IACAC News

Come On Out For the August Golf Outing

Tuesday, August 26th

White Pines Golf Club

500 West Jefferson

Bensenville, IL 60106

Cost will be $110.00 per person

($30.00 for the Buffet Dinner Only)

New Shipping Restrictions in place before Olympic Games

The Chinese government has started to impose shipping restriction in advance of the upcoming Olympic games in Beijing. The Chinese Post Office has suspended mailing of liquids or powders as a safety precaution. Other products such as powdered goods, chemical products, unidentified metal, mechanical and electrical products, as well as sealed containers with unidentified gases and liquids will also be banned from delivery.

Additional restrictions will be coming soon so please stay advised.

Mandatory AES Filing For All Shipments Requiring SED Information

From CBP Port of Chicago Pipeline 08-21, Dated June 23, 2008

Effective July 2, 2008, the US Census Bureau (Census) will require mandatory filing of export information through the Automated Export System (AES) or through AESDirect for all shipments where a Shipper's Export Declaration (SED) has been required. Census published the final rule in the Federal Register on June 2, 2008 amending Title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 30, and Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR) in its entirety. Although the new regulations are in force as of July 2, 2008, Census is providing the trade an additional 90 days to implement the new requirements.

The most significant change to the FTR is that paper SEDs are no longer acceptable. Exporters will be required to file export information electronically through the AES or AESDirect. Where an exemption from filing requirement is authorized, a legend describing the basis for the exemption shall be made on the first page of the bill of lading, air waybill, or other commercial loading document for carrier use, or on the carrier's outbound manifest. The exemption legend shall reference the number of the section or provision in the regulations where the particular exemption is provided. The exporter must provide the AES filing citation or exemption legend to the exporting carrier for every export shipment.

USPPIs (US Principal Party in Interest), their agents, brokers, freight forwarders, carriers, and other entities of the exporting community are strongly encouraged to read the Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 106 / Monday, June 2, 2008 and begin implementing electronic reporting procedures through the AES by July 2, 2008.

The Census Bureau will implement provisions of this rule on September 30, 2008, at which time CBP may initiate penalty action against responsible parties failing to comply with these export requirements.

Questions concerning the mandatory filing of export information through the AES may be directed to Chief CBP Officer Robert Trotto at 847-928-5711 or the Census client representative at 1-800-549-0595 or www.census.gov/trade.

The May 12th Spring Golf Outing

Congratulations to the following members and guests

for having their best golf day:

First Place Team - Eric Carlson, Randy Gentile and Rob Hunter

Second Place Team - Mike Bronk, Brett Hall, John Kawicz and Kathee Pass

Third Place Team - Jeff Makuch, Caroline Pappas, Emily Simmons and Eric Wilk

Other awards went to:

Longest Drive: Kathy Robinson (women) and Mike Bronk (men)

Longest Putt: Jill Jacobs (women) and Shawn Schotta (men)

Closest to Pin: Kathy Loader (women) and Frank Henry (men)

Congratulations to all.

Industry News

NWA Cargo Labels Via CPS

NWA Cargo said shippers can now print domestic shipment labels on Cargo Portal Services (CPS) in an effort to reduce NWA's carbon footprint. You can book anytime via CPS and print your shipment label and receipt for faster acceptance. Cargo facilities equipped with scanners can scan the barcode to accept the shipment, eliminating the need to label at acceptance. It's a greener option to traditional Air Way Bills and minimizes the amount of paper required for a freight transaction by eliminating the multi-layer air way bill.

IACAC would like to announce the upcoming DG training seminar

Course content:

3-Day IATA Initial Seminar includes enforcement, definitions, units of measure, identification, proper shipping names, packing instructions, performance oriented packaging, limited quantities, marking, labeling, n.o.s, .proper shipping names, mixtures and solutions, documentation, dangerous goods packed together, overpacks, excepted quantities, handling and loading. An IATA examination is given at the conclusion of the seminar.

1-Day IATA Recurrent Seminar includes emphasis on regulatory changes with the current edition of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations and review of the topics covered in the 3-Day Initial Seminar. An IATA examination is given at the conclusion of the seminar. *Prerequisite for this seminar is previous IATA Dangerous Goods certification within the past 24 months.

3 Day: $475.00

2 Day: $475.00

1 Day: $260.00

Make checks payable to IACAC, PO Box 66573 AMF O’Hare, Chicago, IL 60666

Please contact Dennis Speck at 708-861-9477 for more info.
You can also e-mail him for more information or requests. DenJSpeck@aol.com
Please note that training is for IACAC Members only! Thanks for your support!

2008 Dangerous Goods Classes
IATA 3 Day: May 14-16, July 8-10, Sept 15-17, Nov 18-20

IATA 2 Day: May 14-15, July 8-9, Sept 15-16, Nov 18-19

1 Day Recurrent: May 13, July 7, Sept 8, Nov 17

The Officers and Directors wish to thank the following companies for their generous donations for the May 12, 2008 annual golf outing raffle:

Aerotek Commercial Staffing

Amerijet International Airlines

Avalon Risk Management

Cargo Wise

Channel Distribution

DLR International International

Demar Logistics

Freight Masters Trucking

Geantos Trucking

Globe Air Cargo

Labelmaster Packing Services

Moran Transportation

Polar Air Cargo

Progressive Transportation

Roanoke Trade Insurance

Rocket Expedited

STI Deferred Services

Singapore Airlines

Spectran Inc.

Towne Airfreight

The following firms sponsored hole sponsorships:

Alliance Airlines

Atlantis Transportation Services

Avalon Risk Management

Blue Water Consolidators

Business Contract Solutions

Channel Distribution

Demar Logistics

Freight Masters

Garrison CFS Inc.

LabelMaster Packing Services

Menzies Aviation

Polar Air Cargo

STI Preferred Services

Select Carrier Group

Singapore Airlines

Towne Air Freight

STI Announces New Time –Definite Service With STI Preferred

Fort Wayne, Indiana. – STI has a new offering; STI Preferred a service offering of time-definite, surface transportation to the wholesale transportation community. STI’s focus is to be a neutral provider to the air freight forwarding market by providing airport to airport services in a customer responsive, damage free environment.

“Recognized as the industry leader for movement of high value products, STI brings the care, service, attention to detail and quality assurances to the wholesale transportation community with STI Preferred,” said President and CEO, Rob Shearer. “STI Preferred serves the wholesale transportation community through a time-definite service offering providing surface transportation between 32 major markets in the United States.”

“With this new offering, STI Preferred will provide scheduled surface transportation of cargo as a cost effective, reliable alternative to existing carriers in the marketplace,” stated Shearer. “Our focus is to meet the needs of customers by providing on-time, damage-free movement of goods. Utilizing Six Sigma methodologies, STI has made cargo claim prevention a source of differentiation according to current customers. STI has a 40-year legacy of trust, reliability and outstanding customer service. The STI Preferred network has the capacity forwarders require,” said Shearer.

“We have laid out ambitious goals to expand our service capabilities and this offering was another significant milestone in this effort,” continued Shearer.

More information about STI Preferred can be found at www.STIpreferred.com.

STI is a Fort Wayne, Indiana, transportation company which is a leader in providing quality services for products requiring special handling, specialized equipment, on-site services and transportation. The company services both less-than-truckload and truckload shipments throughout the United States and Canada. Service offerings include home delivery, final mile delivery, transportation management, warehousing and specialized transportation.

More information about STI can be found at www.STIdelivers.com.

For Further Information Contact:

Teresa Wilcox

Phone: 260-429-3775

Email: Teresa.Wilcox@STIdelivers.com

Towne Air Freight acquires Synergy Cargo Logistics

South Bend, IN—As of February 5, 2008, Towne Air Freight (“Towne”), headquartered in South Bend, IN has acquired the eight-location operation of Synergy Cargo Logistics (“Synergy”) resulting in seven new full-service Towne terminals and a greater presence in the southwestern United States.

Four additional service points will be added to Towne’s map including: Tucson, AZ; Nogales, AZ, Calexico, CA; and El Paso, TX. Operations in three cities—Phoenix, AZ, Las Vegas, NV and San Diego, CA—previously serviced by agents will be now handled by Towne Air Freight. Employees from Synergy’s Los Angeles terminal will work closely with the existing staff at Towne’s LAX facility. All new locations will provide a complete menu of services including Towne’s On-Time Guaranteed airport-to-airport and airport-to-door service as well as Local PU & D.

Synergy’s asset-light service model, current footprint and a similar customer base of air and ocean freight forwarders, along with strong earnings on 2007 Revenue of $25 million, were all attractive attributes to the Towne Air team.

“The acquisition of Synergy significantly strengthens our full-service model in Arizona, Nevada and California, opens a door into Texas while improving transit times with all other stations,” stated Tom Downey, President and CEO of Towne Air Freight.

“Not only is our reach growing,” he continued, “We are delighted to welcome Synergy employees and independent contractors to the Towne Team. The experience and professionalism of the Synergy team is very impressive.”

“This will be a positive change that will benefit the entire team of Synergy employees as well as our valued customer base,” said Kim Sheridan-Rohasek, founder of Synergy who has assumed the role of Vice President of Towne’s Western Region. “Towne’s expansive network, along with their tradition of service excellence, provides an environment that allows us to excel at what we do best.”

Synergy Cargo Logistics—a privately-held, “asset-light” logistics company—was founded in 1994 by Kim Sheridan-Rohasek. In just over a decade, Synergy had rapidly grown into a $25 million company focused on serving the domestic and international freight forwarding industry.

Towne Holdings is a privately held company that provides a wide range of freight services. Towne Air Freight offers air freight trucking service to 53 markets across United States. Towne Network Solutions manages air freight trucking for airlines and air freight forwarders. Rocket Expedited Services provides on-demand ground expedited service to all points in the continental United States as well as Canada. For more information, please visit www.towneair.com.

New IATA Air Waybill

After 18 years, International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the release of a new version of the IATA Air Waybill effective on March 17, 2008.

Cargo Services Conference (CSC) Resolution 600b will be modernized to indicate the “conditions of contract” invoking both Warsaw Convention and Montreal Protocol, which was ratified by the United States in September 1998 and took effect in the United States in March of 1999. However, the current IATA Air Waybill continued to reference only the Warsaw Convention.

The new IATA Air Waybill will incorporate Montreal Protocol and the current conditions of contract. The prior Resolution 600b(II) will cease to be in effect on March 17, 2008. No overlap will occur between the effectiveness of 600b and 600b(II).

The Montreal Protocol incorporates several variations to the Warsaw Convention. The primary impact of the Montreal Protocol to the air industry includes:

An increase in limitation of liability from $9.07 per pound or $20 per kilogram to 17 Special Drawing Rights (SDR) per kilogram. This requires claims to be settled at the current value of an SDR as determined by the International Monetary Fund, which at today’s rate equates to about $11.53 per pound or $25.40 per kilogram.
Replaces the language requiring that the “Air Waybill shall contain certain particulars” such as stopping places or the carrier loses the ability to limit liability.

Freight forwarders using this Air Waybill will need to pay close attention to the modified IATA conditions of contract.

Member News

New Alliant Credit Union benefit available to IACAC members
Heidi Maschmann from ELITeXPO Cargo Systems has taken over the maintenance of our website.
Please join me in welcoming and supporting
Ellen Murphy as our new President for 2008.

We wish to extend a special thanks to our web server - Worknet, Inc. and ELITeXPO Cargo Systems, inc. for the the resources to maintain this site. To both of these companies we are extremely grateful.

International Air Cargo Association of Chicago
	P.O. Box 66573 Chicago, IL, 60666-0573 Tel: 708-643-8938