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Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group outlines the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s key proposed rule changes to simplify hazardous materials transportation regulations and reduce...more
The U.S. inland waterway system is a critical and underutilized component of the domestic supply chain that serves intrastate commerce and non-contiguous markets originating in or destined for Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S....more
Electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOLs) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or, colloquially, drones) are increasingly being integrated into supply chains. ...more
The Ports & Maritime team has compiled the sector’s main news for the week of January 13–19 to keep you in the loop....more
ATUALIZAÇÕES NORMATIVAS - • Foi sancionada a Lei n.º 15.075/2024, que busca o incentivo à indústria naval e geração de empregos no Brasil. Dentre outras providências, a referida norma legal prevê a depreciação acelerada...more
NORMATIVE UPDATES- • Law No. 15,075/2024 was sanctioned, seeking to encourage the shipbuilding industry and create jobs in Brazil. Among other provisions, this law provides for accelerated depreciation for tankers...more
Significant changes are expected at the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), the bipartisan body tasked with regulating the U.S. international ocean transportation system for the benefit of U.S. exporters, importers and...more
Global transportation and logistics services can amount to some of the largest expenses, and even the largest single contracts by spend, for enterprises with high traffic volumes. Among mature buyers and sellers of goods the...more
We are now in the era of freedom of contract in the logistics arena. While contracts provide many protections to contracting parties, they can also be used offensively, to affirmatively protect legal rights. There are many...more
International laws for cargo liability impact the way enterprises procure transportation and logistics services, the contracts under which those services are purchased, the process for claims adjudication, and the liability...more
The Federal Maritime Commission ( FMC) issued its Final Rule on July 22, 2024, establishing its approach to determining what constitutes an unreasonable refusal to deal or negotiate cargo space and vessel space accommodations...more
Applause can be heard from diverse sectors of private industry as the U.S. Congress redoubles its resolve against threats in the supply chain. New bills introduced in recent months target supply chain challenges at home and...more
On March 12, 2024, the Ninth Circuit published a decision in Ortiz v. Randstad Inhouse Services, LLC, holding that the Plaintiff Adan Ortiz (“Plaintiff”) qualified as a “transportation worker” under the Federal Arbitration...more
The Federal Maritime Commission’s (FMC) newly revised tariff regulations will be effective February 1, 2024. These rule changes will somewhat significantly change day-to-day practices for both vessel operating common carriers...more
Why Should We Care? Refrigerated cargo claims are on the rise since the COVID-19 pandemic....more
In this one-hour training, you'll learn how to exercise the power you have to help secure our nation's supply chain across all modes of transportation and types of cargo. Even those not participating in the CTPAT program need...more
Beneficial cargo owners have faced well-reported challenges in recent bid seasons. Two plus years of global pandemic unleashed supply and capacity interruption, carrier lane divergence, and an explosion in rates as well as...more
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine drags further into the spring, the world reacts in horror to images of shelled residential buildings, schools, and hospitals. Although the loss of human life is by far the most troubling,...more
Tax Authorities in Mexico have issued new requirements for tax documentation for the transport of cargo within Mexico. Carriers operating in Mexico are required to issue a digital Income or Transfer Invoice (in Spanish,...more
Tax Authorities in Mexico have taken additional measures in relation to the regulation of the transportation of goods and merchandise within the country; this includes the issuance of a Complement to the Electronic Invoice...more
Las autoridades fiscales en México han adoptado medidas adicionales en relación a la regulación del transporte de bienes y mercancías dentro del país; incluyendo la emisión del Complemento a la Carta Porte, el cual es un...more
Cargo congestion has reached historic proportions during the COVID-19 pandemic as the demand for imports by U.S. consumers and businesses has skyrocketed combined with an increase in operational disruptions. The effect has...more
The major thrust of this post is to underscore certain micro trends which have emerged in the ocean transport industry in the recent past, which are not expected to transcend into macro territory, but will be present for a...more
Both the speed of business disruption and depth of uncertainty created by COVID-19 have been unparalleled in our experience. Developments over the past week alone have emerged at an exponential rate and have impacted every...more
On December 28, 2019, the limitation of liability for cargo lost or damaged during international air transportation between countries that are signatories to the Montreal Convention (the “Convention”) will increase from 19...more