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Please be advised many businesses in China and Taiwan are closedon various datesduring the first two weeks of October for National Holidays.

No PierPASS gates will be operated Thursday night, October 7 due to an ILWU meeting.

The average price of U.S. retail diesel soared by a record 34.6 cents to $3.144 a gallon, also a record, the Department of Energy reported Monday. The price of regular gasoline rose 12.5 cents to $2.928, below the record $3.069 a gallon.

Strike ends at Polar Air – JOC - Polar Air Cargo said it has reached a tentative agreement with its pilots union, ending a two-week-old strike by flight crews.

Lufthansa Cargo will increase its fuel surcharge from 0.50 to 0.55 USD/kg or EUR/kg, effective October 17, 2005 .

Norfolk Southern reopened its intermodal terminal in New Orleans .

A two-week strike by about 300 container truckers in Toronto has ended.

Strike disrupts traffic at key French port - Transport operations in France , including many airports and sea ports, were seriously disrupted yesterday as thousands of workers joined a trade union-organized nationwide 24-hour strike to protest against government labor policies. Their action further exacerbated problems at the French port of Marseilles-Fos.

Charter ship rates plunge – JOC - Containership charter rates are on the verge of freefall as ocean carriers rein in expansion plans amid fears liner freight rates will start to slide in 2006 as ships ordered at the beginning of the current rally are delivered.

ACH Debit Routing Change - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a notice to all ACH Debit Participants regarding a change in the bank customer information used to retrieve funds from the payers' accounts. The current customer number and transit routing number will be replaced with the account information for CBP's new bank. ACH Debit payers should notify their banks of the change, especially if you have edits on your accounts for the customer information. During the transition period, it is possible that either customer information could be used for the ACH Debit transaction. CBP anticipates that the migration will be completed by December 31, 2005 . Any ACH Debit rejections caused by ACH Debit payers not notifying their respective banks of the change will be subject to all penalties currently imposed by law. If you have any questions concerning the notification, please contact Nan Voll, Revenue Division, at 317-614-4458 .

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