The push to decarbonize shipping appears to be paying off handsomely — not for the environment, but for the owners of the tankers that transport the carbon: the crude oil, gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel that the world continues to burn in ever-increasing quantities after being transported ever-longer distances across...
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Load boards are broken, and they must be repaired immediately.
Load boards, essential for trucking, face critical issues that need to be addressed urgently. Problems like ghost loading, incorrect origin and destination information, and unreliable carriers are rampant. Structural Issues in Load Boards When load boards emerged after trucking deregulation, they connected small carriers to the growing spot market. However,...
FMC’s user fees are being raised significantly due to inflation.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is raising user fees by up to 650% to account for higher costs linked to staff salaries, inflation, and an electronic filing upgrade. In a Federal Register notice published Tuesday, the FMC acknowledged the increases. The agency noted that when fees were...