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The same legislation was introduced once before without ever making it out of the Senate.

Japanese authorities have ordered Yusen Logistics Co. to completely suspend its customs clearance operations.

India’s major ports face a fresh threat of labor stoppages.

The Department of Justice declined to say why CEOs of major carriers were served subpoenas March 15 at the biannual Box Club meeting in San Francisco.

The future of the Compliance, Safety, Accountability or CSA program increasingly is in doubt.

The scandal revolved around a federal police investigation that translates to “The Flesh is Weak.”

The decision on the deal, said to be worth around $4 billion, was due on March 27.

Beyond the headline numbers of multi-billion-dollar investments, Belt and Road is an opaque concept.

The Department of Justice is targeting a “gray area” between its authority and that of the Federal Maritime Commission.

US authorities capitalized on a rare window to exercise their power over non-US-based companies.

Despite President Donald Trump’s aversion to multilateral agreements, TFA holds big benefits for US companies.

The TFA contains sweeping provisions for expediting the movement of goods, and for publishing up-to-date data about rules and regulations critical for speeding up trade facilitation.

A "technical error" could cut $112 million from federal funding for truck safety enforcement programs, raising the risk of high-cost accidents.

“Working together in a cartel ... does not fly with the Commission.”

Brazil formerly had an independent port ministry.

“If we get a cut of what they are talking about, it’s going to be devastating.”

FMC Commissioner Daniel Maffei said he was “disappointed” to learn this week that the 2M and Ocean alliances had decided to forgo emergency funds to protect cargo.

India wants to switch from a point-to-point transportation system to a hub-and-spoke model.

JOC’s 17th Annual TPM Conference was bursting with sharp insights on where the industry is headed and on ways to break the cycle of overcapacity, less-than-spectacular service, and unsustainable rates.

The fines could total $850 million.

The joint customs consultative committee think tank includes industry representatives most impacted by Brexit.

A gradual return to more open domestic and international trade policies provided a small spark to the Brazilian economy in late 2016 and boosts carrier optimism.

“Through these alliances, these groups ... could maintain almost unchanged the status quo that existed before the liberalization of the rail freight sector in Spain.”

Brazil’s government for years now has been concessioning out infrastructure to boost investment and foster modernization.

UPS has not said whether it will seek damages following the ruling.

It could be the first of many rollbacks “consistent with recent executive orders highlighting the benefits of reducing unnecessary and costly regulations” under President Trump.

The cost of low-sulfur fuel can be around 50 percent more expensive than typical bunker fuel.

Shippers’ efforts to push the FMC into a rulemaking relies on antiquated evidence that predates the advent of containerized shipping, carriers said.

The Russian Federal Customs Service is trying to make itself more efficient.

Much depends on the actions of President Donald Trump.

“Studies estimate that the TFA will cut the average cost of exporting by some 14 percent."

The latest action underscores how aggressively the government is pushing to increase direct port delivery shipments.

Eimskip said it has 15 working days to reply to the preliminary objection.

More than 60 trucking groups joined to ask the new US transportation secretary to immediately rescind a key rule in the Compliance, Safety, Accountability, or CSA, initiative.

There is some contention over how much support the rollback has among shippers.

A senior source close the matter told JOC.com that the government of Hong Kong had made its concerns known over such changes to Beijing.

India’s leading transportation and logistics companies booked healthy results in the third fiscal quarter compared with the second.

Strong trade compliance protocols and abilities are critical to success in e-commerce.

Members of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism account for over 54 percent, by value, of what is imported into the United States.

Very little is known about Trump’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan.