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NAM takes credit for 10+2 modifications Nov 26, 2008

The National Association of Manufacturers applauded several changes in 10+2 interim final rule released Monday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.    The agency tweaked parts of the original proposal earlier this year to allow importers flexibility in filing some of the data elements required for security purposes. Importers or their agents are req...

CBP issues interim rule on 10+2 Nov 26, 2008

  U.S. Customs and Border Protection in a change of heart has issued an interim, rather than final, rule for an advance importer security filing intended to provide early intelligence to cargo screeners about the parties handling international ocean shipments.    The so-called 10+2 rule requires importers to submit 10 pieces of advance shipping data 2...

Hong Kong airport project presses ahead despite downturn Nov 25, 2008

Hong Kong's government is pressing ahead with a planned expansion of Hong Kong International Airport's passenger and cargo facilities despite the downturn in air traffic this year, the South China Morning Post and CargonewsAsia reported Monday. A third runway and third passenger terminal appears in the cards, with expansion in cargo handling capacity ...

Tideworks to automate BNSF intermodal yard Nov 25, 2008

BNSF Railway will test the use of terminal management system developed by Tideworks Technology at its Alliance Intermodal Facility in Fort Worth, Texas, the software provider said Thursday. Tideworks Technology, a subsidiary of Seattle-based Carrix Inc. and sister to marine terminal operator SSA Marine, has modified its Spinnaker yard planning to help...

2008 highway trust fund receipts fell $3 billion Nov 25, 2008

The federal Highway Trust Fund took in $3 billion less in gas tax revenues in fiscal 2008 than the previous year as Americans drove 90 billion fewer miles, the Department of Transportation said last week. Mileage decreased as fuel prices rose and the downturn in the economy meant fewer people going to work, making business trips or shipping goods. ...

Late payments squeeze transportation intermediaries Nov 25, 2008

 The credit crisis and economic downturn is significantly impacting the ability of U.S. freight intermediaries to collect payments and forcing them to more closely watch credit extended to their customers, the head of a large truck brokerage company said Nov. 17.   We're having to increase diligence on our account receivables as shippers lag on m...

U.S. accepts irradiated Mexican guavas Nov 25, 2008

Mexico last week exported its first commercial shipment of guavas to the United States since 1935, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The United States has banned guavas because they are a carrier for the Mexican fruit fly and other pests that could pose damage to U.S. crops if allowed to spread. Regulators are only permitting import...

Foreign innerspring units pain in U.S. industry's backNov 25, 2008

     The U.S. International Trade Commission determined Friday that imports of uncovered innerspring units from South Africa and Vietnam cause harm to domestic manufacturers, and the Commerce Department has determined these imports are sold in the United States at less than fair value.    As a result of the ITC's affirmative determinations, the Co...

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