<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>When Maersk Line CEO Soren Skou told the JOC’s TPM Conference in March that nearly 12 percent of container industry invoices are inaccurate, shippers took notice. It has been, after all, Maersk Line’s “highest customer service issue for some time,” one that potentially costs ocean carrier customers millions of dollars a year.</p></div>

When Maersk Line CEO Soren Skou told the JOC’s TPM Conference in March that nearly 12 percent of container industry invoices are inaccurate, shippers took notice. It has been, after all, Maersk Line’s “highest customer service issue for some time,” one that potentially costs ocean carrier customers millions of dollars a year.

<div><div><img></div><p>When Maersk Line CEO Soren Skou told the JOC’s TPM Conference in March that nearly 12 percent of container industry invoices are inaccurate, shippers took notice. It has been, after all, Maersk Line’s “highest customer service issue for some time,” one that potentially costs ocean carrier customers millions of dollars a year.</p><p>With rate volatility only intensifying, be it on the spot market or through the various general rate increases carriers have imposed with varying degrees of success, the challenge to ensure accuracy in billing is only getting tougher. Errors and discrepancies are rampant and drive up costs for shippers, who...

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Elizabeth Warren and Mark Kelly want the Trump administration to reinstate port fees against China’s maritime industry after their one-year suspension expires in November.</p></div>

Elizabeth Warren and Mark Kelly want the Trump administration to reinstate port fees against China’s maritime industry after their one-year suspension expires in November.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>The company is dealing with the fallout from a $77 million accounting error that has delayed its financial reporting, led to the departures of its CFO and COO, and is possibly behind slow payments to some third-party vendors. </p></div>

The company is dealing with the fallout from a $77 million accounting error that has delayed its financial reporting, led to the departures of its CFO and COO, and is possibly behind slow payments to some third-party vendors.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>The Canadian Trucking Alliance estimates that worker misclassification deprives federal and provincial governments of more than C$1 billion annually in tax revenue, while safety concerns also grow.</p></div>

The Canadian Trucking Alliance estimates that worker misclassification deprives federal and provincial governments of more than C$1 billion annually in tax revenue, while safety concerns also grow.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>The National Retail Federation on Monday upgraded its previous forecast for June imports, but lowered expectations for imports landing through the rest of the summer and into early fall.</p></div>

The National Retail Federation on Monday upgraded its previous forecast for June imports, but lowered expectations for imports landing through the rest of the summer and into early fall.

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