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Norman Global report record sales 3rd
December 2001
Pinewood Nematode 8th October 2001
Airline Insurance Surcharge 8th October
2001
Shipping Line War Risk Surcharges 8th
October 2001
Typhoon Nari 24th September 2001
Aviation Security 24th September 2001
Oceanfreight Rates ex Far East 24th
September 2001
Norman Global report record sales
3rd December 2001
Year end accounts to 30th September 2001 being lodged at Companies
House this month will show Norman Global reporting record turnover
of £16.7m a 13% increase over the previous year. The Company is
forecasting growth for the current year despite difficult trading
conditions.
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Pinewood Nematode
8th October 2001
IMPORTANT FOR IMPORTERS OF WOOD PRODUCTS OR PRODUCTS IN WOOD
PACKAGING
The microscopic roundworm has triggered new emergency regulations
by the Forestry Commission effective 1.10.01. It poses the biggest
threat to the UK's coniferous plantation since the dutch elm
disease in the early seventies which wiped out 23 million trees.
What are the new rules? For susceptible wood originating in
Canada, China, Japan or the USA, it must meet one of the following
requirements:
· heat treatment or kiln drying to a minimum core temperature of
56oC for at least 30 minutes with a stamp to show where and by
whom it was treated;
· chemical pressure treatment (impregnation) and marked with a
stamp to show where and by whom it was treated;
· fumigation and marked with a stamp to show where and by whom it
was treated.
More info go to
www.forestry.gov.uk/website/Oldsite.nsf/ByUnique/INFD-52JDSQ
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Airline Insurance Surcharge
8th October 2001
Airlines have announced surcharges on all cargo rates to cover
increased insurance costs levied since the New York terrorist
attacks. BA are charging 9p per kilo. American Carriers 10c per
kilo.
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Shipping Line War Risk Surcharges
8th October 2001
Surcharges have been announced by shipping lines to recover
increased insurance premiums. Europe/Far East transitting Suez
Canal will incur USD 10/teu, whereas cargo discharging/loading in
the Middle East is being surcharged by as much as USD300/teu.
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Typhoon NARI has killed 30 in Taiwan
24th September 2001
After brewing for more than a week it hit the country on Sept
17th. Normal communications have only resumed today. Airfreight
services from the region have been affected and vessel schedules
changed.
More info pbi@norman.co.uk
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Aviation Security
24th September 2001
Normal security procedures covered by the Aviation Security Act
for cargo ex UK airports have resumed although some airlines are
applying their own additional measures. These comprise holding
periods prior to loading and x-ray of all cargo including those
tendered from known shippers.
More info slu@norman.co.uk
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Oceanfreight Rates ex Far East
24th September 2001
Members of the Far East Freight Conference met on Sept 19th, and
in light of falling freight rates have announced 'they are
planning a temporary vessel scheduling and co-operation programme,
to operate from 1 October 2001 to 31 March 2002. The Programme
allows for voluntary vessel withdrawals by Lines..' further..
'Insurance underwriters are cancelling existing War Risk insurance
and have already published lists of War Risk exclusion areas for
which additional premia will be charged, although the levels of
the additional premia have not yet been advised. The Lines regret
that it will be necessary to take emergency action to cover the
extra insurance and other costs that will be incurred'
More info mru@norman.co.uk
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