Shippers need to help solve it.A group of agricultural exports blames ocean carriers and terminal operators for creating crippling terminal congestion and then profiting off the problem.Stakeholders in the container shipping industry are debating how demurrage clocks should begin, when they should be suspended, and when it’s fair and unfair to assess penalties to beneficial cargo owners (BCOs). Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Trucking companies are warning shippers that a regulation requiring fleets to switch from automatic on-board recording devices to electronic-logging devices in December could slow productivity more than some realize.A recent uptick in pest presence in properly treated and marked wood packaging materials (WPM) has US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) rethinking its ISPM 15 enforcement policies.Violations of ISPM 15, which maintains strict guidelines for treatment of all wood packaging materials (WPM) to prevent the accidental introduction of invasive pests, can result in the re-exportation of entire shipments of goods and large fines, even if importers and carriers have followed the regulations to the best of their abilities.US importers say they face a lack of alternatives, feedback, and proactive sourcing information from enforcement officials when treated and apparently compliant wood packaging materials (WPM) fail ISPM 15 inspection.Truckers using older electronic logging technology should switch to ELDs now, and not wait for a December deadline, the head of the US truck safety watchdog agency said.Trucking operators and shippers should be keeping a close eye on the implementation of a National Drug and Alcohol Driver Database and other potential regulatory changes that will affect available capacity.BCOs are taking a more proactive approach to avoid incurring demurrage-detention penalties, setting clear terms in ocean carrier contracts and even negotiating directly with terminals.
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Most Wanted List Highway safety in general and vehicle safety in particular is the responsibility of the DOT’s National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA). The FMCSA is sending undisclosed changes to truck driver hours of service (HOS) rules to the White House for approval, raising hopes for greater flexibility in truck scheduling. In the transport context, rules set out requirements, and associated regulations specify whether a breach of a requirement in a rule is an offence and if it is, what penalty applies. An official website of the United States government The latest general information on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is available on The final rule codifies a series of important reforms to the Department’s rulemaking, guidance, and enforcement practices.Did you know DOT oversees the Nation's time zones and the uniform observance of Daylight Saving Time?Receive email updates about the latest in Safety, Innovation, and Infrastructure. … MARAD works in many areas involving ships and shipping, shipbuilding, port operations, vessel operations, national security, environment, and safety.The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the US governmental body with powers to regulate all aspects of in the US and in its surrounding international waters. Container shipping alliances can cancel on blank sailings as long as it’s done to adjust capacity to match lower volumes and they don’t cause an unreasonable reduction in transportation services or an unreasonable increase in costs.When implementing environmental policy, West Coast elected officials are urged to balance clean-air goals with the burden of increased cost of goods movement.The new final US hours-of-service rule gives truckers more flexibility in how they use their daily hours, but shippers get a gift of capacity that could help extend their pricing power. JOC Associate Editor Ari Ashe gives a preview of the TPM20 panel (2 March) on California bill AB5. Regulations also set fees and charges.
FRA exercises its responsibilities for regulating the safety of the nation's railroad system and development of intercity passenger rail through legislative rules; non-legislative rules (‘interpretive rules and policy statements), and management and procedural Rules.The Maritime Administration (MARAD) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation that deals with waterborne transportation. The California state legislature is on track to pass a bill, which the governor intends to sign into law, that could fundamentally alter the relationship between shippers, trucking companies, and port truck drivers. Its programs promote the use of waterborne transportation and its seamless integration with other segments of the transportation system, and the viability of the U.S. merchant marine. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. Its powers include the construction and operation of airports, and aircraft, and the protection of U.S. assets during the launch or The Secretary of the Department of Transportation receives the authority to regulate the transportation of hazardous materials from the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA), as amended and codified in 49 U.S.C.
These laws involve transportation infrastructure and all forms of road, railway, water and air transport.