Ex-Crowley Official Indicted in Puerto Rico Antitrust Case »
3/27/2013 3:06:57 PM
Thomas Farmer, a former executive at Crowley Liner Services, was indicted by a federal grand jury in San Juan on a charge of conspiring with competitors to fix shipping rates in the U.S. mainland-Pue... Read More...
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GAO’s Jones Act Report Is Inconclusive »
3/27/2013 3:00:21 PM
Repealing or amending the Jones Act cabotage law might cut Puerto Rico shipping costs but would have “highly uncertain” impact on competition and the U.S. shipping industry, the General Accountabilit... Read More...
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FMC Seeks Info on Chassis Pool Request »
3/20/2013 3:32:44 PM
The Federal Maritime Commission has asked Consolidated Chassis Management to provide more information on its request to permit lessors, truckers and other equipment contributors to serve on the board... Read More...
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ESC Floats 'Alternative' to Container Weighing »
2/27/2013 4:14:30 PM
The European Shippers Council contends the problem of overweight containers could be solved by giving shippers a “clear deadline” to provide carriers with information on container weights. The ESC fl... Read More...
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Russia Launches Investigation Into Activities of 12 Ship Lines »
2/20/2013 4:38:15 PM
Russian competition regulators have raided the local offices of leading European and Asian ocean carriers as part of a probe into possible cartel activities. The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service said it... Read More...
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FMC Delays Expansion of Transpacific Stabilization Agreement »
2/6/2013 5:09:48 PM
The Federal Maritime Commission has asked the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement for more information on the TSA’s proposed expansion to include westbound as well as eastbound trans-Pacific lines. ... Read More...
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Supreme Court to Hear ATA Challenge of LA Clean-Trucks Program »
1/15/2013 5:36:05 PM
The Supreme Court told the American Trucking Associations and the Port of Los Angeles Friday that it will hear the case involving ATA’s challenge to the concession requirements contained in the port’... Read More...
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TWIC 'Does Not Meet' Defense Department Security Standards »
12/11/2012 10:58:56 PM
The U.S. Department of the Army issued a Federal Register notice that the Transportation Worker Identification Credential can no longer be used to authenticate users for access to certain Department ... Read More...
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Ex-Im Bank, JBIC to Cooperate on US, Japanese Export Sales »
10/31/2012 3:28:13 PM
Officials from the Export-Import Bank of the United States and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation have signed a co-financing agreement to facilitate future export transactions involving com... Read More...
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China Looks to Protect Domestic Shipping Industry »
10/31/2012 3:26:55 PM
China is seeking to protect its domestic shipping industry from foreign competitors, Reuters reports , using new regulations that will block foreign firms from selling services on domestic waterways.... Read More...
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