The Federal Maritime Commission released a notice of the filing of the following agreements under the Shipping Act of 1984. Interested parties may submit comments on the agreement to the Secretary, Federal Maritime Commission, Washington, DC 20573, within 10 days. FMC also posted a list of recent OTI license applicants.
President Barack Obama’s proposal to boost U.S. infrastructure with a $302 billion, four year surface transportation reauthorization would help increase U.S. competitiveness globally and foster growth in an infrastructure sector that generates more than 13 million U.S. jobs, said the American Association of Port Authorities in a Feb. 26 press release. The reauthorization would provide $10 billion multimodal freight grant program for rail, highway and port projects, permanent authorization of the Transportation Infrastructure Generating Economic Recovery and $4 billion to encourage transportation infrastructure investment, including through the Transportation Investment Financing and Innovation Act program, said AAPA. The draft tax reform legislation released on Feb. 26 by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., would also deliver $126.5 billion to the Highway Trust Fund, said AAPA.
The Federal Maritime Commission released a notice of the filing of the following agreements under the Shipping Act of 1984. Interested parties may submit comments on the agreement to the Secretary, Federal Maritime Commission, Washington, DC 20573, within 10 days.
The recent cold snap across much of the U.S. is causing delays to cargo operations, according to alerts issued by several major railroads. Extremely cold temperatures have been interfering with the operation of equipment in Canada and the Northern U.S., and safety concerns have prevented railroad workers from clearing snow and ice off tracks, they said. Chicago has been particularly affected, with intermodal operations in that region facing major delays.
The Federal Maritime Commission released a notice of the filing of the following agreements under the Shipping Act of 1984. Interested parties may submit comments on the agreement to the Secretary, Federal Maritime Commission, Washington, DC 20573, within 10 days.
The Federal Maritime Commission released a notice of the filing of the following agreements under the Shipping Act of 1984. Interested parties may submit comments on the agreement to the Secretary, Federal Maritime Commission, Washington, DC 20573, within 10 days.
The Federal Maritime Commission voted to approve a request for more information on a proposed G6 Alliance expansion to the Asia-North America West Coast and Trans-Atlantic trade lane. The proposal would mean that on the Asia-North America West Coast trade, each G6 Alliance member will be able to offer almost twice as many sailings as are currently offered separately by the New World Alliance and the Grand Alliance (see 13120305). The FMC's information request stops the 45-day regulatory waiting period and a new one will begin once responses are submitted, said Commissioner William Doyle in a press release (here). It's important the FMC "fully understands the implications of what has been proposed, said Commissioner Richard Lidinsky, who also voted to approve the request (here). "Of particular concern is how the proposed Service Centers will operate autonomously of the parties to the Agreement, and how the five members of the Alliance belonging to the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) will act independently from the one lone independent carrier in setting rates for certain routes covered by the Agreement." The new services were scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2014, pending regulatory approval.
The Federal Maritime Commission released a notice of the filing of the following agreements under the Shipping Act of 1984. Interested parties may submit comments on the agreement to the Secretary, Federal Maritime Commission, Washington, DC 20573, within 10 days.
Trade between the U.S. and its NAFTA partners Mexico and Canada reached an all-time high of $103 billion in October 2013, according to freight statistics from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. That total, which is up 4.5 percent from a year earlier, marks the first time U.S.-NAFTA trade as broken the $100 billion barrier, said BTS. Truck and rail cargo also set records in October, with truck cargo up 3.1% over the past year to $61.4 billion, and rail cargo up 7.1% to $15.9 billion. Total U.S.-NAFTA vessel trade was down 3.6% since October 2012, but vessel traffic registered the largest increase of any single mode for U.S.-Canada trade over the past year, said BTS.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration scheduled a public meeting for the U.S.-Canada Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC) Motor Vehicles Working Group for Jan. 14 in Detroit., the agency said. The meeting will be at 9:30 a.m. at Patrick McNamara Federal Building in Detroit, it said. The group will continue work on the RCC joint action plan, the notice said.