National Industrial Transportation League

Will ‘connecting neighborhoods’ disconnect trucking?

Buried in the U.S. House and Senate versions of highway reauthorization legislation currently being negotiated are provisions that would allow billions of dollars to be spent dismantling portions of the interstate highway system without replacing the lost transportation capacity.

The provisions — “Reconnecting Neighborhoods” in the House version, “Reconnecting Communities” in the Senate — reflect the Biden administration’s goals of using infrastructure funding to address historic racial and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/will-connecting-neighborhoods-disconnect-trucking

Shippers want STB to clarify what it wants from merger applicants

A photograph of a Kansas City Southern train at a rail crossing.

What defines whether a merger is in the “public interest” and whether it is beneficial or harmful are questions that the Surface Transportation Board may need to unpack as it reviews mergers between Class I railroads, including the proposed acquisition of Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) by CN (NYSE: CNI).

The regulatory agency has been receiving public comments on the voting trust that CN hopes to establish as part of the process to acquire KCS. Should STB approve the voting trust, merger...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shippers-want-stb-to-clarify-what-it-wants-from-merger-applicants

Shippers, brokers square off over ocean carrier tariff prices

Brokers booking freight on behalf of their customers say they have no choice but to pass through charges assessed by ocean carriers — charges that some shippers claim are unjustified.

That was one of the main takeaways from the only three public comments filed in response to an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued by the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) in April.

The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA), the New York New Jersey Foreign Freight...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shippers-brokers-square-off-over-ocean-carrier-tariff-prices

Shipper group pressures Congress to clamp down on ocean carriers

A request by the nation’s oldest industrial shipper group to expand federal oversight of commercial contracts between ocean carriers and their customers was swiftly rejected by the organization representing most of the world’s ocean carriers.

Frustrated by an ongoing container shortage, service delays and added shipping costs, the National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) is calling on Congress to make changes to U.S. shipping laws, including shifting the burden of proof onto carriers to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shipper-group-pressures-congress-to-clamp-down-on-ocean-carriers

Federal Maritime Commission further deregulates service contracts

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) will begin this year what it calls a “new era of flexibility” for service contract filing for container lines and their U.S. importer and exporter customers.

An amended rule that takes effect on June 2 will allow ocean carriers to file original service contracts with the agency up to 30 days after they go into effect. Current regulations require that they be filed with the FMC before an ocean carrier is allowed to receive and move cargo under the terms of...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/federal-maritime-commission-further-deregulates-service-contracts

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