by Audrey Chaney | Jun 21, 2021 | News & Events
The U.S. and the European Union agreed to suspend their trade dispute over government subsidies to Boeing Co. and Airbus SE , significantly easing trade tensions amid a broader effort to improve trans-Atlantic relations. The agreement would lift for five years...
by Audrey Chaney | Jun 21, 2021 | News & Events
Continued increases in freight volumes, chassis shortages, and gridlock at US rail ramps have created an inland rail crisis in Memphis. These issues have led to significant costs, delays, and overwhelmed infrastructure. Mallory Alexander’s Domestic Trucking...
by Audrey Chaney | Jun 21, 2021 | News & Events
Legislation being drafted by members of the U.S. House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee (House T&I) would require ocean carriers to accept all U.S. export container bookings. Proposed by John Garamendi, D-Calif., and Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., the...
by Audrey Chaney | Jun 15, 2021 | News & Events
Three weeks before new security rules go into effect for all export cargo moving by air, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has finalized plans giving businesses the ability to opt out of screening every shipment prior to loading if their facilities have...
by Audrey Chaney | Jun 15, 2021 | News & Events
Just days before a critical hearing before the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation about the crisis facing American importers, the Agriculture Transportation Coalition (AgTC) has submitted three legislative proposals to enforce the carriage of...
by Audrey Chaney | Jun 15, 2021 | News & Events
The availability of containers at southern Chinese ports continues to deteriorate as carriers omit calls due to a wave of COVID outbreaks in Guangzhou province. According to the latest data, the ports of Yantian, Shekou and Nansha have been hit worst by the box...