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TRUCKING INDUSTRY * USA - DHL Fined $9.4 Million for Embargo Violations
Washington,DC,USA -AP/Transport Topics -12 August 2009: -- DHL Express will pay the U.S. government $9.4 million in fines to settle a dispute that it made shipments to Iran, Sudan and Syria in violation of U.S. embargoes... The Treasury Department alleged that unit of Germany-based Deutsche Post made more than 300 shipments from the U.S. to Iran and Sudan between 2002 and 2007 in violation of U.S. embargoes with those countries... The Commerce Department also alleged export violations when DHL it made shipments to Syria between June and September 2004. U.S. rules prohibit shipments of most goods to Iran, Sudan and Syria, AP reported... (Photo from 2.bp.blogspot.com: dhl no size limits)
* Truckers visiting CAL ports must sign up with CARB by Sept. 30
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Charlie Morasch -August 12, 2009: -- Trucks that visit ports in California are required to be signed up with the California Air Resources Board’s drayage registry by Sept. 30... Beginning on Jan. 1, 2010, trucks with 1993 or older engines are banned at ports and intermodal rail yards. Also on New Year’s Day, trucks with model year 1994-2003 engines must be equipped with a CARB-approved diesel particulate filter... The CARB port rule is different from local port plans adopted by ports at Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland, which have their own equipment limits... (Photo from wikipedia: Port of San Diego Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal)
* Truckers Sign Up for Maersk Chassis
New York,NY,USA -The Journal of Commerce, by Joseph Bonney -Aug 14, 2009: -- Maersk launches Direct ChassisLink at Port of New York and New Jersey... A leader in the New York-New Jersey port trucking community said he is among drayage operators who have signed up to rent Maersk Line chassis under the company’s new Direct ChassisLink program but that he wishes it were covered by the industry-standard Uniform Intermodal Interchange Agreement... Maersk Equipment Co. introduced Direct ChassisLink this month in the Port of New York and New Jersey as the first step in what the company hopes to expand into a national chassis pool... Under the program, truckers pay $11 per day for chassis but can use them any way they want until they return them. In the U.S., unlike other countries, ocean carriers traditionally have provided truckers with free chassis... Maersk said that as of last week, more than 400 truckers had signed up for the new chassis program, which the company plans next year to expand to other locations beyond New York-New Jersey... (Photo from farm3.static.flickr: NY Port)
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