News & Advisories ::
Current Advisories.
september
28, 2008
TAIPEI
-- Hundreds of people evacuated their homes as Typhoon Jangmi pounded
Taiwan with strong winds and heavy rain on Sunday, causing a major
landslide and forcing the cancellation of flights.
september
25, 2008
The
ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have weathered initial legal
challenges to their clean-trucks programs and are poised to implement
the plans on Oct. 1.
september
18, 2008
BDP
International is pleased to report stability and good progress in
the recovery of our operations in Houston.
september
11, 2008
Weather
forecasters project Hurricane Ike will make landfall along the central
coast of the US state of Texas early Saturday morning as a major
hurricane; but conditions will begin deteriorating during the day
on Friday.
september
9, 2008
In
spite of a decision last week by Israel's National Labor Tribunal
ordering laborers to return to work at Haifa and Ashdod, the ports
there are operating at less than 25% of capacity.
september
9, 2008
A
new China Customs Regulations NO. 172 has been published in China
that states:
Beginning on January 1, 2009, China Customs will require that all carriers' manifest details be filed electronically in advance of the vessel or aircraft loading.
Beginning on January 1, 2009, China Customs will require that all carriers' manifest details be filed electronically in advance of the vessel or aircraft loading.
september
4, 2008
Weather
forecasters report the center of Tropical Storm Hanna is projected
to make landfall near the US coastal South Carolina/North Carolina
border or perhaps just east of there early on Saturday morning,
September 6.
september
3, 2008
september
2, 2008
BANGKOK
- Thailand's embattled prime minister declared a state of emergency
in the capital Tuesday after thousands of his opponents and supporters
clashed in the worst street violence here in more than a decade.
august
31, 2008
DHAKA
(Bangladesh) - At least 20,000 people in northern Bangladesh have
been cut off from the rest of the country after several rivers burst
their banks, news reports said on Sunday as a flood warning agency
forecast the situation is 'likely to deteriorate.'
august
31, 2008
A
powerful aftershock rocked southwest China's Sichuan province on
Sunday, one day after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake left at least 28
people dead and about 350 injured, state media reported.
august
29, 2008
The
potential of Tropical Storm Gustav landing along the US Texas Gulf
as a hurricane early next week has placed the state and residents
on alert as the storm continued a path toward the Gulf of Mexico.
august
22, 2008
Hong
Kong last night braced itself for its second shutdown in a month
as Typhoon Nuri churned in on a path that indicated it could score
a direct hit on the city this evening.
august
21, 2008
Two
earthquakes shook the border between China and Myanmar on Thursday
in quick succession, the US Geological Survey said, a day after
a tremor hit the same area.
august
20, 2008
A
5.3-magnitude earthquake hit China's border with Myanmar early on
Wednesday, destroying homes and forcing more than a thousand people
to evacuate, the US Geological Survey and Chinese state media said.
august
18, 2008
The
Port of Miami will close at 4 p.m. ET today to inbound traffic in
advance of the anticipated arrival of Tropical Storm Fay.
august
5, 2008
august
4, 2008
A storm that appeared as a blip on the Gulf Coast radar late last week could reach hurricane strength before it bears down, possibly on the southeast Texas coast, by Tuesday morning.
july
29, 2008
West
Coast dockworkers and some of the world's largest shipping lines
said Monday that they tentatively agreed to a new six-year contract.
july
28, 2008
The
International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime
Association late Monday announced a preliminary agreement on terms
for a new six-year contract covering more than 25,000 dockworkers
at 29 West Coast ports.
july
22, 2008
july
7, 2008
july
2, 2008
Cargo-handling
operations at West Coast ports are expected to remain normal on
Wednesday even though longshoremen are working without a contract.
july
2, 2008
Millions
of Indian truckers went on strike on Wednesday, parking up their
vehicles to protest high taxes and rising fuel bills, union leaders
said, but talks to discuss ways to end the stoppage were planned.
june
30, 2008
The
West Coast dockworkers’ union and representatives of the dockers’
maritime industry employers are unlikely to reach a full settlement
before the midnight Monday expiration of the current six-year labor
pact, despite nearly four months of negotiations.
june
26, 2008
Marseilles
and Le Havre, France’s largest ports, are at a standstill
Thursday as dockworkers stage a 24-hour strike one day after the
French Parliament approved the government’s port reform bill.
june
20, 2008
Truckers
yesterday reached an agreement with shipping firms to end their
week-long strike. The Transport Ministry said drivers and shippers
agreed to raise long-distance haulage rates by 19 percent and introduce
legal standard shipping rates next year.
june
18, 2008
Flood
damage to Midwest freight operations continued to spread even as
storms eased up in recent days. The Army Corps of Engineers has
closed 14 upper Mississippi River locks to barging, covering 315
river-miles. Meanwhile, truckers find many secondary highways still
closed in the region, causing long detours around flood zones or
lost business from area shippers, and Iowa officials say the floods
"decimated" the rail network there.
june
9, 2008
Spanish
truckers began an indefinite strike Monday morning and French rail
workers will walk off the job later tonight, threatening serious
delays to shipping at the countries’ major container and bulk
cargo ports.
june
2, 2008
Well,
the long awaited and much anticipated regulations requiring automated
filing of export information, along with attendant penalties for
late filing, has officially been published today, Monday, June 2.
These regulations appear in today’s Federal Register which,
for the curious and brave, is available on line at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/fr-cont.html.
may
30, 2008
After
telling U.S. exporters earlier this week that their cargo "must
truly begin to pay its own way," the major discussion agreement
for the U.S.-Asia container carriers has followed up with another
statement saying there is "no quick fix" for shippers
who have been unable to get containers or space on ships for their
cargo.
may
27, 2008
U.S.
exporters already encountering difficulties shipping their goods
abroad have been told they must pay more to cover shipping lines'
mounting operational costs.
may
26, 2008
Government
memo to freight forwarders bemoaning the extra costs they'll have
to eat to meet new mandates for screening air cargo: Get over it.
may
8, 2008
French
dockworkers are set to strike at seven publicly-owned ports Friday,
extending a month-long campaign to protest government plans to privatize
handling of containers.
may
8, 2008
Operations
at the Port of Oakland and the Union Pacific rail ramp at Lathrop,
Calif., continue to be hampered by a shortage of truck capacity
due to protests by independent drivers over the high cost of fuel.
may
2, 2008
LOS
ANGELES -- Ports along the U.S. West Coast, including the country's
busiest port complex in Los Angeles, were shut most of Thursday
as some 10,000 dock workers went on a one-day strike to protest
the war in Iraq, port and union officials said.
may
1, 2008
LONG
BEACH, Calif. -- Cargo handling at West Coast ports ground to a
halt during Thursday's day shift as members of the International
Longshore and Warehouse Union made good on their promise to shut
the ports down in order to protest the war in Iraq.
april
23, 2008
LONDON
-- A 24-hour strike by dockworkers paralyzed France’s seven
biggest ports on Wednesday.
april
19, 2008
On
Thursday, April 17, BDP sponsored a roundtable
discussion which brought together industry leaders to explore
the ocean transport supply /demand gap which U.S. exporters are
experiencing.
april
10, 2008
French
dockworkers will stage 24-hour strikes every week starting Monday
in a major escalation of protests against government plans to privatize
container terminals at seven publicly-owned ports.
april
10, 2008
Many
U.S. companies hoping to profit from surging exports created by
the weak dollar are facing an unexpected hurdle: There aren't enough
of the big, metal shipping containers that help form the backbone
of the global economy.
march
31, 2008
Member
shipping lines in the Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement,
reacting to the record rise in marine bunker fuel, have announced
hikes in shipping fuel surcharges that would reach $900 per 40-foot
container by Oct. 1.
march
25, 2008
Shipping
lines that carry U.S. import cargo from Asia said they are experiencing
"early success with cost recovery efforts."
march
21, 2008
Is
the U.S. economy dragging down your bottom line? Is the loss of
the U.S. dollar’s prominence in the global market reducing
your profits? Are your shareholders in an uproar? Well don’t
expect any sympathy from the ocean carriers in 2008.
march
20, 2008
Maersk
Line will further reduce its U.S. footprint in mid-August by withdrawing
from the U.S. East Coast/East Coast of South America trade.
march
10, 2008
The
French dockworker union CGT on Monday suspended a 48-hour strike
planned to start at midnight after the government offered to discuss
its controversial proposals to reform state-owned ports.
march
3, 2008
A
scheduled strike by rail workers in France is expected to seriously
disrupt the movement of ocean containers to and from the country’s
leading container ports of Le Havre and Marseilles.
february
7, 2008
By
now you probably know US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued
its proposed import security filing rule – the 10+2 rule –
on January 2 requiring U.S. importers and carriers to provide cargo
data not found on a ship's manifest.
january
2, 2008
WASHINGTON
-- Customs and Border Protection on Wednesday issued its long-awaited
proposed rule requiring importers and carriers to provide cargo
data not found on a ship's manifest.
