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| Jaxport offers CEO job to former Horizon Lines exec |
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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The Jacksonville Port Authority's board of directors voted Monday morning to offer its chief executive officer position to Brian W. Taylor, a former executive vice president and chief operating officer of Horizon Lines, which is one of four carriers that offers shipping services between Jacksonville and San Juan, Puerto Rico. They also elected AT&T executive Joe York to serve as the next chairman, taking over from James Citrano on July 1. Taylor left Horizon in...
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| Washington Notebook: U.S.-EU trade talks to start next month |
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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U.S-EU free trade negotiations. The United States and European Union announced during the G-8 Summit in Ireland that they would begin formal trade negotiations the week of July 8 in Washington. U.S. and European Commission officials have been making preliminary plans for talks since the beginning of the year and the announcement follows final approval in recent days from the European Parliament. Completion of a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is expe...
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| Supreme Court strikes down parts of clean truck program |
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Friday, June 14, 2013
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) in the group’s effort to turn back the Port of Los Angeles' efforts to regulate the drayage trucking industry. In 2007, the port created a Clean Truck Program that required trucking companies operating at the port to enter into concession agreements. The concession agreements made a number of requirements on drayage companies including these five: that they be emplo...
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| U.S. facilitates exports to help Syrians rebuild |
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Thursday, June 13, 2013
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The U.S. State Department on Wednesday announced a new limited waiver of the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003 (SAA) to allow the export and re-export, under license, of certain reconstruction-related items for the benefit of the Syrian people. Consistent with Section 5(b ) of the SAA and the May 11, 2004 Executive Order 13338, the waiver authorizes the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security to issue licenses on a case-by-case b...
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| Environmental groups sue over LA rail terminal |
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013
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Enviornmental groups, including the Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit on Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court challenging plans to build the Southern California International Gateway railyard project . NRDC complained the project "violates the California Environmental Quality Act and the state and federal Civil Rights Acts, and will increase cancer rates, chances of children developing asthma, and add to chronic air pollution plaguing the region." &nb...
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| Damage collections for ISF non-compliance to begin |
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Monday, June 10, 2013
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection will begin full enforcement of the Importer Security Filing requirement on July 9, the agency announced Friday. On that date, the agency will begin to issue liquidated damages for ISF violations, such as filing incomplete, inaccurate or late documentation. The ISF rule went into effect on Jan. 26, 2009, but for the first year the program had no sanctions so that shippers and carriers could learn how to collect and file the ne...
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| Chairman: Collaboration key for global air cargo group |
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Wednesday, June 05, 2013
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As the new chairman of the Global Air Cargo Advisory Group (GACAG), Oliver Evans wants to build on the momentum created over the past two years and pave a clear path forward toward conquering new challenges. Evans, chief cargo officer of Swissport International Air Lines, assumed his new role when he recently took on the chairman position at The International Air Cargo Association. Atlas Air's Michael Steen served as the first GACAG chairman. GACAG, formed in 2011,...
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| Washington Notebook: DOT selects experts for Freight Advisory Committee |
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Tuesday, June 04, 2013
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The U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday named 47 professionals from industry, academia, labor, safety advocacy and government to its inaugural Freight Advisory Committee, which will provide advice and recommendations for improving the national freight transportation system. Its first order of business will be to help the department create a national freight transportation strategy, as required by last year's MAP-21 surface transportation law. The DOT said it sought to ...
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| FMC publishes OTI reform rule notice |
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Tuesday, June 04, 2013
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The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) last week published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rule regarding Ocean Transportation Intermediaries (OTI) in the Federal Register , potentially changing the way OTIs are licensed and financially regulated. The proposed rule, first put forward in mid-May , also requires foreign non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOs) to establish U.S. offices. The notice in the Federal Register , published May 31, starts a 60-day notic...
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| Railroads, shippers spar over competitive switching |
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Monday, June 03, 2013
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The American Association of Railroads (AAR) and National Industrial Transportation League (NIT League) last week sparred over proposed changes in railroad regulation. The AAR, which represents the country's "Class 1," or largest freight railroads, last week claimed they "could lose revenue up to 80 percent of their entire annual capital budgets if a forced competition scheme" proposed by the NIT League was adopted . The comments from the railroad association are in ...
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| Port charge faces possible challenge in NJ legislature |
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Thursday, May 30, 2013
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A $4.95-per-TEU fee implemented by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in March 2011 that is already the subject of a complaint before the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission faces a new challenge in the New Jersey state legislature. The port authority implemented the Cargo Facility Charge in 2011 to help pay for road and rail infrastructure, as well as security at the port. (There is also a $1.11 charge on automobiles and 13 cents per metric ton on other cargo.) &nb...
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| CORRECTION: Walmart's fines for improper waste disposal |
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Thursday, May 30, 2013
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In yesterday’s story on Walmart’s environmental fines, the retailer actually paid $81.6 million in the latest federal case concerning violations to the Clean Water Act, bringing its recent penalties paid in both state and federal court to $111 million.
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| Wal-Mart fined for improper waste disposal |
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013
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Wal-Mart Stores has pleaded guilty to illegally disposing of hazardous materials at its U.S. retail stores and will pay $81 million for its six negligent violations of the Clean Water Act, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. In a related case, the company pleaded guilty in Missouri to disposing of pesticides that had been returned by customers in violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. All in all, the company pleaded guilty in three cri...
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| FMC reviews 13 OTI license applications |
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
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The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 13 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review. The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Feiliks Global Logistics Corp., Jamaica, N.Y. (Ami K. Wey, president); Hye Mi Express U.S.A., Torrance, Calif. (Kil Soo "Ben" Hur, president); and Sea Marine Transport, Huixquilucan, Mexico (Moises L. Sarabia, president). The agency also received an NVO...
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| NTSB: Reduce legal limit to hinder drunk truck drivers |
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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After a year-long review of substance-impaired driving in the trucking industry, the National Transportation Safety Board has issued recommendations for reducing the legal alcohol driving limit; ramping up the use of interlock devices; and beefing up penalties for non-compliance. According to a NTSB report, the new legal blood-alcohol limit for drivers should drop from .08 to .05. While the American Trucking Associations commended the progress on these measure...
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| STB pushes arbitration with new rule |
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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The U.S. Surface Transportation Board has adopted a new arbitration program for disputes between shippers and railroads with clear liability limits. Effective June 12, the rule change establishes when the parties would be ordered to participate in mediation. Initially, Class I and II railroads were to be automatically enrolled in the arbitration program unless they specifically opted out of the program by application to the board. Class III rail...
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| Congressman calls TWIC cards 'farcical' |
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Monday, May 13, 2013
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Transportation Worker Identification Credentials, or TWIC cards, were described as a “joke” during hearings before the U.S. House of Representative’s Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee last week. The hearings came as the Government Accountability Office issued a report that said 11 years after initiation of the program the Department of Homeland Security “has not demonstrated how, if at all, TWIC will improve maritime security.” G...
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| USDA releases refined sugar re-export waivers |
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Friday, May 10, 2013
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With large quantities of sugar currently on the domestic market, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will use its waiver authority under the Refined Sugar Re-Export Program to temporarily permit licensed refiners to transfer program sugar from their license to another licensed refiner through Sept. 30. USDA will also temporarily increase the license limit for raw cane sugar refiners from 50,000 metric tons raw value of credits to 100,000 metric tons raw value of credits through ...
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| Labor rights unsettle U.S.-Bahrain trade relations |
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
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The United States has requested consultations with Bahrain under the Labor Chapter of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The request follows a December 2012 report by the U.S. Labor Department that highlighted labor issues stemming from Bahrain’s response to civil unrest in early 2011 in the Persian Gulf country and recommended actions to address those issues. “Ensuring that workers in Bahrain – and in other countries – can exercise their fundamental labor...
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| Former Marine Corps logistics workers plead guilty to bribery |
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
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Two former employees of a Marine Corps logistics base in Albany, Ga., have pleaded guilty to taking bribes totaling nearly $750,000 over a three-year period to provide local carriers with business from the base, according to the U.S. Justice Department. The two men — Mitchell D. Potts and Jeffrey S. Philpot — face maximum prison sentences of 15 years and fines. They have already paid back the bribes and restitution to the Defense Department. During the scheme, ...
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| Canada adopts new rules to reduce ship pollution |
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Wednesday, May 08, 2013
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Canada said it's adopting strict environmental standards to reduce air emissions from ships navigating in Canadian waters , and these changes further align the country's air emission standards with those of the United States. "The changes we are announcing today will help make our oceans and lakes cleaner by reducing ship emissions," said Denis Lebel, Canada's minister of transport, infrastructure and communities. "Since vessels from Canada and the United States routinely t...
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| ILA maintenance locals approve new contract |
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Friday, May 03, 2013
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Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association's Local 1804-1 and Local 1814 have overwhelmingly voted to approve a new contract with employers represented by the Metropolitan Marine Maintenance Contractors Association. Members voted in favor of a new six-year contract by a vote of 632-18, according to an announcement by Dennis A. Daggett, the president of Local 1804-1 and the chief negotiator for the maintenance locals. The ratification vote was held on Tuesday, April...
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| Raytheon cited for lax ITAR compliance |
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Wednesday, May 01, 2013
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Raytheon, a major international defense and aerospace company, will pay $8 million in civil penalties and remedial expenditures to resolve hundreds of alleged violations of U.S. export regulations designed to protect sensitive technology from falling in the hands of enemies. The State Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, which oversees exports of military goods, said Raytheon violated the Arms Export Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulatio...
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| Washington Notebook: Calif. lawmakers side with Long Beach in SCIG dispute |
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
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Two members of Congress from Southern California are urging the City of Los Angeles and BNSF Railway to take further steps to mitigate the environmental effects of a planned intermodal container transfer facility to protect the health of Long Beach residents who live close by. The Southern California International Gateway is planned for construction on property owned by the Port of Los Angeles a few miles from the marine terminals. It is designed to shorten the drive for trucker...
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| Chemistry Council lends support to class action rail suit |
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
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A federal appeals court will soon rule on whether an antitrust case against four railroads that allegedly engaged in price-fixing can be tried in the courts as a class action suit. Dakota Granite Co., Zinifex Taylor Chemicals and 11 other shippers brought a suit against BNSF, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific in 2007. The plaintiffs alleged the carriers illegally imposed surcharges from 2003 to 2008. In that case, the judge allowed for a class-action su...
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| Another freight payment vendor in trouble |
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Monday, April 29, 2013
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The automotive supplier division of the U.S. conglomerate Johnson Controls, Inc. (JCI) has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against its long-time freight payment and audit vendor, TransVantage Solutions. The lawsuit, filed April 8 in New Jersey, alleges that TransVantage had failed to make $17 million in payments to Johnson Control’s transportation providers, and the company had been systematically hiding its misuse of the funds it handled on Johnson Controls’ behalf. &nbs...
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| Cargo theft in 2012 up in Europe, flat in U.S. |
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Monday, April 29, 2013
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Cargo theft in North America stayed flat, year over year, in 2012 as European theft rates rose by 24 percent, according to FreightWatch International. Cargo theft in Asia also increased. According to the company, however, the greatest theft threats still exist in Brazil, Mexico and South Africa. Last year, about 6,800 thefts were reported in Sao Paulo, and more than 6,000 Mexican thefts occurred in 2012. Pharmaceutical thefts are on the rise in Europe, ...
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| New Zealand fines 3 air carriers for price-fixing |
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
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Cathay Pacific Airways, Thai Airways International and MASKargo have been fined a combined $9.6 million by the High Court of New Zealand for engaging in cargo price fixing activities. The three carriers pleaded guilty to various violations occurring from February 2000 to February 2006. Cathay paid the largest fine, $4.3 million, for setting fuel and security surcharges on flights from India to New Zealand, among other routes. Thai, which paid $2.7 million, illegally...
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| Computer exporter pays $2.8 million fine for violations |
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
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The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security said Computerlinks FZCO of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, has agreed to pay a $2.8 million civil penalty following allegations that it committed three violations of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The violations are related to the transfer to Syria of devices designed to monitor and control Internet traffic. In addition to the civil penalty, which is the statutory maximum, the company has agreed to sub...
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| Unions, shipowners say some governments not investigating casualties |
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
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Shipowners and seafarers' unions have joined forces to express concern at flag states’ failure to submit maritime casualty reports as required under international conventions. The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents 80 percent of the world merchant fleet, and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), which represents seafarers’ unions worldwide, have made a joint submission to the International Maritime Organization commenting on the apparent f...
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| Washington Notebook: U.S.-Canada bridge in Detroit gets State Dept. approval |
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
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The U.S. State Department recently issued a presidential permit to the state of Michigan to build a new bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. The State Department approves new international border crossings after reviewing whether they are in the national interest. Local and national officials in Canada and the United States for many years have been developing plans for a second bridge to relieve congestion on the privately-held Ambassador Bridg...
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| FAA furloughs kick in, reducing airport capacity |
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Monday, April 22, 2013
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Shippers should expect delays receiving air cargo moving through major airports in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York after the U.S. Department of Transportation and its Federal Aviation Administration on Sunday began to furlough air traffic controllers as promised to make good on forced budget cuts that hit the entire government in March. Critics said the Obama administration is using the reductions in air traffic control hours to...
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| Petitions force Trendset into bankruptcy filing |
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
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Three customers of Greenville, S.C.-based freight payment and audit services provider Trendset filed petitions this week against Trendset in federal bankruptcy court. The customers - Husqvarna Professional Products, Legrand North America, DH Business Services – were among those affected by an embezzlement and fraud case that Trendset Chief Executive Officer Gary Selvaggio described in a letter to customers in late March . The case, Selvaggio wrote, involved a “trus...
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| Supreme Court hears arguments in L.A. drayage truck case |
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
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The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in the American Trucking Associations' ongoing challenge to the Port of Los Angeles to impose a comprehensive licensing scheme on trucks hauling freight in and out of the port. A transcript of the argument can be read here. "We believe it is clear that in 1980 Congress established that trucking should be shaped by the competitive market, rather than government regulations," said ATA Deputy Chief Counsel Richard Pi...
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| Washington Notebook: CBP inspectors look for illegal Land Rover shipments |
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
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Since October U.S. Customs has seized more than a dozen imported Land Rover Defender off-road utility vehicles for violating federal road safety standards, including two early last month at the Port of Norfolk in Virginia. The agency said it is aware of vehicles with altered vehicle identification numbers to make them appear at least 25 years old and therefore exempt from certain safety standards, such as air bags. The illegal shipments have been discovered arriving from Gr...
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| UPS appeals EU's merger ruling |
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Tuesday, April 09, 2013
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UPS is appealing the European Union's decision to block its proposed merger with TNT Express because the ruling was not legally sound and contained fact errors, according to a report by Reuters . The integrator, which was trying to buy TNT Express for $6.6 billion, sent its appeal last week. In January, the European Union officially blocked the proposed merger between UPS and TNT, a decision that had been developing in private and in the press for quite some time. ...
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| Hong Kong dockworkers to meet with mediator |
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Tuesday, April 09, 2013
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Unions representing Hong Kong dockworkers will hold talks with two contractors and mediators from Hong Kong’s Labor Department on Wednesday , according to a report from Radio Television Hong Kong . The broadcaster’s Website said port operator Hongkong International Terminal (HIT), a subsidiary of Hutchison Port Holdings, has indicated it will sit in on the talks between workers and the contractors that employ them. The South China Morning Post quoted an unnamed sour...
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| Injunction extended against Hong Kong strikers |
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Friday, April 05, 2013
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The newspaper The Standard reported Hong Kong’s High Court has extended an injunction first obtained April 1 on striking dockworkers , barring them from entering container terminals in Kwai Chung where the port’s container terminal is located. The paper said talks to resolve dispute failed to materialize on Thursday, and quoted Labor Party lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan stating the strike by dockworkers, now in its ninth day, would continue, but added the divergence in views b...
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| Analysis: Shippers need to do their homework on freight pay |
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Thursday, April 04, 2013
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The news this week that freight payment and audit services provider Trendset has been beset by internal embezzlement and fraud comes at a particularly interesting point in the evolution of the freight payment and audit industry. In March, the freight payment consultancy Quetica and law firm Balch & Bingham released a white paper that encourages shippers to perform due diligence when it comes to selecting an external freight payment and audit services provider. I...
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| Freight payment vendor Trendset rocked by embezzlement case |
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Wednesday, April 03, 2013
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The freight payment and audit services provider Trendset has alerted its clients to an internal fraud and embezzlement issue which could affect payments the provider was supposed to make on behalf of its shipper customers to their transportation carriers. Trendset Chief Executive Officer Gary Selvaggio said in a letter to customers last week, which obtained by American Shipper, that a “trusted employee” engaged in a fraud and embezzled funds from the company’s bank account...
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| EPA halts certain Chinese motorcycle, ATV imports |
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Wednesday, April 03, 2013
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today said it’s withdrawing approval of the import and sale of up to 74,000 gas-powered on-and off-road motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles from China. EPA issued the vehicle certificates from 2006 to 2012 to two companies which operate as Snyder Technology and Snyder Computer Systems (doing business as Wildfire Motors Corp.). As a result of a lengthy investigation, EPA said that the applications for the certificates contained misleadin...
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| UPS cuts deal on federal probe of online pharmacies |
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Monday, April 01, 2013
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UPS has agreed to pay $40 million to avoid prosecution for shipping drugs from illegitimate online pharmacies, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency announced Friday. The Atlanta-based global express delivery company has fully cooperated with the investigation and will implement a compliance program to prevent illegal online pharmacies from using its services. The government has turned up enforcement on Internet pharmacies because of the health consequences of taki...
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| ICAO: Move away from state-owned aviation |
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Friday, March 29, 2013
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Member states of the International Civil Aviation Organization agreed to press forward for liberalization of air carrier ownership and control, enhanced air cargo liberalization and a focus on minimizing air transport taxes during last week’s air transport conference. Representatives decided to press for a move away from state ownership of airlines and airports. Members get together once a decade for the worldwide conference to discuss the organization’s...
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| Air charter group names Coe chairman |
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
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The Baltic Air Charter Association (BACA) has elected Tony Coe, owner of Aviation Complete Ltd., as its new chairman. The association, based at the Baltic Exchange in London, represents the interests of air charter brokers, aircraft operators, airports, aviation lawyers and others in the global air charter industry. Coe has been in the aviation industry since 1973, when he joined cargo operator Tradewinds Airways as an operations officer. He has worked extensively ...
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| ICAO to help Indonesia with air emissions |
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
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The International Civil Aviation Organization has started an environmental project with the Indonesian government to improve the sustainability of Indonesian air transport. ICAO's technical cooperation bureau will help the government devise a long-term plan to combat carbon emissions while also focusing on immediate changes to lower the spread of greenhouse gases. The agreement is all part of ICAO's goal to help member states create a cleaner, more sustai...
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| Analysis: Eyes on VA port as it decides today on new business model |
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
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Many eyes in the maritime industry Tuesday will be on Norfolk, Va., where the Virginia Port Authority's Board of Commissioner's is scheduled to vote on whether to pursue negotiations with one of two private bidders for a long-term management contract to operate the state-owned port facilities. U.S. ports in the past decade have frequently entered long-term leases for individual terminals giving private companies operating freedom for decades at a time in exchange for some ...
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| Florida Coastal starts logistics, transport law program |
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
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In May, Florida Coastal School of Law will start a number of programs in logistics and transportation law, including a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree, as well as graduate certificates for lawyers and non-lawyers interested in transportation law. The programs are offered online and can be completed on the student’s schedule any time. The first term for all programs starts May 6. “Our goal is to train ‘solution brokers,’ well-rounded transportation and logistics profes...
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| Ex-Crowley executive indicted in Puerto Rico price-fix probe |
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
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A federal grand jury in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has returned an indictment against Thomas Farmer, a former executive of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Crowley Liner Services, for participating in a conspiracy to fix rates and surcharges for freight transported by water between the continental United States and Puerto Rico. The Justice Department's indictment, filed last Thursday in the U.S. District Court in San Juan, said Farmer, the former vice president of price and yield manag...
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| Hawaii legislators seek exemption from Jones Act's build requirement |
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Friday, March 22, 2013
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Five members of Hawaii’s state legislature last week introduced resolutions (H.R. 119 and H.C.R. 150) calling on Congress to enact legislation to change the Jones Act so that ships operating between the U.S. mainland and Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico do not have to be built in the United States. Lead sponsor State Republican Rep. Gene Ward noted in a press release that foreign-built vessels are allowed in the domestic Guam trade, and said an exemption for cruise ships put in pl...
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| Puerto Rico's representative seeks to relax Jones Act for bulk ships |
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
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The Government Accountability Office Wednesday released a report on shipping between Puerto Rico and the United States and possible modification of the Jones Act requirement that vessels participating in the trade be registered in the United States, crewed by U.S. citizens, and built in a U.S. shipyard. The report was prepared at the request of Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rico’s resident commissioner in the U.S. House. GAO said “Shippers doing business in Puerto Ri...
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| NEWSFLASH: GAO report analyzes Jones Act's impact on Puerto Rico trade |
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
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The Government Accountability Office Wednesday released a report on shipping between Puerto Rico and the United States and possible modification of the Jones Act requirement that vessels participating in the trade be registered in the United States, crewed by U.S. citizens, and built in a U.S. shipyard. The report, prepared at the request of Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rico’s representative in the U.S. House, said “Shippers doing business in Puerto Rico that GAO cont...
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| Washington Notebook: C-TPAT data issue, plus conference tidbits |
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
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U.S. Customs seeks to prevent C-TPAT disclosures. U.S. Customs and Border Protection wants to exempt from disclosure under the Privacy Act certain information it collects and maintains about companies that participate in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, a voluntary supply chain security program. In a notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register last Wednesday, CBP said it needed to bypass the law's disclosure requirements with regard to C-TPAT...
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| ATA challenges hours of service rules in court |
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Monday, March 18, 2013
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The American Trucking Associations argued Friday in front of a panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s hours of service rule changes should not be implemented. General counsel for the ATA argued the existing rules are sufficient and changing the rules, which will go into effect July 1, is “baseless.” Prasad Sharma, who is representing the ATA, also said the changes were “agenda-driven rather than...
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| Forever 21 under labor investigation |
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Friday, March 15, 2013
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Forever 21 has been ordered by a district court to comply with a subpoena issued by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division in August, demanding the retailer produce supply chain documents regarding garment shipping. The retailer had declined to follow the subpoena. The organization originally demanded the documents following a sweep of downtown Los Angeles garment sewing factories that found goods destined for Forever 21 stores were pr...
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| Japanese forwarders fined $18.9 million |
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Monday, March 11, 2013
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Japanese freight forwarding companies "K" Line Logistics and Yusen Logistics have pleaded guilty to price-fixing and have agreed to pay a total of $18.9 million in fines, according to the U.S. Justice Department. "K" Line Logistics will pay $3.5 million, while Yunsen's fine is $15.42 million. The two Japanese firms bring the total number of forwarders that have pleaded guilty to price-fixing to 16. The group has been charged a total of $120 million. These fines pale...
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| Goulet named American's integration officer |
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Friday, March 08, 2013
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AMR Corp. has started preparing for an impending merger with US Airways, promoting Bev Goulet to senior vice president and chief integration officer. Goulet, who had just finished leading the merger transition planning team, served as chief restructuring officer during AMR’s journey through bankruptcy. She held that position while working as vice president of corporate development and treasurer. Peter Warlick will take over Goulet’s previous duties as treasure...
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| ILWU files unfair labor practice charge |
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Wednesday, March 06, 2013
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The International Longshore and Warehouse Union said Tuesday that it had filed an unfair labor practice against Mitsui-United Grain, which operates a grain export terminal in Vancouver, Wash., on the Columbia River. The union is complaining about a lockout of 200 members of ILWU Local 4 that began on Feb. 27. The company said it began the lockout after an investigator it hired allegedly found evidence that a union member who was part of the Local 4's labor relations commit...
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| NS disputes $1.2 million OSHA ruling |
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Wednesday, March 06, 2013
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered Norfolk Southern Railway Co. to pay $1.2 million to three workers for wrongfully terminating them for reporting workplace injuries, in violation of whistleblower provisions in the Federal Railroad Safety Act. The company has also been ordered to expunge the disciplinary records of the three workers, post a notice regarding employees' whistleblower protection rights and train workers on these rights, the Lab...
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| Maritime law firm merges with larger outfit |
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Wednesday, March 06, 2013
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Houck Anderson, a Miami-based maritime and admiralty law firm, has merged with The Chartwell Law Offices, one of the fastest growing law firms on the East Coast. Houck Anderson was founded in 1992 by Mark Houck and Andy Anderson. The firm, with offices in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, expanded its practice areas to include general liability, premises, construction, aviation and other defense litigation over recent years. Houck Anderson represents many insurers, P&I clubs, broker...
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| 3 Filipinos convicted of importing weapons into U.S. |
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Wednesday, March 06, 2013
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Three Philippine nationals were convicted Monday in Los Angeles of illegally importing military grade weapons into the United States after being caught in a sting operation that was conducted in the Philippines, the Justice Department said. Sergio Syjuco, 26; Cesar Ubaldo, 27; and Arjyl Revereza, 26, were convicted after a four-week trial by a federal jury in U.S. District Court in the Central District of California of conspiring to illegally import the weapons into the United S...
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