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NVOCCs offer export rerouting away from US West Coast congestion

Non-vessel-operating common carriers are working to reroute U.S. outbound shipments away from congested West Coast ports, providing exporters, particularly those shipping time-sensitive perishables, an alternative to their containers sitting on docks for days. CaroTrans, for example, on Thursday announced it can reroute export shipments via the Port of Houston and U.S. East Coast ports. Specifically,…

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US West Coast Port Strike: US Ports Heading for Total Shutdown as Union ups Industrial Action

As predicted earlier this week, go-slows at US west coast ports have now spread to southern California, with up to 80% of container handling capacity on the coast now in danger of being affected. The west coast terminal employers’ body, the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), yesterday said that dockworkers’ union the ILWU had begun refusing to…

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Cheaper import for classic cars to Germany

Ermäßigter Zolltarif für Oldtimer: Dank einer neuen Regelung gilt ab dem 1. Januar bei der Einfuhr von Fahrzeugen im Originalzustand, die mindestens 30 Jahre alt sind, ein günstigerer Import-Tarif. Der gemeinsame Zolltarif der EU wird angepasst: Ab dem 1. Januar 2014 gilt eine neue und klarere Formulierung: Für „Sammlerkraftfahrzeuge“, die exakt benannte Kriterien erfüllen, werden…

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Labor Negotiations

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Director George H. Cohen issued the following statement today on the labor negotiations between the United States Maritime Alliance and the International Longshoremen’s Association: “I am extremely pleased to announce that the parties have reached a tentative agreement for a comprehensive successor Master Agreement.  The tentative agreement…

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