Indictment alleges that a CBP officer who worked in Canada kept U.S. government allowances for a home lease and children’s schooling.
The senators said problems with the process to request exclusions from duties on steel and aluminum include slow response and unclear communication.
The WTO Appellate Body upheld an October 2016 dispute panel ruling striking down a Mexican claim that U.S. labeling of tuna as “dolphin-safe” is discriminatory.
The order took effect Monday and will remain in effect through June of next year.
Suit alleging millions in DoD overcharges centers on proper reweighing.
The charges are growing but there are signs that this lengthy dispute may be coming to an end.
“The biggest takeaway is we’ve got a systemic labor problem. We don’t see a simple solution.”
EBE Technologies demonstrated their latest application at MarketWaves18 for capturing document images on-the-road and integrating it with a trucking company’s systems for enhanced data and document processing.
applya Occupational Strategies (AOS), a leading employment screening technology company, announced today that it has joined the Blockchain in Transportation Alliance (BiTA).
Eric Baird, who once led Access USA Shipping, received the largest civil penalty imposed on an individual in the Commerce Department agency’s history.
Members of the U.S. ag industry during an interagency hearing pushed for agriculture to be included in U.S.-EU trade talks, which runs against the desires of EU officials.
If driver wages are eliminated, total cost of ownership will fall. But capacity will saturate the market and rates will crash. In the end, trucking will still be a capital-intensive and low-margin industry.
The move fulfills a key agreement reached during a meeting with the U.S. delegation on the sidelines of the G20 summit earlier this month.
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security said it received numerous requests to put off the deadline for a month.
Chris Buffone speaks at MarketWaves on Drivewyze’s service in weigh station bypass to help drivers save time and money.
From driver health concerns to snow build-up on equipment, braving the winter months often requires carriers to plan in advance. Spireon hosted a webinar in collaboration with FreightWaves earlier this week to offer carriers tips on how to best prepare their drivers and their fleets for winter weather.
FreightWaves announced the Freight.Tech 25 at MarketWaves 18 last month. The list highlights the most innovative and disruptive companies in transportation and logistics. Digital freight broker Loadsmart snagged the number 22 spot on the list with its automated platform, which allows for server-to-server booking with no human interaction.
MarketWaves features DLT Labs presenting Asset Track platform to increase transparency and communication between shippers and carriers.
Vector helps streamline trucking operations by digitizing paperwork and assists carriers and shippers in expediting workflow communication.
Recent results show that retail activity continued to expand in November, in a sign that one of the key components of freight demand remains healthy at the end of the year. Results from the manufacturing sector were far less encouraging however, as activity stalled during the month.
How do you prepare for a seismic event experts predict will unleash the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States?
Information about that data is more needed; box moves strong at Port of Los Angeles, but peak season in rearview mirror.
A number of analysts have stepped forward and issued counterarguments to a negative report on Thursday about XPO, and the company itself has announced a share buyback program.
Jack Levis, the father of UPS’ ORION software
We dig into the latest negative news cycle, and what challenges blockchain faces heading into 2019.
China’s COSCO Shipping is being forced to sell the facility as part of its acquisition of container carrier Orient Overseas Container Line this summer.
Russel Jones, CEO of Cargo Chief, demonstrates C4 platform at MarketWaves 18: automated load-matching technology that levels the playing field among freight brokerages.
Svindland expects to be back at work in early January.
XPO Logistics has disputed the content of a report from Spruce Point Capital Management, a noted short-seller of stocks, that claims XPO has “perpetuated a massive financial scheme on the public.”
EchoShip is one of four parts of an integrated offering for the leading 3PL.
TRUX believes it has built the solution that will disrupt the construction trades and give these underserved markets the transparency and efficiency they are lacking.
In partnership with Reliance Partners …It’s not just hackers and security that can lead to a “cyber” problem. Exposures are vast. Just having an internet presence and shared databases creates exposure. Awareness is essential to managing risk.
The Chattanooga-based team at Block Array have launched a blockchain product they call FreightTrust, legal platform for shipping documents.
The port sector has been much slower to adopt automation programs than comparable industries, according to a new report from McKinsey & Co.
Jereh Group employees used an elaborate export scheme involving intermediaries to bypass U.S. Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations.
Deputy National Economic Council Director Clete Willems during a speech Thursday emphasized the structural economic reforms the U.S. wants to see in China.
Leading freight exchange marketplace celebrates 40th anniversary with market and software innovations.
Cannabis is now legal in 10 states, but getting pot delivered to your home is not exactly like calling Uber Eats. And for would-be entrepreneurs, securing a license to deliver pot is no easy task.
German OEM major MAN Truck & Bus is investing heavily in clean mobility, and is now collaborating with the CNL consortium for testing 26-tonne electric trucks.
Glider kit investigations initiated by Democrats and Republicans are expected to be concluded in early 2019.
Investors are pumping millions into on-demand transit startups working in taxi-hailing and e-scooter sharing, but questions still remain if they can turn in positive bottom lines in the years to come.
CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan tells Senate Judiciary Committee his agency would need at least $300 million annually to increase scanning at ports of entry.
Transportation Secretary Chao says the funding will support road, rail, transit and port infrastructure projects across the country.
The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement eliminates most of the 1 billion euros currently paid by European companies in Japanese import tariffs.
Data on producer prices shows that overall inflation pressure calmed in November, weighed down by declines in gasoline prices. Industry detail showed that trucking rates continues to surge, however, driven by another large gain in long-distance trucking rates.
An Eaton clutch defect leads to a recall of International truck models and other OEMs may have to follow suit, plus Amazon Air takes off and intermodal growth being driven by inland ports.
Founded in 2014, the company replaces legacy telematics solutions with a revolutionary IoT ecosystem designed to unlock the value of disconnected data streams throughout the transportation and logistics industry.
As barge rates slump in the face of increased rainfall, the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine (CCNR) has warned that Rhine River water levels could fall again in December.
Preparations by the freight industry to cope with the UK’s exit from the European Union (EU) were thrown into more turmoil by Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to delay the Brexit debate indefinitely.
BIC Corp. is seeking a general exclusion order for imports of several different brands of lighters.
Information will be used to prepare certification to Congress on whether chemical, biotechnology and pharmaceutical firms are harmed by the convention’s implementation.
A major port operator in Australia is being sued in the nation’s Federal Court by the national competition watchdog, alleging an anti-competitive deal with a state government.
Keeping track of a week-long series of events that on the surface should be driving prices higher.
Pilot tests are being run now on the most basic aspect of platooning technology, but there’s more to come.
But container volumes still going strong this quarter as U.S.-China hash out deal; but first quarter likely to see slowdown.
Merge Transit is a spot market agency that helps owner-operators and small fleets reduce inefficiencies in their business, and looks to automate the process of dispatching.
KeepTruckin continues to expand its leadership team as it works to build out new solutions for drivers, taking advantage of the data now available to it.
In the first government self-initiated AD/CVD case since 1985, the ITC voted 5-0 that imports of common alloy aluminum sheet from China materially injure U.S. industry.
Zoof-It, a Netherlands-based company that provides a last-mile blockchain platform that instantly rewards for parcel delivery in a convenient, inexpensive and responsible way, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
With the market data available on SONAR, we have ability to see all the ebbs and flows of freight movement happen in real-time.
Cowen expects softening trucking prices in 2019 to be a headwind for truckload carrier earnings, but should widen gross margins for freight brokerages.
Determining the commodity jurisdiction and classification of a product is the most critical component of any export compliance program.
Robust customs provisions as part of any agreement would play a crucial role in bilateral trade, industry members said during an International Trade Commission hearing.
The likely future House speaker indicated she is examining labor and environment provisions to determine whether they will be enforceable in practice.
Main U.S. maritime agency’s probe into practices of ocean carriers and terminals winds down, but no changes yet seen.
Trucker Tools CEO Prasad Gollapalli discussed his company’s Smart Capacity product with users; the platform is designed to make freight brokers more efficient and profitable.
Zipline has focused on humanitarian needs, delivering medical supplies to rural communities around the world.
Job growth slowed in November after an impressive gain in the previous month, but signals from wages and unemployment suggest that labor market conditions remain generally healthy. The transportation and logistics industry had another strong month of hiring, with impressive job gains from trucking, parcel, and warehousing companies.
Lyft announces intentions to offer an IPO in 2019
McLeod Software has been at the forefront of ERP technology, servicing the whole spectrum of what lies within the core business of companies in the trucking ecosystem.
If you don’t answer, if you don’t look into their eyes, you lose.”
The agency received positive feedback from a recent use case examining NAFTA/CAFTA certificates of origin, a CBP official said Wednesday.
Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested Saturday in Canada, is expected to be extradited to the U.S. to face charges.
After unveiling its full-scale passenger hyperloop capsule in October, HyperloopTT is at the thick of things again, now partnering with Hamburg port terminal operator HHLA for a possible cargo hyperloop route.
New service aims to provide smaller shippers more certainty when booking ocean freight.
Consultants foresee increased economic links between Russia and China.
After an unprecedented acquisition spree, XPO Logistics focused on IT. Here, robots move smartphones in an XPO facility.
Aries Worldwide Logistics, a Houston-based international logistics provider with over 34 years of experience, announced that the company joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
The WTO Dispute Settlement Body on Tuesday agreed to form panels requested by India and Switzerland.
Saudi Arabia and Russia agree on further production cuts to prop up crude prices; Qatar leaves OPEC to focus on nat gas; heavy sweet crudes are trading at a premium in anticipation of IMO 2020.
Company makes first acquisition in its history and creates a global footprint.
Canadian province tackles stricter driver training and Chinese goods to Europe move along the world’s longest freight route. Plus Uptake takes innovation award and improving truck driving jobs.
Using the power of the crowds to create a successful mapping tool.
Mercitalia, Italy’s largest freight railway company has unveiled ETR 500, a high-speed cargo train that connects Bologna with Naples. Authorities state that this would negate 9,000 truck trips annually, cutting nearly 80% of carbon emissions associated with carrying an equivalent load on road.
Changes being implemented were enacted through tax reform legislation signed late last year.
Ocean Alliance carrier will add Port Tampa Bay to the rotation of its transpacific Gulf of Mexico Express service.
“The Northeast Georgia Inland Port will be situated in the heart of the manufacturing and logistics corridor along Interstate 85” in Hall County, says Gov. Nathan Deal.
The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee was set to meet Wednesday, when the government will be closed in observance of George H.W. Bush’s death.
Eamonn Killeen tapped to lead real estate division; Vincent Touya selected as managing director.
The second edition of Tariff Negotiations and Renegotiations under the GATT and WTO follows the original published in 2001.
“I am convinced this transitional stage is going to give us huge opportunities for our country, and we are ready to face them.”
App allows drivers to review facilities, fostering better dialogue between two sides of freight transaction.
It seemed like the stuff of posturing and hot air. It was hard to see anything substantive changing from the weekend meetings of the G20 nations in Argentina. Will something more than kicking-the-can come from the concessions?
Spireon has patented its technology approach to managing an automotive dealership’s vehicle inventory by pairing a tracking device to a vehicle, making this the 30th patent secured by Spireon for advanced connected vehicle technologies.
We spoke to Uber Freight Product Manager Stefan Sohlstrom and Convoy’s Chief Product Officer, Ziad Ismail, about last week’s releases and what increased transparency means for the brokerage industry.
The American and Chinese leaders agreed to de-escalate trade tensions, including holding off on additional tariffs, but different factors could detract from the truce.
Alaska Railroad remains shut down, but neither TOTE Maritime Alaska nor Matson reports injuries or damage.
Maritime port authorities say they are under pressure from Customs and Border Protection to build new on-site facilities for the agency’s officers.
He told reporters aboard Air Force One that he’s making the move in an effort to push Congress to pass the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Restricted party screening software should be viewed by U.S. exporters as one tool within a multidimensional export compliance approach.
