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| CBP proposes changes to in-bond rules |
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Wednesday published a notice of proposed rulemaking that would make substantial changes to the way imported merchandise is transported inland under a bond, enabling the cargo owner to defer payment of duties until it reaches the destination port or is exported. The primary fixes involve making the in-bond process electronic and tightening up procedures to better track merchandise and prevent diversion. In the past, CBP has...
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| TCC wins key decision in MQC claims pursuit |
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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The shuttered transpacific liner carrier The Containership Co. earlier this month won a decision in U.S. Bankruptcy Court that could help the line recoup lost revenue from its former shipper customers. On Feb. 10, a U.S. Bankruptcy judge in New York found in favor of Norway-based TCC in a motion filed by a group of its customers, who were seeking to have to breach-of-contracts proceedings moved before the Federal Maritime Commission. U.S. Judge Sean Lane denied the motio...
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| TNT reports $230 million 4Q loss |
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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Days after it rejected an acquisition bid from UPS, the Dutch document and package carrier TNT Express said it had a loss of 174 million euros ($230 million) in the fourth quarter of 2011, compared to a profit of 4 million euros in the same 2010 period. Revenues were 1.87 billion euros in the fourth quarter, 2.3 percent more than the same period a year earlier. For the full-year 2011, the company lost 272 million euros, compared to a profit of 69 m...
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| Faster runway exits promised for Newark |
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Monday, February 20, 2012
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A new initiative to reduce tarmac congestion at Newark Liberty International Airport could improve air cargo reliability for carriers and their customers. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said last week that it will construct two high-speed taxiways that are more gently angled to allow planes faster exits from the runway upon landing. The $42 million project is scheduled to start in March on Runway 4R-22L, which is 10,000 feet long and handles a...
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| Inspectors stop bee threat at U.S. port |
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Monday, February 20, 2012
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The U.S. honeybee population is safer today after U.S. Customs officers at the Port of Norfolk in Virginia recently intercepted a red mason bee hitchhiking in a container of household goods from the United Kingdom, the agency said. It is the first known interception of the red mason bee, which is commonly found in the United Kingdom, and is not established in the United States. Inspectors found the insect within a rolled rug and called in agriculture specialists to ident...
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| Money tightens for 2012 port security grants |
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Monday, February 20, 2012
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A smaller appropriation from Congress for Department of Homeland Security preparedness grants has resulted in the cutback of the Port Security Grant Program to $97.5 million in fiscal year 2012 from $235 million in the last round. On Friday, DHS issued its grant guidance for seven grant programs to help communities prevent, respond to or recover from natural or man-made disasters. The department has more than $1.3 billion to assist states, non-profit agencies and th...
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| NY/NJ port authority puts toll violators on notice |
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Monday, February 20, 2012
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Deadbeat truckers, bus companies, vehicle rental businesses and motorists who have racked up thousands of dollars of unpaid tolls at bridges and tunnels in the New York City metropolitan area are now having their identities exposed to shame them into compliance. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on Friday published its list of top toll violators , who collectively owe about $5 million. Several small trucking firms involved in goods transportation are named. &nbs...
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| Analyst: $13.1 billion for smart transport |
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Friday, February 17, 2012
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A study by Pike Research, a market research and consulting firm, found that intelligent transportation systems (ITS) will continue to see increased investment worldwide despite tightening purse strings. Pike estimates global investments in smart transport technology will reach $13.1 billion from 2011 through 2017. ITS, also called smart transportation systems, includes electric vehicles, vehicles with advanced telematics systems, new and ...
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| FMC reviews 15 OTI license applications |
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Friday, February 17, 2012
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The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 15 license applications and changes for review. The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from AA Shipping, Houston (Barbara C. Mozie, president); Eagle Van Lines, Temple Hills, Md. (Christos Georgeakopoulos, vice president); J.K. Moving & Storage, Sterling, Va. (Charles S. Kuhn, president); NIT Logistics, Hackensack, N.J. (Esra Terer, corporate secretary); and TBIF, Bozeman, Mont. (Way...
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| Grant helps LTL carrier buy natural gas trucks |
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Friday, February 17, 2012
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Central Freight Lines, a less-than-truckload carrier based in Waco, Texas, announced Thursday it will test 15 compressed natural gas tractors with the help of a grant from the Houston-Galveston Area Council. If the Peterbilt tractors perform well under operational conditions, the company said it may buy another 200 of these low-emission trucks for use in South Texas. The regional coordination agency is using $17.5 million in federal funds to subsidize f...
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| FMC report could revive regulation debate |
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Friday, February 17, 2012
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The debate about how the container shipping industry should be regulated may be revived with the release of a major report by the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission on Thursday about the decision by the European Union to end the so-called "block exemption" for liner companies under EU competition law in 2008. In a telephone interview, FMC Chairman Richard A. Lidinsky Jr. said the central conclusion of the report was positive for U.S. shippers. "Most armch...
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| STB to examine Buffett's BNSF buy |
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Friday, February 17, 2012
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The U.S. Surface Transportation Board said Thursday it will hold a March 22 public hearing to explore the impact of Berkshire Hathaway's acquisition of the BNSF Railway in 2010 on certain costing determinations. Berkshire, headed by the billionaire investor Warren Buffett, paid $43 billion to acquire BNSF. STB said the Western Coal Traffic League (WCTL) and other parties argue that BNSF's acquisition price produced an $8.1 billion write-up in the r...
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| FMC: U.S. shippers not harmed by EU law change |
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
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A study released by the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission on Thursday finds the repeal of antitrust protection for the liner shipping industry in Europe in 2008 has not disadvantaged U.S. shippers. On Sept. 25, 2006, the European Union announced the repeal of the regulation that provided a "block exemption" from EU competition law for liner shipping conferences in trades to and from EU members. The change in the law took effect on Oct. 18, 2008. In ...
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| ATA files suit on driver fatigue rule |
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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As anticipated, the American Trucking Associations on Tuesday filed a petition asking a federal court to review the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s recently published final rule changing the hours-of-service regulations for commercial truck drivers. The new rulemaking retained the 11-hour daily driving limit for truck drivers, which the agency considered shortening by an hour. But it increased the required rest period for drivers at the end of each wee...
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| Obama signs FAA bill |
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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President Obama signed into law Tuesday legislation reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration for $63 billion over four years and paving the way for accelerated development of the NextGen air traffic control system. The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 sets the direction and spending priorities of the agency for the first time in a decade. The previous multi-year blueprint expired more than four years ago, requiring almost two dozen short-term extens...
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| CORRECTION: Doyle nominated for FMC commissioner |
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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Doyle The wrong photo of William P. Doyle was included in Tuesday's edition of AS+ and AS Daily . Doyle, chief of staff at the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association (MEBA), has been nominated by President Obama to be a commissioner at the Federal Maritime Commission.
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| Obama nominates union staffer to FMC |
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
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President Obama has nominated William P. Doyle, chief of staff at the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association (MEBA), to be a commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission. Obama also nominated Richard A. Lidinsky Jr., current FMC chairman, to another term. Lidinsky was first named commissioner by Obama in 2009. If confirmed by the Senate, Doyle would replace Joseph E. Brennan, who has been at the FMC since 1999, making him the longest-serving of the...
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| ESC bemoans 'shocking' piracy levels |
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
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The European Shippers’ Council (ESC) said the state of piracy, while improving, is still at a "shocking" level. “A year on from our last press statement on this issue, the ESC remains alarmed by the latest figures released by the ICC's International Maritime Bureau,” the council said. “Although figures show a decreasing number of piracy attacks, the damage done is still unacceptably high.” ESC referred to a reported 37 attacks in 2012, coming on the heels of 420 at...
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| Budget increase sought for DOT, Army Corps |
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
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President Obama is proposing a fiscal year 2013 budget for the Department of Transportation of $74 billion, 2 percent, or $1.4 billion, above the 2012 enacted amount. It's one piece of a $3.8 trillion plan that raises spending to support the middle class through incentives for domestic manufacturing, lower payroll taxes, infrastructure investment and other steps while raising revenue through taxes on the wealthiest Americans and reductions in subsidies for the ...
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| Court won't block NY Waterfront Commission program |
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Monday, February 13, 2012
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The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of a complaint by the New York Shipping Association (NYSA) that sought to block a program by the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor (WCNYH) that would give it the option to install independent monitors at port businesses. The commission was created in 1953 by the states of New York and New Jersey as a special law enforcement agency to combat crime and corruption at marine terminals and other wa...
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| OHL pays $1 million for air cargo security violations |
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Friday, February 10, 2012
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OHL Solutions Inc., a large logistics services provider based in Brentwood, Tenn., has agreed to pay a $1 million civil fine and take other remedial steps for failing to properly screen cargo for explosives as a designated agent of the Transportation Security Administration, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana announced Wednesday. The violations were committed by ActivAir, OHL's air freight forwarding division previously acquired from a British firm, a...
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| Rep. Issa questions LA port's stimulus spend |
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Thursday, February 09, 2012
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The campaign by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives to discredit the Obama administration's choices for distributing stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has now set its sights on the Port of Los Angeles. Rep. Darrell Issa of California, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on Monday sent a letter to Port Director Geraldine Knatz asking for details about the port's decision to use $489,0...
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| Army Corps boosts spending on harbor deepening |
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Thursday, February 09, 2012
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released work plans for its civil works program through the end of the current fiscal year 2012 and increased the amount it will spend on harbor deepening projects. Projects underway or planned to deepen harbors in Jacksonville, Fla.; Savannah, Ga.; Charleston, S.C.; Wilmington, N.C., and the Delaware River all received multimillion increases in funding. The South Carolina Ports Authority said the plan included $2.5...
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| New in-bond rule to be published soon |
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Wednesday, February 08, 2012
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New regulations modernizing the in-bond transportation process that enables importers to defer entry and duty payment at the port of arrival until reaching another port are expected to be issued in the next few days, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said Tuesday. Homeland Security leaders and the Office of Management and Budget have signed off on the final rulemaking, Acting Deputy Commissioner Thomas Winkowski said during a lunch speech at the National ...
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| FMC reviews 12 OTI license applications |
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Wednesday, February 08, 2012
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The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 12 license applications and changes for review. The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Carlos B. Sanchez Renner, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (Carlos G. Sanchez Renner, sole proprietor); and Marsh & Associates Signing Services, Willingboro, J.J. (Cheryl Marsh, chief executive). The agency received NVO-ocean freight forwarder license applications from ABBA Trans, Elk Gro...
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| MarAd chief counsel moves to DOT |
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Wednesday, February 08, 2012
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K. Denise Rucker Krepp, chief counsel of the Maritime Administration, is moving to another job within the U.S. Department of Transportation. A MarAd spokesman said "we do not comment on personnel moves." But a source said Krepp has been assigned to the Office of the Secretary as special counsel to the DOT general counsel. She was officially sworn in as MarAd's chief counsel in September 2009. Prior to joining the ag...
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| $15 million penalty upheld for Jones Act violation |
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection declined to reduce a $15 million penalty assessed against a company that moved an oil rig part of the way on its voyage from the Gulf of Mexico to Cook’s Inlet in Alaska on a Chinese ship instead of on a U.S.-flagged Jones Act vessel. The Jones Act requires cargo to be moved between U.S. ports on ships built and registered in the United States and crewed by Americans. “It is the decision of the chi...
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| Judge declines to prevent NY-NJ toll hike |
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012
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A federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday denied a request from the Automobile Club of New York and the Automobile Club of North Jersey (AAA) for a preliminary injunction against the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to keep the agency from raising tolls on its four bridges and two tunnels. The toll hikes have upset some commuters and truckers in the region. Tolls vary according to time and day of use and whether a vehicle has an EZ pass radio-frequency tag. For ex...
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| Damen sends new dredgers to Azerbaijan |
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Friday, February 03, 2012
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Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards delivered three cutter suction dredgers to the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Azerbaijan. The ministry ordered the three dredgers to clean-up, deepen and maintain the Kura River. Damen was able to build and deliver the dredgers within six months of signing the contract with the Azerbaijan government. The dredgers will be moved to Nefchala, where the crews will be trained. Afterwards they start work at three d...
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| Green Cargo to sell 3PL operations |
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Friday, February 03, 2012
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Green Cargo AB, a transport and logistics company owned by the Swedish government, is considering the sale of its third-party logistics operations. The Swedish government's goal is to sell off many state-owned companies to reduce the country's debt. The government told the national media that it's considering the sale of its 3PL company because it has seen significant interest from buyers. Since the 2006 election, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeld...
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| DOT begins 4th round of TIGER grants |
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Thursday, February 02, 2012
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The U.S. Department of Transportation on Tuesday said it will make $500 million available this year in the fourth round of TIGER funding for surface transportation investment. Infrastructure projects will be evaluated on how they advance the Obama administration's goals of safety, improving the nation's economic competitiveness, livable communities, environmental sustainability, keeping assets in a state of good repair and short-term job creation. The ...
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| Ports call for more dredging funds |
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Thursday, February 02, 2012
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Several port executives called for passage of the so-called Realize America's Maritime Promise or RAMP Act (H.R. 104) during a joint hearing of the House's Ways and Means oversight and select revenue measures subcommittees. The oversight subcommittee is chaired by Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La., who introduced the bill. The bill would dedicate all proceeds of the Harbor Maintenance Tax to harbor maintenance projects such as dredging port...
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| FMC reviews 5 OTI license applications |
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012
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The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received five license applications for review. The FMC received a non-vessel-operating common carrier license application from Iris International USA, Haworth, N.J. (Chang Gil Kim, member). The agency also received NVO-ocean freight forwarder license applications from Ashimiyu Alowanle, Rockford, Minn. (Ashimiyu Alowonle, sole proprietor); Direct Express Intermodal, Atlanta (James J. Briles III, president); and Grupo Delpa Co...
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| Baltimore offers cash to scrap old trucks |
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012
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Truckers serving the Port of Baltimore can now receive up to $20,000 towards disposal of their old, polluting rigs and purchase of newer model trucks under a program announced Tuesday to help reduce diesel emissions. The "cash-for-clunkers" incentive is primarily aimed at individual operators who own their trucks and upgrade to tractors with 2007 or newer engines. The Environmental Protection Agency set new emission standards...
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| Rep. Mica introduces surface transportation bill |
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012
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A new transportation bill was introduced in the U.S. House by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John L. Mica, R-Fla., and other members of his committee on Tuesday. They said the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act (H.R. 7) would authorize approximately $260 billion over five years to fund federal highway, transit and safety programs, “consistent with current funding levels.” Mica called it the “largest transportation reform...
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| Study: Oakland port pollution drops |
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012
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The Port of Oakland said a study by the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California at Berkeley found a 50 percent decline in diesel particulate matter emissions from drayage trucks and a 40 percent decline in nitrogen oxide emissions in the port area following implementation of the clean trucks component of the port’s comprehensive truck management program. The UC Berkeley study measured ambient conditions directly above 7th Street in a...
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| FMC's Cordero sees LNG as ship fuel |
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012
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Liquefied natural gas "continues to make progress as a credible fuel alternative" for international transport carriers, Federal Maritime Commissioner Mario Cordero told a conference in Houston last week. Speaking at the World LNG Fuels Conference, Cordero referenced an annoucement from the classification society Det Norke Veritas last month that it had approved in principle a design by Kawasaki Heavy Industries of a 9,000-TEU containership fueled by LNG. ...
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| Michigan releases state rail plan |
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
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The Michigan Department of Transportation has finalized its State Rail Plan to guide development of passenger and freight rail systems during the next 20 years and announced Timothy Hoeffner as director of the newly created Office of Rail. The plan identifies $7.2 billion in current and future needs and makes recommendations to encourage ongoing rail investments. State officials would need to come up with another $2.6 billion above current spending...
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| New research to cut across infrastructure types |
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
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The Urban Institute has established a multi-dimensional Infrastructure Initiative designed to inform the public and government officials about the important tradeoffs in developing, operating, maintaining and financing the nation's core systems that support society. The research effort will examine the fiscal, social and environmental costs and benefits of policy choices at all levels of government related to transportation, electrical, water, sewer, wireless and broadband ...
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| Coast Guard reopens Tennessee River |
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Monday, January 30, 2012
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On Saturday, the Coast Guard reopened a portion of the Tennessee River around the Eggner Ferry Bridge which was partially destroyed after being hit by the Foss ship Delta Mariner last week. The ship struck the bridge Thursday night. Photographs showed the bow of the vessel draped with mangled steel and concrete from the highway, which covers a flooded section of the river also known as Kentucky Lake. The Army Corps of Engineers has deemed the navigable ...
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| Court holds up APMT Lazaro terminal |
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Monday, January 30, 2012
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A court in Mexico has put on hold a concession granted to APM Terminals’ to develop a new container terminal in the Port of Lazaro Cardenas. The terminal operator, a subsidiary of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, confirmed the delay to American Shipper . The suspension of the concession process arose from a court challenge by terminal operator Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), which operates the existing terminal in the Pacific coast port. APMT announ...
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| Horizon pays environmental fine |
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Monday, January 30, 2012
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Horizon Lines said it will pay $1.5 million in penalties as part of an agreement with the U.S. Justice Department, under which the ocean cargo carrier will plead guilty to two counts of providing federal authorities with false vessel oil record-keeping entries on a containership in the U.S. West Coast-Hawaii service. In a press release issued last week, Horizon said "the charges stem from the improper use of an oily water separator and related inappropriate record k...
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| VPA starts clean fuel program with Maersk |
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Friday, January 27, 2012
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Maersk Line, the world's largest operator of container vessels, will become the first ocean carrier to take advantage of a new incentive program at the Port of Virginia designed to encourage transport companies to reduce air pollution from commercial vessels while at berth, both parties announced Thursday. The new initiative expands the Virginia Port Authority's Green Operator program, originally focused on providing financial support to replace older (more pollutin...
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| Foss 'rocket ship' strikes Kentucky bridge |
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Friday, January 27, 2012
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An unusual ship that transports rocket components struck a bridge Thursday night in western Kentucky. The vessel involved in the accident is Foss' Delta Mariner , a 312-foot-long, 8,000-horsepower supply ship that transports space-bound hardware, including the common booster cores, for the Boeing Delta IV rocket program. The Delta Mariner struck the Eggner Ferry Bridge, which services both U.S. Highway 68 and Kentucky Highway 80, resulting in its coll...
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| Mississippi River pilots seek 44-foot draft |
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Friday, January 27, 2012
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The Crescent River Port Pilots Association has decided to increase its maximum draft recommendation from 42 feet to 44 feet on the Lower Mississippi River. Capt. A.J. Gibbs said he made the recommendation Thursday after "reviewing the most current survey in the Pilottown Cubit's Gap area, and due to the successful transit of the two 44 feet test vessels." Sean M. Duffy Sr., executive director of the Big River Coalition, said the recommend...
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| Labor nears ratifying freight rail deal |
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
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The two remaining labor unions that tentatively accepted new contracts with the freight railroad industry are expected to ratify those deals within the next week or two, Edward R. Hamberger, president of the Association of American Railroads, said Monday during a presentation at the Transportation Research Board's annual conference in Washington. Members of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Blacksmiths, Iron Ship Builders, Forgers and Helpers; the Inter...
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| FMC reviews 25 OTI license applications |
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
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The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 25 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review. The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Advance Container Line, New York (Chris X. Chou, president); Cheryl G. Wilson, Des Moines, Wash. (Cheryl G. Wilson, sole proprietor); H.A.B. International, Miami (Harold A. Beharry, president); Omega Cargo, Medley, Fla. (Luis E. Vicent, president); Sky Link NY, Ja...
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| White House releases global supply chain security plan |
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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The Obama administration on Wednesday unveiled its global supply chain security strategy at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The document is a whole-of-government approach towards balancing security and international trade that acknowledges to properly manage cross-border commerce extends beyond the Department of Homeland Security. The objective is to have a holistic approach for preventing, mitigating and responding to supply chain...
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| Miami dredging faces lengthy delay |
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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The Port of Miami learned it will have to wait until late this year to find out if it can proceed with a much-anticipated project to deepen the main channel for next-generation containerships when the schedule for addressing a legal challenge to the excavation was released Tuesday by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The delay represents a major setback for the city, which wants to become a first port-of-call for carriers transiting from Asia and create...
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| Coast Guard sets safety zone at grain terminal |
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Monday, January 23, 2012
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The Coast Guard has set up a temporary safety zone around the Export Grain Terminal (EGT) located on the Columbia River in Longview, Wash., in anticipation of additional demonstrations by longshoremen and their supporters when the first ships come to load grain at the facility. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union argues that EGT is required to honor a labor agreement with its members, but has hired a subcontractor who is using members of a rival uni...
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| Draft cut in Lower Mississippi after grounding |
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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Pilots are recommending the maximum draft of ships on the Mississippi River be reduced to 42 feet Wednesday morning following the grounding of a vessel at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at Cubits Gap. The Rondeau went aground with an outbound draft of 44 feet. The vessel was refloated at about noon. Normally the channel is maintained to a depth so that ships can load to 45 feet, but draft has been limited to 44 feet because of silting in the channels. The vessel w...
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| U.S. bans import of 4 non-native snakes |
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday said it will ban, effective in late March, the import and interstate transport of four non-native python snakes because of the threat they pose to wildlife in the Florida Everglades and other sensitive ecosystems. The final rule, to be published in the Federal Register in the next few days, lists four constrictor snakes that will be prohibited in the United States to restrict their spread in the wild. They are the B...
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| Bentley: Expand harbor maintenance tax |
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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Bentley Helen Delich Bentley, a former Maryland congresswoman and past chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission, has proposed changing the Harbor Maintenance Tax so that it's collected not only on ocean-borne cargo, but on all freight from foreign sources entering the United States. The tax is not paid by freight entering the United States from Canada or Mexico. A press release said she made her proposal Tuesday evening in Tacoma, Wash.,&nb...
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| U.S. caviar seller runs afoul of Lacey Act |
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday said two Kentuckians and their caviar companies pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio to trafficking in and falsely labeling illegally harvested paddlefish. Steve Kinder and his wife, Cornelia Joyce Kinder, both of Owenton, Ky., owned and operated Kinder Caviar Inc. and Black Star Caviar Co. Those companies were in the business of exporting paddlefish eggs as caviar to customers overseas. ...
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| NIT League urges STB action |
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Monday, January 16, 2012
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The National Industrial Transportation League has renewed a call for reforms so that captive rail shippers have better access to competing railroads. The NIT League filed comments last week with the Surface Transportation Board as part of the agency's review of existing regulations to evaluate their viability and determine whether they are effective in addressing problems faced by railroads and shippers. This effort is part of an overall review being undertaken...
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| Donahue urges focus on economy |
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Friday, January 13, 2012
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The United States can't afford for Congress and the White House to avoid addressing critical issues such as infrastructure and job creation because it is an election year, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donahue said in his annual State of Business speech Thursday. Inaction would be particularly harmful at a time when the economy is still underperforming and unemployment is at 8.5 percent, he said. The head of the world's largest business fed...
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| FMC reviews 19 OTI license applications |
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Friday, January 13, 2012
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The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 19 license applications and changes for review. The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from ADS Air & Ocean Freight, Doral, Fla. (Julieth X. Zapata, operations coordinator); Besco Shippers, Philadelphia (Ludlow Harding, president); Caribbean Shipping Solutions, Stone Mountain, Ga. (Paul S. Philip, vice president of shipping operations); CTS International Logistic, Montreal (Matthew M...
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| Low odds on 2012 highway bill |
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
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Bill Graves, president of the American Trucking Associations, expressed pessimism again Tuesday that Congress will pass a surface transportation reauthorization in 2012 even though it is 2.5 years overdue. A bill to pay for highway and transit infrastructure, and streamline programs, is pending in the Senate and House leaders have expressed interest in finding revenues to bridge the shortfall in highway tax receipts. Many political observers expect C...
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| Increased Chinese bond rider sought |
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
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The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission is proposing to increase the size of the optional bond rider that non-vessel-operating common carriers may file to meet the Chinese government's financial responsibility requirements for businesses wishing to serve in the U.S.-China trade. Both U.S.-based and licensed non-U.S.-based NVOs are required by U.S. regulation to submit proof of financial responsibility in the amount of $75,000, and $10,000 for every additional office they ha...
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| Korean carrier fined for pollution |
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
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The Korean firm Keoje Marine Co. Ltd. and two engineers from the vessel Keoje Tiger pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Honolulu to environmental crimes violations. Keoje Marine was sentenced to pay a $1.15 million criminal penalty, $250,000 of which will go to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation as a community service payment for projects aimed at protecting and restoring marine resources in Hawaii. Keoje Marine pleaded guilty to thre...
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