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Apr 22, 2010

"Bureaucratically Labyrinthine System" * USA - Gates Unveils Export Control Plan

Defense Secretary, Gates, called the current export control system a “Byzantine amalgam of authorities, roles, and missions scattered around different parts of the federal government”...

Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by R.G. Edmonson -Apr 21, 2010: -- The Obama Administration will consolidate licensing, control lists and data systems to bring export control system into a single office... Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, told members of Business Executives for National Security that the administration plans the reform in three phases that will consolidate all lists of arms, munitions and dual-use technology items, a unified information technology system to manage the list technologies, and finally a single agency to administer all export licensing... Under the existing system, export control is divided among the departments of Commerce, State and Treasury, with additional oversight from Defense. Gates said that senior-level officials in all the departments support the reform... In his State of the Union address in January, President Obama called reform of export controls a major part of his overall strategy to increase U.S. exports... ( Photo from t1.gstatic/Akimblog - 2007 June 28 - Paris: Canadian’s, an Eastern Block-looking bureaucratic labyrinth...)

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Jan 7, 2009

TRUCKING BUSINESS TOOLS * USA - Getloaded.com Launches “Rate Index”; Maximizes Trucking Profits

Midlothian,VA,USA -Business Wire/The Earth Times -6 Jan 2009: -- Getloaded.com kicks off the New Year with the launch of their “Rate Index” feature, allowing transportation companies and truckers to measure the profitability of truck lanes. “Rate Index” will track critical data of more than 12 million truckload lanes for 1,200 major North American market areas... The new tool from Getloaded.com, which launched January 1, 2009, comes at the perfect time for freight carriers as the industry looks for a competitive edge during recessionary times. “Rate Index” breaks down the most profitable truckload lanes by analyzing the average rate per mile, minimum rate per mile, maximum rate per mile, average fuel surcharge per mile and average accessorial charges. The feature helps transportation professionals target where they want to haul freight based on the money generated by certain routes, allowing them to negotiate better rates to maximize their profits...


* Digital Movers Certified as US CBP ACE E-Manifest Provider

Mashpee,MA,USA -PRWEB -January 6, 2009 -- Digital Movers announced today that the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has certified the company as a Hosted EDI E-Manifest Solution provider as part of its Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) for the filing of EDI Electronic Manifests... ACE is the commercial trade processing system being developed by CBP to facilitate legitimate trade and strengthen border security...


* Laser scan upgraded

Newark,NJ,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online -January 6, 2009: -- Laser scanning technology can now read the dimensional weight -- or the space a cargo package occupies -- with a single laser, providing a faster and more accurate tool for determining proper freight charges... The system, developed by FreightScan and Lincoln Laser Co., uses a single laser scan, rather the slower, conventional method of measuring the dimensions of a package by hand or by multiple lasers... The FS100 cargo scanning system produces a digital "signature" for each package that enables three-dimensional mapping of the size, dimensions, geometry and spatial relationship of the cargo. That information, along with the gross weight of the package, is used to find the correct shipping cost... (Photo: FreightScan image - FreightScan's FS100 scanner)

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Sep 3, 2008

Business Solutions * USA - American Trucking Associations Introduces "ATA's BS"

Arlington,Va.,USA -MarketWatch -Sept 03, 2008: -- The American Trucking Associations today launched ATA Business Solutions, a line of information products, business tools, services, training programs and conferences specifically designed to address the critical issues affecting trucking- related companies... "We are bringing together some of the top minds in the industry to tackle the most pressing business issues, such as fuel efficiency, state taxes, driver safety training, security and much more," said ATA President and CEO Bill Graves... ATA Business Solutions are developed and approved by top trucking-industry professionals, and they are tailored to all segments of the industry, from large fleets, to owner-operators, to companies whose business depends on trucks to deliver their goods...

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