Archive: enero 2023

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…

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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).

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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…

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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…

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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).

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