WASHINGTON — The Federal Maritime Commission is raising its user fees as high as 650% over current rates to account for higher costs related to staff salaries, inflation and an electronic filing upgrade. The FMC acknowledged the increases in a Federal Register notice posted Tuesday, noting that when it last updated user fees in 2020…
“Can you hear me now?” The answer to that question posed by commercials for Verizon should be a little more positive on B.C. highways, thanks to expanding cellular networks in […]
For U.S.-Mexico trade, Tesla Inc. could prove to be the gift that keeps on giving. With the automaker recently confirming that it’s building a $5 billion factory in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, trade experts said Tesla is already influencing cross-border logistics and trucking. “Tesla’s impact on Mexico can already be felt long before…
For-hire truck tonnage is on the rise in the U.S., according to the American Trucking Associations’ For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index. The seasonally adjusted measure rose 1.2% in February after increasing […]
Despite a year-over-year decline, last month’s volumes were the second-highest ever for February for South Carolina Ports. Container volumes at the Port of Charleston totaled 201,418 twenty-foot equivalent units and 111,118 pier containers, down 13% from February 2022, the port said Monday. Volumes also fell from January, when SC Ports handled 215,238 TEUs and 118,179…