Transport, Trade and Regulation News

It took the Competition Commission of Hong Kong almost two years to grant liners a block exemption from anti-trust laws, but the exemption order has been greeted with grumbling by shippers and carriers.

It took the Hong Kong regulator almost two years to grant liner shipping a five-year block exemption from complying with the Competition Ordinance, but it starts today.

“The congestion in Chittagong port has gone beyond the tolerable limit.”

The US administration under President Donald Trump may have generated shockwaves elsewhere, but little has changed when it comes to Customs cargo clearance.

The Bangladesh government is welcoming private sector investments in inland container terminals.

Washington State’s two senators asked in August 2011 for a study of potential cargo diversions after hearing their states’ ports might be losing business to Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

Brazil’s container trade grew 5.8 percent year-over-year in the first quarter.

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) has combined with other ease-of-doing-business measures to speed the movement of truckers.

It is going to take government support and new business practices to boost US exports, and even then, it is going to be tough haul.

US containerized exports are on the upswing, a boon not just to shippers of goods and commodities such as cotton and poultry, but also to the railroads, marine terminals, and container lines hungry to ship anything but empties to Asia.

Mexican trucking companies are urging lawmakers to stiffen penalties against cargo robberies.

The EU’s executive said it is also assessing tax breaks for other ports in the 28-nation bloc.

The Moscow Arbitration Court found the FAS’ evidence in the case against NCSP unconvincing.

The Manila-listed mid-sized terminal operator was one of two companies competing to win the concession.

The new process follows the cancellation of a previous tender that had only one pre-qualified bidder.

The authority said the Netherlands is the only country whose ports have been ordered by the European Union to pay corporation tax.

Container ships' average time in port for the month of July rose more than three hours in just the last week.

The government of India is stepping up efforts to build an array of multimodal logistics facilities across the nation.

The government wants to develop a high capacity, low unit cost shipping network.

If the ban takes effect, US exporters of these commodities will lose access to the destination where they shipped 77.8 percent of their products last year.

McCain first introduced a Jones Act repeal bill in 2010.

Trade disputes are driving US exporters of dried distillers grains (DDGs) to overhaul their supply chains.

A key House committee wants the Department of Transportation to consider delaying its electronic logging mandate, adding more uncertainty to the debate about the regulation, which takes effect in December.

“The coastal shipping deal will reduce cost as well as time. To us, time is also money.”

The project is capable of handling cargo, passenger ferries, and fishing vessels.

A leaked government report supported by the International Monetary Fund lies at the heart of the matter.

The pace of growth in fiscal year 2017 will accelerate from fiscal 2016.

“As a single qualified applicant was left, the present RFQ [request for qualification] had to be scrapped.”

The EU court was expected to impose a penalty of around 24 million euros.

The first consignment of US beef to be imported by China in 14 years is just days away from arriving in the country.

China’s cold chain is growing at a phenomenal rate.

“What information is available today? What information do you need to act?”

Project shippers and carriers hope the Export-Import Bank of the United States, a political football for years, can get off the sidelines soon.

Steel accounts for 9.5 percent of US breakbulk volumes by dollar value, and is a primary commodity at ports including Houston; New Orleans; Mobile; Brownsville, Texas; and on the Delaware River.

India’s controversial decision to tax imports is increasing the financial pressure on transport services providers.

By design, blockchain resists regulatory oversight.

Marine terminals are reluctant to jump aboard until they get guarantees on data safety.

This week’s mess was the latest pain point for users exasperated with the transition to the Automated Commercial Environment.

Black Sea shippers are turning to Ukrainian gateways.