Date: Monday, May 12, 2008

Re:	France Strike Update

With most of France celebrating Pentecost today, Port Authorities, Carriers and most of our shipping partners are closed today.  No updates are available on possible changes to this week's strike schedule, and we are unable to obtain sailing confirmations for the vessels and feeder that did call end of last week and over the weekend.

From Fos (Marseille), please note that the feeder vessels put in place by certain carriers including Hapag Lloyd are only to evacuate containers already on the terminal.  Carriers from Fos are still refusing to take new bookings.