why truckers take the additional risk of abandoning tractor-trailers in favor of the flatbeds.

“We talk about how hard the fuel costs are on us here, but to put this in perspective, the average trucker (in China) earns less per month than the cost of one tank of gas” Wen said. Rail is not often an option, either, he explained. “Two-thirds of rail bookings are declined due to lack of capacity,” Wen said. “The military used to take priority, but now energy and passengers are considered priorities over freight.”

New Middle East Express Service: Connecting North America to the Middle East

San Francisco Dragon Boat Festival: OOCL paddles to the Silver medal in Bay Area Community Event

OOCL EDI Services: EDI is becoming increasingly important as a standard mechanism for carriers and customers to trade information

Bunker Prices (US Dollar per M Ton)

Source: OOCL

US Diesel Fuel Prices

Source: US Department of Energy
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/gdu
/gasdiesel.asp

Enhanced Dangerous Goods Handling Website for North America

Please be advised we have enhanced our Internet Dangerous Goods website to provide customers with detailed information with regards to our handling of Dangerous Goods cargo.

The new sites provides customers with information on:

1. The IMDG Code
2. The various placards of IMDG Classification
3. User friendly fillable forms
4. Links to related DG Sites
5. Information About DG Smart
Please click on the following link for more details:-http://www.oocl.com
/usa/eng/localinformation/dg/

On September 23, the OOCL Dragons paddled their way to the silver medal in the Novice B Championship league.

The energetic OOCL Dragons team celebrating their victory with a cheer - Go! Go! Double O!

This community event is in it's 11th year, with over 100 dragon boat teams and 2,500 dragon boat paddlers from across North America racing 500-meter and 300m courses. Dragon boat teams range from novice to competitive. Novice teams represent local Bay Area corporations, public agencies, and non-profit community organizations. Recreational and competitive teams practice year round and are coming from all over the United States and Canada to battle it out in the championships.

Conference & Event Schedule

• PMA - Produce Marketing Association
  October 20-24, 2006
  San Diego Convention Center
  San Diego, California
  OOCL is an exhibitor. Come visit us at Booth 1212
  

• Port of New Orleans Night- Oct 24
  Memphis Peabody Hotel Memphis, TN
  OOCL will be an exhibitor
  

• Ports and Flags- Oct 26
  Loew's Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel, Nashville
  OOCL will be an exhibitor

• United States Association Of
  Importers Of Textiles And Apparel
  (USA-ITA) November 13-14, Pier Sixty, Chelsea Pier
  OOCL will be an exhibitor

CargoSmart provides EDI integration services for customers who would like to manage their shipment data with multiple carriers. You only need to integrate once with CargoSmart to connect to any other carrier saving you time in setting up and maintaining connections.

EDI stands for Electronic Data Interchange. It is a standard communication protocol for system-to-system integration. Companies in a variety of industries use EDI to transmit business information electronically. Organizations that handle large volumes of data often use EDI to minimize data entry and share that information with other systems within their own organization. In the shipping industry, customers can set up EDI with their carriers to submit and receive shipment information.

Our solutions:
- Exchange high quality shipment information to all carriers with EDI, XML, or flat file
- Save time from extracting reports from internal systems CargoSmart provides detailed customized reports automatically sent by e-mail
- Provide online or offline booking and shipping instruction functions to customers overseas offices extend automation and efficiency gains
- Monitor critical shipments as changes occur with milestone and exception e-mail alerts

Whether you prefer to use our online applications to share information with your customers and other internal departments, encourage your overseas suppliers to submit bookings or shipping instructions with our offline worksheets, or integrate to CargoSmart to feed high-quality information from your multiple carriers directly into your internal system - CargoSmart enables multiple connection options to help automate and empower your business.

Want all of your ocean carriers' data through CargoSmart? Send an e-mail now to [email protected].