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04
Mar
Cargo diverted from West Coast ports may not return
Over the past few months as congestion and delays grew at West Coast ports, shippers using the West Coast ports began to divert more and more cargo to the East Coast ports in anticipation of a possible port strike and […]
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27
Feb
Eastbound Pacific carriers seek double GRIs to recover from congestion
To recover from congestion, ocean carriers seek double GRI’s On Wednesday, shipping lines in the eastbound pacific announced their intentions to raise ocean freight rates $600 per FEU (forty-foot equivalent unit) on March 9th, and also announced an additional $600 […]
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17
Feb
Labor Secretary sent to West Coast for Port Negotiations
The White House announced last Saturday that they would intervene to seek an end to a labor dispute which has led to costly delays in West Coast shipping. U.S. Secretary of Labor Tom Perez was sent on Monday to San […]
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27
Jan
Progress in West Coast Port Talks
The Pacific Maritime Association said Monday afternoon that a “tentative agreement was reached on the chassis topic” with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union during contract talks on Sunday. A spokesman for the employer group Pacific Maritime Assn., also said […]
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22
Jan
The DOT Has Granted Mexican Trucks Full Access to the US
In the most recent LTL Freight controversies, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) conducted a pilot program between October 14, 2011, and October 10, 2014, that was part of FMCSA’s implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). […]
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22
Jan
Customs and Border Protection Withdrawals First Sale Proposal
The First Sales rule allows an importer to base the value of imported finished goods for purposes of duty on the cost of the product at the first sale, typically to a middleman under the First Sale scenario, rather than […]
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