A surge in demand is coming for diesel and related fuels as shipping companies close in on a deadline to reduce sulfur emissions, according to Transport Topics. The International Maritime Organization in London is requiring all marine fuel to be…
READ MORE >The International Trade Administration, the Bureau of Industry and Security, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative would get additional resources to conduct trade enforcement operations in a fiscal year 2019 appropriations bill approved June 14 by the Senate…
READ MORE >Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. (ONE) has taken delivery of its first new container vessel, the 14,000 TEU ONE Stork. According to ONE, the ship was built at the Kure Shipyard of Japan Marine United Corporation and features the Japanese…
READ MORE >The Department of Homeland Security’s Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) Program went into effect on June 12, 2018, requiring the submission of advanced air cargo information on shipments arriving in the United States from a foreign location. Previously a voluntary process in which…
READ MORE >The Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration will host a public meeting June 12 in Washington, D.C., to gather public input on current proposals and discuss potential new work items for inclusion in the agenda of the…
READ MORE >The Journal of Commerce reported today that the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) concluded months of sometimes rocky negotiations by agreeing on a tentative six-year master contract for East and Gulf coast dockworkers. The deal, if approved…
READ MORE >The Pacific Alliance, which includes Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, held in mid-May a fourth round of talks on a set of ambitious and broad-ranging free trade agreements with Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Singapore.
READ MORE >Canadian Pacific says it reached a tentative four-year agreement with CP conductors and locomotive engineers and a five-year agreement with its Kootenay Valley Railway (KVR) conductors and locomotive engineers on Wednesday. Full operations are expected to resume Thursday across Canada…
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