The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) recently ruled on two high profile trucking cases. The first was Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC involving a 2017 truck accident in which a truck operated by...
Our ports are gaining long sought-after and much needed influence and attention at the national level. The US Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) recently awarded $774 million in port...
Speaking of the Maritime Administration (MARAD), they initiated a Request for Information (RFI) soliciting input from industry stakeholders, ship builders and operators and technology companies to determine how small...
Last month, the US Senate confirmed Robert Harvey as the newest Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) commissioner. Mr. Harvey fills the fifth and final seat on the FMC. The FMC is gaining prominence and proving they do...
At long last, the federal government is taking cargo crimes seriously. The Combating Organized Retail Crime Act (CORCA) passed the US House last month. CORCA focuses on investigating and prosecuting organized cargo...
Refunds for IEEPA tariffs are reportedly flowing back to cargo interests. IEEPA's replacement, Section 122 tariffs (trade imbalance), were invalidated by the Court of International Trade as they did not meet the...
A new species of octopus was recently discovered about 6,000 feet underwater on the ocean floor in the Galápagos Islands. Look at this little guy.
Proof there is more than one way to catch a baseball traveling at 108 miles per hour.
In a rare sighting of rational thought, the California legislature rejected AB1777. This bill would have given the California Air Resources Board (CARB) broad authority to regulate mobile sources with a statewide...
At last month's annual AgTC conference, Bobby Olvera, President, International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), called out foreign-owned ocean carriers and terminal operators for putting profits over people. Is...
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) paused the review of the merger between the Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern and requested more information. The Board's announcement stated, "there are several aspects of the...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) charged the ship operator Singapore-based Synergy Marine, its India-based subsidiary Synergy Maritime and an executive who worked for both entities, Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair with...