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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Ports America To Exit Port Of Oakland, Invest Elsewhere

Ports America is active in planning its expansion and investment opportunities in its existing locations at both the Port of Tacoma and the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Idle cranes at the Port of Oakland.

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Rail & Intermodal

Canadian Pacific Petitions Justice Department In Norfolk Southern Corp. Takeover Bid

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC)

CP is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to review recent actions by a number of major U.S. railroads who have stated publicly that they are organizing a collective campaign to block significant mergers in the railroad industry.

CP believes it is unfortunate that the company must take the very serious step of writing to the Department of Justice but ultimately concluded the unprecedented action of major competitors organizing to block a new entrant from enhancing competition to the U.S. merited the attention of the antitrust authorities.

U.S. Xpress Boosts Pay 13.5% For Safe OTR Drivers

U.S. Xpress implemented this pay raise to ensure the company continues to recruit and retain the industry’s most elite and safe drivers.

Starting on March 1st, 2016, U.S. Xpress will implement the safety performance-based pay scale where all OTR solo drivers who have 12 months safe driving record and are accident, CSA violation and ticket free, will earn an additional 13.5 percent. With this pay increase, a safe driver with 5 years of experience could make over $70,000 total compensation.

FMCSA Announces Stricter Safety Rules For Trucks

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)

The proposal would update FMCSA’s safety fitness rating methodology by integrating on-road safety data from inspections, along with the results of carrier investigations and crash reports, to determine a motor carrier’s overall safety fitness each month.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced a rulemaking proposal designed to enhance the agency’s ability to identify non-compliant motor carriers.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Amazon Moves Into Ocean Freight Forwarding

The Seattle retailer registered itself with a federal agency overseeing ocean transportation, a step towards allowing it to serve as an intermediary for suppliers shipping merchandise in or out of the U.S.

A slowdown in Chinese economic growth has hammered the global shipping industry, which exited the Great Recession to take advantage of low interest rates to buy new ships to handle a rising amount of coal, iron ore and consumer goods. But as China’s factories scale back and the economies of Europe and North America gear down, the amount of cargo traversing the oceans has slowed.

Low Diesel Prices Give Leverage To Shippers Over Carriers

With the price of fuel down 25 percent, providers of truckload and less-than-truckload services have been forced to slash prices.

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CSX: Rail Pricing Pressure Close To Recession Levels

CSX Corporation Inc.

Railroads are facing stiffer competition from trucks, as low fuel prices have made hauling containers and trailers cheaper, which has dampened growth in rails’ all-important intermodal business.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Study: Trans-Pacific Trade Pact To Favor Japan, Vietnam And Malaysia

Japan, Vietnam and Malaysia are set to get a big economic boost from a sweeping Pacific trade agreement concluded in October, while the U.S. and other North American countries would see much smaller gains from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

If the Pacific agreement is enacted, Vietnam would get the biggest percentage boost to its economy—about 10 percent by 2030—as its textiles and apparel industry gets new preferential access to the U.S. and other major markets. Japan would see extra economic growth of 2.7 percent by 2030 while the U.S. could expect additional economic growth of 0.4 percent by 2030, according to the study, released by the World Bank.

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Virginia Port Signs First U.S. Port Trade Agreement With Cuba

Port of Virginia

The recently-opened Mariel Port, just west of Havana, aims to become a major shipping center as larger ships pass through the Panama Canal and use it as a logistical hub.

Governor McAuliffe (third from left, back row) and the Port of Virginia delegation witnessing the signing of MOU between the Port of Virginia and the Cuban National Port Authority.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Featured In Food Logistics: Florida Prepared For Perishables

Florida is home to four of the country’s 10 fastest growing ports, and when the Post-Panamax ships start crossing the expanded canal sometime in the spring of 2016, those numbers are only going to rise.

Crowley employees in Guatemala prepare fresh produce for shipment to the United States.

Independent Truckers Sue To Halt ELD Mandate

Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA)

“This rule has the potential to have the single largest, most negative impact on the industry than anything else done by FMCSA,” said Jim Johnston, OOIDA president and CEO.

OOIDA previously challenged a similar mandate in the courts. In August 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit vacated a proposed electronic logbook rule based on the argument of harassment of drivers.

Tracking The Future Of Food Logistics

A focus on transportation fundamentals contrasted with developments in food safety and security, telematics, the IoT, grocery e-commerce, and new ways to think about agriculture and consumption are leading the list.

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