U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Un Hag Baeg, a South Korean national living in Southern California, defrauded the U.S. government out of $13 million in excise taxes on 143 million cigarettes.
Union Pacific names vice president and treasurer, vice president-planning and analysis, and vice president-tax; and Crane Worldwide Logistics hires vice president, ocean products.
After making landfall in Louisiana as a category 1 hurricane, Nate weakened to a tropical storm shortly after, resulting in minimal structural damage and allowing U.S. Gulf Coast ports to reopen over the weekend.
“Streamlining Permitting and Regulatory Burdens for American Manufacturing” The report, “Streamlining Permitting and Regulatory Burdens for American Manufacturers,” that was submitted to President Donald Trump, has been released and identifies 20 sets of regulations and permitting issues as being a top priority for reform and immediate action to begin unleashing of the domestic manufacturing industry. […]
Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier called the U.S. Commerce Department’s dumping investigation “an egregious overreach and misapplication of the U.S. trade laws in an apparent attempt to block the C Series aircraft from entering the U.S. market.”
According to the Jacksonville, Fla.-based Class I railroad’s most-recent internal performance report, system-wide train velocity on CSX’s 21,000-mile network has increased by about 16 percent since mid-July.
The Silicon Valley freight forwarder recently confirmed a long-known Series C funding of more than $110 million and a $800 million valuation, a sign that investment in logistics technology is accelerating.
The proposed national labor contract includes an immediate wage increase of 4 percent, with an additional 2.5 percent increase six months later on July 1, 2018 and an additional 3 percent per year after that, starting on July 1, 2019.
The ocean carrier has launched its Eagle GO Guaranteed product, which assures equipment and vessel space for customers on 20 of its Asia-North America services.
Given the effect natural disasters can have on global supply chains, the best course of action for those in the shipping industry is to always have clear backup plans, according to Gary Cardenas, president of TOC Logistics International.
Total third-party logistics revenues are expected to jump from $802.2 billion in 2016 to over $1.1 trillion in 2022, according to a recent report from consulting firm Armstrong & Associates.
Belgian postal operator bpost will acquire 100 percent of the shares of Radial, an integrated e-commerce logistics and omnichannel technology solutions provider, for an enterprise value of $820 million, the companies said in a joint statement Monday.
The electric automaker will focus on solving current production issues with its Model 3 car, along with Hurricane Maria relief efforts in Puerto Rico, before releasing its long-awaited semi truck, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet last week.
The Northern California port handled 79,135 TEUs of containerized imports during the month, a 12.6 percent jump from September 2016, according to recent data from the Port of Oakland.
Hong Kong and Memphis, Tenn. ranked first and second, respectively, for the busiest air cargo airports, with 4.6 and 4.3 million metric tons of cargo in 2016, according to a new report from Airports Council International (ACI).
Six electronic logging device (ELD) providers are partnering with the website truckstop.com on a new ELD marketplace to connect drivers, carriers, and fleets with ELD providers to suit their needs in advance of the December ELD mandate implementation date.
The Arkansas port has begun construction on a $10.9 million intermodal project, which will connect the port to two major highways and two Class I railroads, according to a report from the Memphis Business Journal.
Consolidated Chassis Management names new president, and SEKO Logistics hires chief commercial officer.
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has unanimously determined that large residential washing machines are being imported into the United States at such increased quantities that they have caused serious injury to domestic producers.
Regulated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and hired by importers to facilitate the cross-border movement of goods into the United States, U.S. customs brokers play an integral and instrumental role in keeping the national supply chain secure.
