The following "Transportation Happenings" occurred during the past week that you may find of interest. 1. Among the many ills caused by the coronavirus epidemic is a total imbalance of containers. (See Attached) 2. DOT has been called out for…
The following "Transportation Happenings" occurred during the past week that you may find of interest. 1. The Government will begin distributing money to Small Business Owners as of yesterday. I urge you to use this article as only guidance and…
The following "Transportation Happenings" occurred during the past week that you may find of interest. 1. Ocean container volumes are about to "fall off a cliff"!!! (See Attached) 2. Georgia Ports are employing an "isolate operate strategy" to combat the…
The following "Transportation Happenings" occurred during the past week that you may find of interest. 1. The Port of Miami and temporarily closed two of their container handling terminals because of low import volumes. (See Attached) 2. CUSTOMS has caught…
The following "Transportation Happenings" occurred during the past week that you may find of interest. 1. One of the major container shipping problems created by the Coronavirus has been the Container Pools of Equipment have been severely affected. Shipping Companies…
Mixed messages and delays have hampered the U. S. Coronavirus response. (See Attached) The President has demanded protection for domestic GPS. (See Attached) A list of the Nation's worst truck bottlenecks. (See Attached)
1. As expected NISSAN MOTORS has announced that they will have to curtail production at their U. S. auto plants due to the coronavirus disrupting supply of parts. (See Attached) 2. The latest thoughts on ELDs and changes to the…
1. HAPAG LLOYD announced the building of six new 23,000 TEU Container Ships. (See Attached) 2. Annual registration fees have been reduced. (See Attached) 3. Carriers and Shippers have called on Washington for long-term infrastructure funding. (See Attached)
1. There is Bi-Partisan support in Congress for another increase in the tax on diesel fuel prior to a discussion to change to some type of per mile scheme. (See Attached) 2. and 3. And the House of Representatives has…
The following "Transportation Happenings" occurred during the past week that you may find of interest. 1. An ELD outage at Baylor Trucking raises the questions of compliance and legal liability. (See Attached) 2. House Democrats have unveiled a $760 Billion…