Meeting Notes

 

 

Niner NCWTA

Meeting Minutes

 

Date: November 1, 2006                                   Time: 5 - 6 p.m.         
Location: Friday 11

 

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PREPARED BY Braden Radcliff, Administrative Assistant…

Guest Speaker: Robb Stamey

Global Logistics Consulting

• Shipments

• Cattle

• Moving Companies

• Steam ship lines

  • 20 - 40ft. containers

  • TEU's 20ft. equivalent

• Shanghai

• Singapore

• Vietnam

• India

• Air Carriers

  • Express Lines

• Ships

  • Ship time: Charleston to Shanghai 30 days

• Cheaper for ocean shipping than trucking

• Common problems with shipping

  • No guarantees

  • Rely on many people to do their jobs

  • schedule

  • Truckers - ownership, do not show up for job

  • Vessels become full quickly

  • Bump shipments to next vessel

    • mfg's not happy with shipment and logistics

• Liquidation of manufacturing plants

• Shipping overseas

Leapfrog Document Document Services, Inc.

• International letters of credit

• Shipping - mfg

• Consignee

• Relationship with banks

• Bill of laden

  • Document that shows ownership of that freight

• Cost analysis

  • ocean $1000 - $1400 market

  • Non - vessel on common carrier (nvocc) - $100

  • $1100 markup

  • $1350

  • inland $500 - $550 per container

  • 5 * 40 HC $1600 - $1900

  • Doc $100, $125, $150

  • l/c $200

• FMC - Federal Maritime Commission

  • Global logistics is a middleman for shippers

  • Get business and clients through referrals