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Port Labor Dispute - What to Expect, How to Plan for Your Import and Export Supply Chain

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The International Longshoremen’s Association (“ILA”) will have no contract if the current terms expire on September 30, 2024, without a new deal. ILA representatives have indicated that a strike is imminent on October 1,...more

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[Webinar] Red Sea Shipping Crisis: Seven Months On - June 26th, 8:30 am ET

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Since mid-November 2023, the international shipping route through the Red Sea has been dramatically disrupted due to frequent attacks on vessels by Yemen’s Houthi movement. As the shipping lanes have developed into a conflict...more

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What Do Importers and Shippers Need to Know about the FMC’s New Rule on D&D Invoices?

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On February 23, 2024, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) issued a Final Rule intended to add clarity to invoicing requirements outlined in the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA 2022). In particular, the Final Rule...more

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FMC Allows Rate Hikes for Carriers in Response to Red Sea Hostilities

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The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has granted special permission to ocean carriers to immediately increase the rates on containers that are being rerouted around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa or are retaining feeder...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

[Webinar] Agricultural Cargo Security Is In Your Hands - January 24th, 9:30 am - 10:30 am CST

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

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The Disappearance Of The Service Contract In Ocean Shipping And Resurgence Of Ocean Tramp Practices

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The below e-mail recently received by the author paints the picture we are seeing a thousand fold in the current ocean shipping marketplace in the inbound/outbound Asia trade lanes which underscores the serous disconnect...more

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Manufacturers Should Prepare For OSHA’s New And Altered Proposed Hazard Communication Requirements

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Manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, and importers have often struggled with communicating product hazards to downstream employees and users, due to complex hazard communication requirements in international standards, as...more

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Suez Canal Blockage Could Worsen Port Congestion And Impact Usage Of Panama Canal

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According to media reports, a massive 400-meter container ship operated by Evergreen Marine Corp. in Taiwan, the Ever Given, became stuck in the Suez Canal after apparently running aground due to high winds from a sandstorm....more

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Micro Trends For 2021: Ocean Shipping Contracting Responses

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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

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Federal Maritime Commission Issues Final Interpretive Rule on Demurrage and Detention Under the Shipping Act

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On May 18, 2020, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) published its Final Interpretive Rule on Demurrage and Detention Under the Shipping Act (“Demurrage/Detention Rule”), 85 Fed. Reg. 29638, 29638 (May 18, 2020). This...more

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INCOTERMS® 2020 Changes Rules for Buyers, Sellers and Shippers of Goods in International Trade

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The International Chamber of Commerce (the “ICC”) has issued INCOTERMS® 2020 (short for International Commercial Terms) to be effective January 1, 2020. INCOTERMS 2020 provides an updated template and standardized set of...more

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InterConnect FLASH! No. 69 - California Lawmakers Drag in Shippers and Their Intermediaries to IC Battlefront

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California Senate Bill No. 1402 (the “Act”) was recently signed into law by Governor Brown, further entrenching motor carriers, brokers and shippers into the on-going California independent contractor (IC) vs. employee...more

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Panama Canal Update: New Locks, Bigger Ships

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The hubbub surrounding the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union overshadowed the opening of two new locks on the Panama Canal on June 26th. The expansion of the canal has the potential to disrupt intermodal...more

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