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Apr, 11, 2022
Registrations to attend the NCBFAA’s 49th Annual Conference in Tucson, Arizona, have far exceeded our expectations and the projected attendance is anticipated to be back to pre-pandemic levels.
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Mar, 23, 2022
Politico on March 16 reported a “Canadian railway worker strike [was] set for Wednesday.” The strike is anticipated to “cut off a key trade corridor with the U.S.” and cause price spikes for oil, fertilizer, and food products. The strike stemmed from a labor dispute between the workers and the Canadian Pacific Railway company. As spring planting season approaches, the inaccessibility of fertilizer would be detrimental to US farmers, who have already struggled with increasing fertilizer prices.
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Apr, 11, 2022
NCBFAA’s Transportation Committee, along with Transportation Counsel Ashley Craig of Venable and Legislative Counsel Nicole Bivens Collinson of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, are tracking the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 as it makes its way through the final stages of approval in Congress and eventually to the President’s desk for signature.
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Apr, 11, 2022
The Ex Works WatchDog keeps clients informed about the issues facing airport and seaport truckers.
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Apr, 11, 2022
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have continued to postpone their “Container Dwell Fee,” and said they will reconsider its possible imposition on April 15.
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Apr, 11, 2022
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) filed a final rule further expanding the Russian Sanctions. In response to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, with Belarus’s support, the BIS final rule expands the license requirement for Russia and Belarus to all items on the Commerce Control List (CCL), effective April 8. This change adds products controlled in categories 0-2, in addition to the previous license requirement for all items in Categories 3-9, which now imposes a license requirement on all ECCNs for Russia or Belarus.
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Apr, 11, 2022
The NCBFAA Transportation Committee’s Logistics Subcommittee is regularly collecting data on the nation’s rail delays and port congestion that are impacting the supply chain and your business operations.
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Apr, 11, 2022
Here is a summary of the latest legislative and regulatory transport, logistics and trade sector updates brought to you by our NCBFAA Transportation Counsel firm Venable:
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Apr, 11, 2022
As part of the modernization of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the port has moved its Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures (FP&F) office to a new location.
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Apr, 11, 2022
NCBFAA knows that you as our members are doing their best to keep up with their day-to-day businesses under dire supply chain circumstances, and now add on top of all that the recent flurry of U.S. sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. What do these sanctions mean to your business (our industry)? Well, it can be an awful lot, depending on whether you work with customers that had export or import business with Russia prior to invasion.
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