A dispute settlement panel agreed with the United States, finding that China violated numerous WTO obligations in conducting its investigations and imposing antidumping and countervailing duties on U.S. chicken imports.
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency and George Washington University signed a memorandum of understanding establishing a partnership to develop the Global Procurement Initiative: Understanding Best Value. The Initiative is designed to share best practices in procurement with officials from emerging economies to “foster fair and transparent procurement systems that use best-value determination […]
Senate confirmation was reached Friday on three key U.S. Commerce Department posts. Ellen Herbst was confirmed as Commerce assistant secretary for administration and chief financial officer. She has served in the department since 2005, starting as director of the National Technical Information Service and then senior advisor to the deputy secretary of Commerce beginning […]
Two Democratic Capitol Hill lawmakers from New York, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, introduced legislation Thursday that they said will “update federal law to ensure that ports can enact and enforce Clean Truck programs.”
NYK Line said that effective Sept. 2 it will implement a chassis provision charge (CPC) for motor carrier transport moving under NYK import or export merchant haulage bills of lading when chassis from the South Atlantic Chassis Pool are used. The CPC will be $14.50 per chassis per day charged directly to motor […]
French liner carrier CMA CGM said it has “signed for the acquisition” of three more 16,000-TEU ships. A spokeswoman said the ships will be delivered in the second half of 2015 and that the company is “envisaging to add three others hopefully for end 2015.” The first three 16,000-TEU ships – Marco […]
Alabama’s Gov. Robert Bentley named Angus R. Cooper III to the Alabama State Port Authority board’s at-large seat and chairman. In a concurrent gubernatorial action, Bentley also appointed Tim Parker III to the board’s Central Region. Both appointments are five-year terms and are effective Aug. 1. Established by state legislative act in […]
Roanoke Trade Services is advising freight forwarders and property brokers that they need to “re-comply” with new permitting and bonding mandate put forth in the 2012 highway reauthorization bill, known as MAP 21.
GSP is designed to promote economic growth in the developing world by providing preferential, duty-free entry for up to 5,000 products when imported from one of 127 designated beneficiary countries and territories.
The European Union will continue to provide U.S. beef producers with significant access, at zero duty, to the EU market for high-quality beef produced from non-hormone-treated cattle. The United States and European Union are planning to extend for two years Phase 2 of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in 2009 in connection […]
A value-added tax (VAT) will be applied to transportation and logistics services throughout China, starting today, Aug. 1. “In 2012, China reformed its existing VAT system by integrating the business tax (BT) into the value added tax (VAT),” according to a memorandum provided to American Shipper by Zhen Xie, Carlos Rodriguez, and Robert Stang […]
Several environmental groups have filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Coast Guard and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, challenging a permit amendment authorizing the raising of the Bayonne Bridge.
The port received a $1.5 million grant from Washington state to help complete the second phase of its roll-on/roll-off cargo facility, a dock-strengthening project which will allow it to accommodate the world’s biggest ro-ro ships.
Metro Ports Canada Ltd., a Newfoundland and Labrador company that is owned by Nautilus International Holding Corp., has entered an agreement with Pinnacle Renewable Energy in British Columbia to manage its Westview Terminal operation, a wood pellet railcar receiving, storage and vessel loading facility in the Port of Prince Rupert. “Metro Ports Canada […]
“We continue to work diligently with all marine terminals, rail service providers, partner lines, port authority, however, we do not expect normal service to be restored until approximately middle of September 2013,” the carrier said.
The three major Japanese shipping companies released profitable first quarters for the period ending June 30, compared to losses in the same period last year. All three ocean carriers have fiscal years that begin April 1.
Premier Transportation, a Forest Park, Ga.-based trucking company, has installed a solar array system at its Grove City, Ohio location that will generate more than 70,000 kilowatt hours annually, the equivalent of burning almost 4,000 fewer gallons of gas per year. The company hired Renewvia Energy to design and build the solar array. […]
The vessel owner did not provide details on the number of ships, their size, shipyard or the prospective charterer other than to say it “expects to sign a long-term charters with one of the liner majors shortly.”
Chinese solar panel suppliers on Saturday agreed to a voluntary price undertaking where they commit to stop dumping their products on the European market and keep prices above a certain floor, thus avoiding EU antidumping duties.
Itasca, Ill.-based freight forwarder AIT Worldwide Logistics has expanded its presence in the Midwest by adding a new office in Omaha, Neb. The Omaha office includes two dozen employees and has a general purpose foreign trade zone warehouse. It adds a full service third-party logistics operation, a U.S. bonded facility and a Customs […]
