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JoC Online Daily E-mail Newsletter
Wednesday Edition
December 26, 2001
Junkanoo (Bahamas)
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TODAY'S TOP HEADLINES:

* Asia-U.S. liner outlook gloomy
* Two charged in Coast Guard license scheme
* Bangladesh, Myanmar plan shipping links
* New Web service wants to shine light on rates
* RailAmerica sells Minnesota railroad
* MTMC plans workshop for military transporters
* BDP opens Cincinnati office
* Customs Update: Border security and Congress
* JoC Week: Holding their own

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ASIA-U.S. LINER OUTLOOK GLOOMY
Container lines are forecasting flat cargo
business for the first half of 2002.
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TWO CHARGED IN COAST GUARD LICENSE SCHEME
A federal grand jury in Puerto Rico indicted a former
Coast Guard civilian employee and another man in
connection with a scheme to sell hundreds of false
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BANGLADESH, MYANMAR PLAN SHIPPING LINKS
Trade within the Indian sub-continent is likely to
get a boost in the coming year.
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NEW WEB SERVICE WANTS TO SHINE LIGHT ON RATES
A new Web-based service wants to make international
freight rates more publicly available than they
currently are.
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RAILAMERICA SELLS MINNESOTA RAILROAD
The shortline operator has agreed to sell its
44-mile Dakota Rail Railroad to Hennepin County
Regional Rail Authority for $7.6 million.
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MTMC PLANS WORKSHOP FOR MILITARY TRANSPORTERS
The Military Traffic Management Command will sponsor a
freight-training workshop Jan. 14-17 in Hampton, Va.
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BDP OPENS CINCINNATI OFFICE
The Philadelphia logistics provider sais it will
open its twenty-fourth domestic center.
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CUSTOMS UPDATE by Susan Kohn Ross
BORDER SECURITY AND CONGRESS
Washington is pondering a host of anti-terrorist cargo
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The Journal of Commerce Group is proud to announce
the 2nd annual Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference on
March 3-5, 2002 in Long Beach, California. This is
the time of year when shippers are entering contract
negotiations and sizing up requirements for the
summer-fall peak shipping season.  We are pleased to
announce that C.C. Tung, chairman and chief executive
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