Archive: enero 2023
enero 25, 2023
EMO-TRANS GmbH Announces ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management Certification
EMO-TRANS GmbH was pleased to announce in December that it had successfully achieved ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management Certification. “With a globally growing environmental consciousness and the rapidly increasing costs of resources, a workable Environmental Management System (EMS) can create an…
READ MORE >enero 25, 2023
Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Overhaul US Trucking System
The Safer Highways and Increased Performance for Interstate Trucking (SHIP IT) Act would offer truck drivers up to $10,000 in tax credits and training incentives as part of new bipartisan legislation aimed at retaining and recruiting drivers. The SHIP IT…
READ MORE >enero 25, 2023
US Firms Renew Plea to End China Tariffs
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 >enero 18, 2023
Chicago O’Hare Avoids Labor and Cargo Disruption
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 >enero 13, 2023
Port of Houston Plans to Implement Dwell Fee on February 1
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 >enero 10, 2023
China’s Reopening Seen as Positive for Shipping
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 >enero 10, 2023
UK Government Seeks to Curb Effects of Industrial Actions
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 >enero 5, 2023
Worst Day of UK Train Strikes Hits
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 >enero 5, 2023
AfA Engages Involved Parties to Avoid Cargo Handling Disruption in Chicago
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…
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