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American Shipper
US tightens sanctions lasso on Rosneft operations handling Venezuelan oil
The Office of Foreign Assets Control added Russian oil company overseas affiliate TNK Trading International in Switzerland to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons…
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Canada
Cyberattack impacting multiple EVRAZ plants in US, Canada
Steel giant working to restore normal operations “as quickly as possible” as trucking companies report disruptions in freight from Canadian facility.
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American Shipper
State Department bans exports to 13 weapons proliferators
The Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation ordered the revocation of export licenses linked to violators of the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act.
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Maritime
Commentary: This Arctic party needs some good icebreakers
The Artic Ocean may be the next area that sees the superpower nations "rubbing up" on each other in search of faster ocean passage and…
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American Shipper
What’s in your laptop?
With smartphones and other mobile devices vital to how companies conduct business, corporate compliance officers strive to prevent unlawful exports of controlled data.
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American Shipper
US tightens export controls for China, Russia and Venezuela
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security will expand export licensing requirements for technologies intended for military applications.
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News
Today’s Pickup: Getting on the same page with accounts payable; the great logistics moonshot
Staying on the same page with accounts receivable; extending logistics into space
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American Shipper
Former nuke material transport logistics exec guilty of bribery
Mark Lambert, who served as co-president of nuclear materials transport specialist TLI, will be sentenced by the District Court of Maryland on March 9, 2020.
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FreightWaves LIVE
‘Accidental Billionaires’ author says Facebook should focus on the truth (with video)
Author Ben Mezrich is no fan of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who Mezrich says should focus on the truth in Facebook political advertising. Mezrich wrote…
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American Shipper
OFAC’s ‘50% rule’ challenges compliance
The Office of Foreign Assets Control policy, which focuses on financial ownership of sanctioned individuals or entities, bedevils U.S. companies with sophisticated compliance programs.
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