ALPI USA

OCEAN FREIGHT - GRI (General Rate Increase)

The General Rate Increase announced by all SS lines will be applied starting April 1^st 2010.

These increases will only affect the Italian traffic.

SS LINE	APPLIED GRI
	20'	40'/40HQ
*CHINA* *SHIPPING*	$300.00	$400.00
*CMA-CGM*	$300.00	$400.00
*COSCO*	$200.00	$300.00
*HANJIN SHIPPING*	$300.00	$400.00
*HAPAG LLOYD EC/WC*	$250.00	$350.00
*HAPAG Midwest (via Canada)*	$250.00	$300.00
*MAERSK*	$300.00	$400.00
*MSC*	$300.00	$400.00
*UASC*	$300.00	$400.00
*ZIM*	$150.00	$110.00
*ZIM EBS*	$95.00	$190.00

There have been rumors that rates will be increasing from Asia as well as from North Europe.

Please feel free to request updated rate schedules.

AIRFREIGHT

Space from India, Vietnam, Far East – in particular PVG and HKG - is becoming critical and we are starting to see delays and rate increases.

Many airlines have even closed bookings for one week until the cargo they have on hand has been released, consequently we are booking often more than one week out.

Please encourage your vendors to call prior to shipment readiness to ensure faster transit time to the U.S.

CONSOLIDATION SCHEDULES EX ITALY TO CHICAGO/MPLS & HOUSTON

VESSEL	CLOSING	ETA CHI/MSP	VESSEL	CLOSING	ETA HOU
Power	March 29^th	April 21^st	Zim Shanghai	April 2^nd	May 5^th
Valencia Express	April 5^th	April 28^th	Zim Panama	April 9^th	May 12^th
Hanjin Montreal	April 12^th	May 5^th	Zim Med	April 16^th	May 19^th
Endurance	April 19^th	May 12^th	Zim Virginia	April 23^rd	May 26^th
Power	April 26^th	May 19^th	Zim Savannah	April 30^th	June 2^nd
Valencia Express	May 3^rd	May 26^th	Zim Haifa	May 7^th	June 9^th
Hanjin Montreal	May 10^th	June 2^nd	Zim Shenzhen	May 14^th	June 16^th
Endurance	May 17^th	June 9^th	Zim Barcelona	May 21^st	June 23^rd
Power	May 24^th	June 16^th	Zim Ontario	May 28^th	June 30^th
Valencia Express	May 31^st	June 23^rd	Zim Qingdao	June 4^th	July 7^th
Hanjin Montreal	June 7^th	June 30^th	Zim Piraeus	June 11^th	July 14^th
Endurance	June 14^th	July 7^th	Zim Istanbul	June 18^th	July 21^st
Power	June 21^st	July 14^th	Zim New York	June 25^th	July 28^th
Valencia Express	June 28^th	July 21^st	Zim S Francisco	July 2^nd	August 4^th

NEWSLETTER

APRIL - MAY 2010