US businesses big and small made a fresh push for the Biden administration to remove Trump-era tariffs on Chinese goods as the government considers a formal extension on the hundreds of billions of dollars in levies (source: AJOT).
READ MORE >A final ground handling agent at Chicago O’Hare International Airport has reached a required labor agreement and will continue cargo operations, sparing several cargo airlines from potential service interruptions. The Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) on Tuesday notified freighter operators…
READ MORE >A Sustained Import Dwell Fee will go into effect at Port Houston on February 1, 2023, to help maintain fluidity and address long-term dwell. The $45 fee will be charged per unit per day starting on the eighth day after…
READ MORE >As part of its dismantling of its zero-Covid policy, Beijing has allowed travel in and out of the country, with transport officials also allowing crew leaving or joining ships in China to no longer quarantine. Seafarers coming from overseas must…
READ MORE >Britain is experiencing a wave of industrial actions as pay rises fail to keep up with double-digit inflation, which is now around 40-year highs. Nurses, ambulance staff and rail workers are among those who have staged walkouts (source: Reuters).
READ MORE >Some of London’s biggest railway stations were shut on January 5, while airports such as Gatwick are also deprived of any train services, as workers strike again and union bosses warn of more industrial action to come (source: AJOT).
READ MORE >Following an article published in FreightWaves, the Airforwarders Association says that it is engaging with cargo handlers at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and arranging a neutral meeting with city officials to avoid any freight handling disruption that could adversely impact…
READ MORE >With new regulations becoming effective on January 1, dangerous goods professionals must study and adapt. The regulations operate on a two-year cycle, so the new road (ADR), rail (RID), sea (IMDG) and air (ICAO Technical Instructions) regulations begin to replace…
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