Daily Infographic: FMC tightens rules on charging container late fees
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Are drayage truckers getting off easy under FMC’s new billing rule?
Federal regulators have relieved drayage truckers from late-fee bills associated with picking up and returning cargo containers, while inadvertently — and unfairly — shifting the burden onto shippers, a major shipper group contends. The Federal Maritime Commission’s rule on demurrage and detention, issued last week, imposed new billing standards on ocean carriers and terminal operators…
Investors await Forward Air’s Q4 call for post-merger goal posts
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Massive wildfires disrupting travel across Texas, Oklahoma
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Freightos loses $19M, eyes profit breakthrough in late 2026
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