CFR Classic – Shipping Industry News & Updates

In an effort to beat back congestion that has paralyzed the Southern California port complex, the Port of Long Beach in two weeks will open a temporary 30-acre site for empty containers aimed at freeing up chassis. The temporary depot — to be operated by Pasha Stevedoring and Terminals — is on vacant, undeveloped property on…

Non-vessel-operating common carriers are working to reroute U.S. outbound shipments away from congested West Coast ports, providing exporters, particularly those shipping time-sensitive perishables, an alternative to their containers sitting on docks for days. CaroTrans, for example, on Thursday announced it can reroute export shipments via the Port of Houston and U.S. East Coast ports. Specifically,…

As predicted earlier this week, go-slows at US west coast ports have now spread to southern California, with up to 80% of container handling capacity on the coast now in danger of being affected. The west coast terminal employers’ body, the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), yesterday said that dockworkers’ union the ILWU had begun refusing to…

Ermäßigter Zolltarif für Oldtimer: Dank einer neuen Regelung gilt ab dem 1. Januar bei der Einfuhr von Fahrzeugen im Originalzustand, die mindestens 30 Jahre alt sind, ein günstigerer Import-Tarif. Der gemeinsame Zolltarif der EU wird angepasst: Ab dem 1. Januar 2014 gilt eine neue und klarere Formulierung: Für „Sammlerkraftfahrzeuge“, die exakt benannte Kriterien erfüllen, werden…

Klaus Bormann and Christoph Seitz (CFR Classic) support international car buyers in Los Angeles. Here is the german article from "Grip online" Der Hinterhof-Händler in Orange County, der Automarkt in Westwood oder der Sammler in Bel Air – auf solche Geheimtipps sind 911-Schnäppchenjäger in Los Angeles angewiesen. Aber wer hat schon die Zeit und die…