Shippers, reliant business owners, and other dependent industries are watching closely as the United States and China face-off in tense international trade negotiations. Earlier this year, the U.S. administration announced 25% tariff on steel and 10% on aluminum imports in an effort to protect domestic manufacturing from excessive “dumping” by Chinese [...]
As the first day of public hearings commenced, hundreds of U.S. companies gathered in Washington to testify for the U.S. Trade Representative’s Section 301 hearing regarding tariffs to be issued on $50 billion worth of import goods from China. Spanning over three days, large shippers and lobbying groups, such as General [...]
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) International Roadcheck initiative, founded in 1988, is the largest targeted enforcement program for commercial vehicles in world and conducted annually across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. This year, International Roadcheck is scheduled for June 5-7 with a specific focus on driver hours-of-service (HOS) [...]
West Coast Marine Terminal Operators Association (WCMTOA), the 12 marine terminal operators at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, announced the implementation of an updated, unified set of business rules targeted at reducing port congestion and improve overall efficiency. Nicknamed “PierPass 2.0,”the revised OffPeak program by PierPass Inc. [...]
As the September 30thdeadline looms, labor negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) committees are scheduled to meet in Florida, June 5-7, in hopes of reaching an East and Gulf coast master, six-year contract. Historically, negotiations haven’t been agreeable between port operators and labor [...]
At least five people have died after a military plane crashed off of GA-21 in Port Wentworth, Georgia. The C-130 Hercules cargo plane from the Puerto Rico Air National Guard crashed around 11:30 AM while performing a training mission. According to the U.S. Airforce, the plane was headed to Tuscon, [...]
West Coast Marine Terminal Operators Association (WCMTOA), the 12 marine terminal operators at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, announced the implementation of an updated, unified set of business rules targeted at reducing port congestion and improve overall efficiency. Nicknamed “PierPass 2.0,” the revised OffPeak program by PierPass [...]
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) International Roadcheck initiative, founded in 1988, is the largest targeted enforcement program for commercial vehicles in world and conducted annually across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. This year, International Roadcheck is scheduled for June 5-7 with a specific focus on driver hours-of-service (HOS) [...]
On April 30th, the United States issued extensions and exemptions to preferred trading partners from the Section 232 steel and aluminum import duties. 30-day exemptions for steel imports have been issued to: Canada Mexico Australia Argentina South Korea Brazil European Union Post-June 1, full exemptions on steel imports will continue for: Argentine Australia [...]
International shippers are growing increasingly desperate as on-going strike activity causes innumerable backlogs to Port of Santos import operations. Brazil’s Receita Federal, represented by Sindifisco, the Customs officers’ union, have been staging all-day protests since October 2017. In February, the union received a four-month, full-pay extension from Brazil’s High Court [...]
