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USA TODAY's guide to cruise ship service charges and gratuity fees

USA Today 17 Oct 2018

USA TODAY offers a guide to cruise ship service charges and gratuity fees at Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Norwegian, Princess and other major lines. . ... ....

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Postal Service is the preferred shipper for drug dealers, report says

Bemidji Pioneer 17 Oct 2018

In addition, of the 96 traffickers who indicated they used the Postal Service as their shipping provider, 43 percent (41) offered free, partial, or full reshipment if the package did not arrive to the buyer's address because it was confiscated, stolen, or lost." ... --There is no "distinct penalty" for using the Postal Service to ship illegal drugs....

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GAC Group opens new office in Panama

Dry Bulk 17 Oct 2018

As part of GAC Group's growth strategy across the Americas region, a GAC-owned office is now operational in Panama, providing a wide range of shipping services to vessels calling at Panamanian ports or transiting the Panama Canal ... The Panama office will provide a suite of services including traditional ship agency, specialised husbandry, ship spares delivery, crew matters and repairs....

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Maritime Standard Awards Recognises Industry Achievements

Market Watch 17 Oct 2018

Shipyard/Ship Repair Facility of the Year Drydocks World Dubai The Maritime Education & Training Award Abu Dhabi Ports Energy, Oil and Gas Shipping Award Navigation Holding PJSC Transportation and Logistics Award GAC Group Marine Broker of the Year McQuilling Shipping Services DMCC Marine Insurer of the Year Islamic P & I Club Ship Manager ......

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Postal Service asks for a record price hike on stamps

Fannin Sentinel 17 Oct 2018

The Postal Service is asking for the biggest price jump on stamps in its history. Facing pressure from the Trump administration to address a revenue shortfall, the Postal Service on Wednesday proposed raising the price of 1-oz ... “The Postal Service has some of the lowest letter mail postage rates in the industrialized world and also continues to offer a great value in shipping.”....

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Shipping on up: Second FedEx Ground Station opens in Oklahoma City

The Oklahoman 17 Oct 2018

FedEx has operated one 180,000-square-foot shipping station in Oklahoma City since 2006, and today it celebrated the grand opening of a new 270,000-square-foot shipping facility in north Oklahoma City to more than double its warehouse space in the area ... Wells has seen the need for shipping capacity grow considerably during his time in Oklahoma City....

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Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and partners sign agreements for 3D printing facility

Dry Bulk 17 Oct 2018

b) An MoU with NAMIC and the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) to collaborate on an AM joint industry programme (JIP) for marine parts ... In the long run, PSA will expand the scope of these services to the wider maritime industry, including ship owners, to help build its business adjacencies ... Steen Brodsgaard Lund, Councillor and Chairman of Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) Technical Committee, said....

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Legislation dealing with opioid epidemic passes Congress

News Watchman 17 Oct 2018

The STOP Act, according to Portman’s office, will stop criminal drug traffickers in countries like China from shipping synthetic opioids like fentanyl into the United States through the postal service ... • The Synthetics Trafficking & Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act, which will help stop dangerous synthetic drugs like fentanyl and carfentanil from being shipped through our borders to drug traffickers here in the United States....

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New BRI ocean cargo route rides wave of success

China Daily 17 Oct 2018

They probably didn't realize that the notepads were made in China and transported thousands of kilometers on giant container ships ... According to Cosco Shipping Lines (Greece), a subsidiary that operates the express route, more than 700 clients have used the service so far, and 535 trips were made in the first half, double the number in the same period last year....

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If you’re worried about online privacy, you no longer have an excuse

Quartz 17 Oct 2018

You probably use these services, or similar ones, every day, and don’t think they cost you a thing to use. But really, they do—just about every web service that isn’t selling you something is selling you to someone else ... You can also import all your old messages from another service (like Gmail) so you don’t lose all your old contacts and correspondence ... 17), which includes a year of services....

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Amazon invests $ 10 million to support US recycling infrastructure

Sify 17 Oct 2018

The CLF was founded in 2014 to invest in companies and organisations working on services, infrastructure or ... As one of the world's largest e-commerce companies, Amazon packages produce a massive amount of cardboard and packaging waste every year, and the company shipped more than 5 billion items for its members of the Amazon Prime service in 2017....

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Amazon invests $10mn to support US recycling infrastructure

The Siasat Daily 17 Oct 2018

The CLF was founded in 2014 to invest in companies and organisations working on services, infrastructure ... As one of the world’s largest e-commerce companies, Amazon packages produce a massive amount of cardboard and packaging waste every year, and the company shipped more than 5 billion items for its members of the Amazon Prime service in 2017....

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Shanghai airport automates check-in with facial recognition

Journal Review 17 Oct 2018

Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport unveiled self-service kiosks for flight and baggage check-in, security clearance and boarding powered by facial recognition technology, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China ... Business General News Technology Travel Airlines Transportation And Shipping Industrial Products And Services Biometrics Passenger Airlines....

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