Sequestration cuts start to bite
NewsUS ports are starting to feel the impact of the series of across-the-board cuts to federal agency budgets...
Clean Truck Programs challenged
NewsThe Supreme Court in Washington, DC will hear a case brought by the American Trucking Associations againt the Los Angeles CTP...
Dredging lead time cut for US ports
NewsThe South Carolina State Ports Authority (SCSPA) is claiming that Charleston will be the first US port to benefit from new “streamlined”...
SSA Marine fined over death
NewsSSA Marine has been cited with five safety violations and fined US$92,100 over the death of a longshoreman at the Port of Long Beach in Janu...
Ballast water row in Great Lakes
NewsThe City of St Catharines (Port Dalhousie) in Ontario has come out against new New York State ballast water laws...
Landmark for San Pedro Bay ports’ CTPs
NewsAll remaining pre-2007 container drayage trucks will be banned from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach from January 1, 2012, marking th...
US FMC ports Inquiry – a cool response
NewsThree US trade bodies have advised the Federal Maritime Commission that while the Harbor Maintenance Tax ( may be one factor that has led to...
Bi-partisan "caucus" for ports in US Congress
NewsJanice Hahn (D-CA) and Ted Poe (R-TX) have formed a bi-partisan House Ports Opportunity, Renewal, Trade, and Security (PORTS) Caucus...
NITL calls for switching reform
NewsThe US National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) has filed a petition with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) asking it to adopt ...
Horizon plea bargaining deal
NewsHorizon Lines, Inc has entered into a plea agreement with the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice and will pay a fine of US$4...
Obama’s US$50B transport infrastructure plan
NewsUS President Obama has announced a US$50B, 6-year proposal to expand and rebuild the nation‘s roadways, railways and runways...
FMC seeks to enjoin San Pedro Bay ports’ Clean Truck Program
NewsThe US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) in a 2-1 decision has agreed to seek a court-ordered injunction of the concession truck agreement p...
Container seal regulations start to bite
NewsThe container security issue remains very high profile, with certain key developments already shaping 2005. One of the most important of the...
INTTRA growth boost from CSI
NewsShipping portal INTTRA reports that the new US Customs Container Security Initiative CSI) regulations, which require that shipping instructi...
Problems for LA terminal
NewsEnvironmental groups have lodged an appeal against the decision of US District Court Judge Margaret Morrow not to extend the restraining ord...