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• Port of Long Beach to extend "clean truck" to class 7 trucks. More $for POL vs New truck cost to Truckers. US businesses carry cost or consumer?
• Quote from client: "I am so grateful with your help and service to get this cargo to us [from South Africa]. We have now cargo to be collected in Denmark...
• "BEST REPRESENTATION EVER RECEIVED". That was the feedback by our client regarding the just completed, live unload, of three 53' double deck trailer load of unprotected furniture delivered direct from factory to destination 600 miles out. Specialized representation of cargo; Packed, unpacked, flown, trucked, floated or railed from/to anywhere in the US from/to anywhere in the world. Do you need the BEST REPRESENTATION EVER RECEIVED? Contact Logistics Simplified today
• Today, Logistics Simplified saved one client over $900.00 (USD) in transport costs using innovative shipping strategies and keen negotiation skills. Representation in the largest client savings to date? $10,000 (USD) on one breakbulk move.
• The US Senate sends HR 1772 to committee: The Telework Improvements Act, legislation requiring Federal agencies to establish a policy to authorize employees to telework.  Providing Federal employees the option to telework will promote the conservation of gasoline, reduce congestion, lower commuting costs, help them balance work and family, and provide an alternative means to work when outside forces like weather prevent a normal commute. Logistics Simplified was created for exactly this purpose. Read About Us for more details
• "Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act" -- On Thursday, June 24, 2010, the US Senate unanimously approved the conference report to this bill that would impose new sanctions on companies doing business with Iran.
• Pensacola Pass will be closed to vessel traffic during flood tide; navigation will be restricted in Biloxi Bay near the southeastern portion of Deer Island and will be closed during flood tide and open during ebb.
• CBP and China Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Enhance Supply Chain Security (http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/national/05262010_4.xml)
  
• Know Import Laws prior to Importing / Exporting IE Port of Seattle
• US Health care legislation place business overhead costs squarely within a question mark. Eyes on AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Caterpillar Inc. and Deere & Co who are the first to significantly adjust to assumed additional costs. These Corporations have been called upon by the US 'House Energy and Commerce Committee' and subcommittee to justify costs they plan to book related to the new health-care law.
• The financial insolvency of Greece and Portugal plus the unemployment in Spain are severely affecting the Euro. Plan ahead for the future by micro-managing your transport obligations in the short term.
• President Obama calls to "strengthen our trade relations in Asia and with key partners like South Korea and Panama and Colombia"
• President Obama announces "...launching a National Export Initiative that will help farmers and small businesses increase their exports, and reform export controls consistent with national security." This initiative is expected to double US exports over the next five years
• January 26, 2010:  10 + 2 now mandatory. $5,000 per violation is possible for the submission of an inaccurate, incomplete or untimely filing
• Japan Airlines files for bankruptcy and expects to reduce it's workforce by one-third or 20,000 workers
• Giovanni Bisignani, IATA’s director general and CEO: “Eighty-billion dollars will disappear from the industry’s top line. That 15 percent of lost revenue will take years to recover.” Bisignani surmises that conserving cash, careful capacity management, and cutting costs are the keys to survival.