MTMC centralizes ocean cargo clearance authorities.The Military Traffic Management Command A major command of the US Army, and the US Transportation Command's component command responsible for designated continental United States land transportation as well as common-user water terminal and traffic management service to deploy, employ, sustain, and redeploy US forces on a is in the process of centralizing its European-based Ocean Cargo Clearance authorities The Military Traffic Management Command activity that books Department of Defense (DOD) sponsored cargo and passengers for surface movement, performs related contract administration, and accomplishes export and import surface traffic management functions for DOD cargo moving within the . The workload of the last office still functioning, the Ocean Cargo Clearance Authority--South, Naples, Italy, will be centralized May 31 at MTMC's 598th Transportation Group, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Earlier, the office's booking of cargo on ships from Africa and the Middle East had been transferred to Rotterdam. The decision to consolidate the offices is the result of reduced freight shipments and enhanced automation, said Col. John Brown, Commander of the 598th Transportation Group. The Naples office is the last one supporting export cargo bookings and quality assurance activities in Europe, the Middle East, Southwest Asia Southwest Asia or Southwestern Asia (largely overlapping with the Middle East) is the southwestern portion of Asia. The term Western Asia is sometimes used in writings about the archeology and the late prehistory of the region, and in the United States subregion and Africa. All have been centralized in Rotterdam. The authority offices had the responsibility of coordinating between the different U.S. military units and the ocean carders to ensure timely delivery. The authority is also responsible for monitoring carrier and shipper SHIPPER. One who ships or puts goods on board of a vessel, to be carried to another place during her voyage. In general, the shipper is bound to pay for the hire of the vessel, or the freight of the goods. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 1030. compliance with the Universal Service Contracts. "The Ocean Cargo Clearance Authority will be co-located with 598th Transportation Group, which also promotes efficiency," said Brown. Department of Army Regulation JP 4-01 requires U.S. military shippers to offer cargo for international shipments through MTMC MTMC Military Traffic Management Command (US DoD) MTMC Mount Marty College MTMC Micros-to-Mainframes, Inc. (stock symbol) MTMC Middle Tennessee Medical Center (Murfreesboro, TN) booking offices. Originally, the ocean cargo clearance duties were performed by the Military Sealift Command A major command of the US Navy, and the US Transportation Command's component command responsible for designated common-user sealift transportation services to deploy, employ, sustain, and redeploy US forces on a global basis. Also called MSC. See also transportation component command. . The responsibility was transferred to MTMC in 1981. At one time, the Ocean Cargo Clearance Authority had offices in Bremerhaven, Germany; Naples, Italy; and Felixstowe, United Kingdom. The centralization process started with the move of Ocean Cargo Clearance Authority--North from Bremerhaven, Germany, to Rotterdam, in June 1989. The responsibilities in the United Kingdom moved to Rotterdam in August 1998. |
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