“There are a lot of areas on the Front Range where there
is very poor visibility,” she said.

The largest snow total Friday morning was 18 inches in
Pinecliff west of Denver.

Jim Kalina of the National Weather Service said another
foot of snow was expected in some areas along the Front Range before the storm
moves out on Saturday. A blizzard warning was issued through Saturday for
northeastern Colorado where sustained winds of up to 30 mph could bring
visibility to zero and make travel all but impossible.

Cities in the Front Range urban corridor from Colorado
Springs in the south to Fort Collins and Greeley in the north were under a
winter storm warning.

The storm warnings prompted shoppers to stock up on
supplies, while Colorado lawmakers canceled legislative work on Friday.

Hundreds of flights have already been canceled at DIA
today and Forward Air is closing at noon please expect delays relating to
freight movement as a result.

Josh Kuntz will be working remotely and available via
cell 720 837 8235 as required.

CWW Seattle                                             office    206-659-4111

Curtis Allan, Operations Supervisor          cell         206-930-7040

Frank Feighner, District Director               cell         205-255-0047

AIRLINES/AIRPORT

Sea Tac Airport is operating today, but carriers have cancelled selected flights.

I highly recommend calling carrier directly for confirmation of flight details.

Noted airlines that have cancelled selected flights: Alaska Air, United, Continental, Southwest, American

OCEAN PORTS

Port of Tacoma has closed due to inclement weather

Port of Seattle has not declared closure, but may be operating on limited schedule.

The minimum and maximum fees of $25 and $485 respectfully did not change.

Effective November 5, 2011, Customs & Border Protection changed their software to allow the broker to submit the new MPF rate for summaries that have a duty computation date of October 1, 2011 and later.

For entries filed on or after October 1, 2011 and before the system changes on November 5, 2011, Customs will bill the importer for any increases that equal more than $20.

If you have any questions, please contact Dee Jones, Vice President of Trade Services at dee.jones@craneww.com or your local Crane Worldwide representative.

scott.taylor@craneww.com

9/16/2011-14:07 CST

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 Crane Worldwide Logistics Releases Industry Leading iPhone Application

June 20, 2011- Houston, TX- Crane Worldwide Logistics, a full service air, ocean, trucking, customs brokerage, and logistics company, is proud to announce the development and launch of a new iPhone application designed to put control of their customer’s supply chain at their fingertips in a user friendly format. Simply enter your shipping information and receive the up to the minute shipment status of your air or ocean shipments. The CraneMobile track and trace milestones provide important shipment details, such as “Confirmed on Board”, “Customs Release”, and “Delivered” allowing for full transparency to the shipments in a customer’s global supply chain.

CraneMobile also allows its customers to take advantage of the Crane Worldwide Alerts! system.  The mobile alerts system, an industry first, informs customers via push notifications about dynamic world events that could impact their shipments.  When an event takes place, such as a volcanic eruption or a labor shutdown, which could cause delays to a customer’s supply chain, they will receive a short message highlighting the event.   To learn more, simply touch the link and you will be directed to the full story. 

Crane Worldwide Logistics is excited to bring this new level of service to its customers. President John Magee said “We understand that visibility is a priority to our customers. We are excited to be able to give them a new way to access our industry leading IT systems. Our customers are dynamic organizations and we’re excited to be moving forward alongside them.” To download CraneMobile visit the iTunes store.

ABOUT CRANE WORLDWIDE

Founded in 2008, Crane Worldwide Logistics combines a wealth of industry experience with cutting edge technology to enhance their customer’s competitiveness in an ever changing global arena. Guided by their five value propositions; People, Account Management, Compliance & Quality Programs, Information Technology, and Service, Crane Worldwide is dedicated to becoming the industry’s premier global provider of customized transportation and logistics services by delivering innovative, efficient and cost effective solutions. Crane Worldwide’s solutions create strategic value and a competitive edge for their global customers while providing a challenging and rewarding work environment for their greatest asset, Crane Worldwide employees. For more information about Crane Worldwide, please visit http://www.craneww.com

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May 3, 2011 – Chelmsford, MA. – Kewill (LSE: KWL), a leading provider of global trade and logistics software, today announced that Crane Worldwide Logistics has reached another milestone in their aggressive growth plans to become the premiere logistics service provider. The company was founded in 2008 and has grown aggressively to over a quarter of a billion dollars in turnover ($252M), with the goal of exceeding half a billion ($600M) by 2012. 

Crane Worldwide Logistics is committed to developing and implementing supply chain solutions that will greatly enhance their customers’ competitiveness in this ever-changing global arena and Kewill Forwarding is the key platform on which this success is built.

“Our growth is based on leveraging the best technology to deliver more customized services allowing our customers to be more competitive,” said John Magee, CEO of Crane Worldwide. “Kewill’s technology and their global presence have been critical in supporting our growth. We work with their teams in the US, Asia, and Europe, where the local domain expertise has been a significant addition to the technology.”

“When we launched Kewill Forwarding globally we were looking for the most leading edge customers who we could partner with to drive this market forward,” said Paul Nichols, CEO of Kewill. “The pace and growth of Crane Worldwide has strengthened our product and success, and we look forward to continued growth with Crane and their customers.”

Crane Worldwide continues to expand, opening its 62^nd office in Dubai in December 2010.  Crane now holds offices in 22 countries around the world and anticipates opening 10-12 offices, including ones in South Africa, Canada, and Belgium in 2011 as they continue their goal of being the best in class global, mid-size player in the logistics industry. 

About Kewill Plc:

Kewill delivers solutions that simplify global trade and logistics.

Global businesses face ever increasing complexity across their supply chains including decisions on sourcing, customs, compliance, transportation, storage, finance, visibility and connectivity.  Inefficiency in any of these areas will lead to supply chain delays and result in increased costs.  Kewill has a suite of software solutions that significantly simplify the management of the most complex global supply chains for enterprises and logistics service providers.  

With over 35 years experience in global trade management and logistics, and over 600 employees worldwide, Kewill is a long-time innovator of solutions for manufacturers, distributors, retailers, freight forwarders, transport companies, customs brokers, 3PLs and 4PLs, as well as other related institutions involved in financing and underwriting global trade such as banks and insurance providers.

Kewill’s solutions are in daily use by more than 40,000 users worldwide and our global customer base which entrusts us with the management of their supply networks includes divisions of Bayer, Caterpillar, DHL, FedEx, Ford, General Electric, General Motors, H.J. Heinz, Kimberley-Clark, Kraft, Levi Strauss, Mazda, Nestlé, Nike, Palm, Procter & Gamble, Smith & Nephew, Sony, TNT, Unilever, UPS, Vodafone, Yamaha, Xerox.  www.kewill.com.

To understand the current landscape, it is important to look back at the events that led to our present situation. As part of the 9/11 Act of 2007, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was required to develop a system to screen 100% of all cargo transported on passenger aircraft at the piece level by August 3^rd, 2010. With the help of airlines and the Certified Cargo Screening Program (CCSP), the TSA met this requirement for cargo loaded on passenger aircraft within the United States.

However, the goal of screening 100% of cargo on passenger aircraft inbound to the U.S. is a much more difficult task. Just last year, the TSA testified before Congress that due to its complexity, cargo moving into the United States would be screened at 100% no later than 2013. But recent global events – i.e. the October 2010 terrorist cargo bombing attempt of printer cartridges sent from Yemen to Chicago – have compelled the TSA to accelerate this time table. So in January, the TSA issued a security directive that would require the air cargo industry to screen 100% of the cargo that is uplifted on passenger aircraft bound for the United States by December 31, 2011.

In an effort to advance the feasibility of meeting this December 31, 2011 deadline, the TSA has issued a series of security directives in the past several months to all air carriers requiring them to obtain information of cargo for each MAWB accepted for transport inbound to the United States. This first security directive, which went into effect November 15^th, 2010, required air carriers to obtain a MAWB Acceptance Statement from CWW or our Agent attesting that no cargo classified as “elevated risk cargo” is contained in the shipment. By providing the Statement, CWW or our Agent was attesting to the accuracy of the information to the shipment.

The November 15^th MAWB Acceptance Statement classified elevated risk cargo as, among other things, cargo accepted from a shipper from who we do not have an established business relationship of more than 30 calendar days. Effectively, this meant CWW or its Agent must have either a 30+ day account history with the shipper at the particular shipping location, or proof of a 30+ day shipping history with the shipper at the particular shipping location in order to upload cargo from that shipper to a passenger air carrier inbound to the U.S.

Most commercial passenger air carriers would not accept shipments for transport inbound to the U.S. without the November 15^th MAWB Acceptance Statement. Cargo air carriers would still accept shipments without the Statement, but would apply additional security measures to this elevated risk cargo. These regulations were in effect from November 15^th, 2010 until March 10^th, 2011.

On March 10^th, 2011, the TSA implemented a new security directive to all air carriers regarding procedures for accepting international inbound cargo into the U.S. This new security directive required all air carriers to request a new MAWB Acceptance Statement from the forwarder or tendering agent when accepting cargo at a non-U.S. location inbound to the United States. By providing the March 10^th MAWB Acceptance Statement, CWW or our Agent would be attesting that the shipment contains only cargo accepted from a shipper from whom we have an account history of one year or greater, from whom we have payment, invoice, or credit history of one year or greater, and who has a physical shipping address.

When the TSA issued the March 10^th security directive, there was confusion among the air carriers of how the new directive would affect their operations, and how exactly the required additional security measures would be performed. All air carriers, both passenger and cargo-only, informed CWW that they would accept shipments tendered with or without the March 10^th MAWB Acceptance Statement, but would apply additional security measures to shipments without the Statement.

 This brings us to the current situation. As the air carriers struggle to understand the interpretations and operational implications of this new security directive, some air carriers are simply not finding the new security procedures operationally feasible. Therefore Continental/United Cargo has been granted an alternate procedure that temporarily allows them to revert to the security directive issued on November 15^th. We can expect other air carriers to follow this temporary reversion to the November 15^th MAWB Acceptance Statement requirements and processes in the days and weeks to come.

Based on what we have gathered from our air carrier partners and the TSA, this reversion to the November 15^th security directive and Statement is temporary. It is the intent of the TSA to move forward with the new security directive issued on March 10^th. Air carriers that are finding it difficult to operate in compliance under the new security directive have been granted permission to revert to the old requirements while they work to get up to speed to meet the new requirements.

This is an ever-evolving situation, and CWW is continuing to work through our air carrier partners and the TSA to obtain the most accurate information so we can better serve our customers and partners around the globe. If you have any questions about the current requirements, or if you are seeing events unfold differently, please do not hesitate to contact Kyle.Miller@craneww.com or Chip.Richards@craneww.com.

4/5/11

Chip.Richards@craneww.com

“The PECSEA will provide executive level input to the Administration’s effort to strengthen national security by reforming the U.S. export control system,” said [Secretary Locke][Under Secretary of Commerce Eric Hirschhorn]. “Reforming the export control system requires a public-private partnership and as we move toward implementation, having this distinguished group of executives to advise on how our actions will impact the competitiveness of the industrial base, which is a key component of our national security, is vital to the President’s initiative.”

PEC member Raul Pedraza, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Magno International L.P., will chair the PECSEA and Marion Blakey, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Aerospace Industries Association, will be the PECSEA Vice Chair. Other PECSEA members include:

The Department of Commerce chartered the PECSEA on June 21, 2010, to advise the Department on U.S. policies of encouraging trade with all countries with which the United States has diplomatic or trading relations and of controlling trade for national security, foreign policy and short supply reasons.

ABOUT PECSEA

BIS controls exports and re-exports of dual-use commodities, technology and software for reasons of national security, missile technology, nuclear non-proliferation, chemical and biological non-proliferation, crime control, regional stability and anti-terrorism. Criminal and administrative sanctions can be imposed for violations of the Export Administration Regulations. For more information, please visit www.bis.doc.gov or www.export.gov/ecr for the latest developments on the Export Control Reform Initiative.

ABOUT MAGNO

Magno International is a minority owned business enterprise (MBE) based in Miami, Florida. Magno International, provides integrated logistics solutions including domestic and international transportation, freight forwarding, distribution and warehousing, customs brokerage, procurement, and supply chain management services. 

Magno International is a certified MBE through the NMSDC, and verified as a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) by the DVA. Magno International has been awarded a long-term General Services Administration (GSA) contract number GS-10F-0020U. 

 Crane Worldwide and Magno International are strategic partners who offer customers world-class service with the benefit of a MBE program.  For more information regarding how your company can benefit from a MBE procurement program, please email us at GeneralInquiries@craneww.com