The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) marked the opening of the Seaway’s 58th navigation season Monday, with the transit of Canada Steamship Lines’ Thunder Bay through Lock 3 on the Welland Canal. The ship, carrying a load of road salt, will be replenishing stocks depleted by ice storms which...
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Belgian Air, Train Travel Hobbled After Bombings in Brussels
Flights and train services in and out of Brussels were canceled and security precautions were stepped up at travel hubs around Europe after deadly bombings in the Belgian capital’s airport and subway system. Operations are suspended at the airport, which has been evacuated, according to the hub’s Twitter feed Tuesday. Arriving air traffic was...
U.S. Tightens Sanctions Against North Korea
President Obama issued an executive order March 16 that implements the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 as well as a March 2 resolution by the United Nations Security Council that imposed new sanctions and tightened some existing measures against North Korea following its Jan. 6 nuclear...
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US Coast Guard: SOLAS container weight guidelines not mandatory
LONG BEACH, California — The SOLAS guidelines on container weight verification that will be implemented from July 1 are not mandatory, U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Paul Thomas told a packed TPM Conference here Tuesday. “They are not mandatory under SOLAS, they are not mandatory under any U.S. regulation. It says that right...
USCG Tells Shippers Not To Expect Delays To SOLAS Container Weight Regulations
United States Coast Guard officials made it clear at a Federal Maritime Commission hearing Thursday in Washington, D.C. the shipping industry will have to comply with International Maritime Organization verified gross mass requirements on July 1, 2016. The U.S. Coast Guard has a succinct message for the container shipping industry:...
Opening of the 2016 St-Lawrence Seaway Navigation Season
The opening of the 2016 navigation season is scheduled to take place on the following dates and times: Welland Canal: March 21, 2016 – 0800 hours (D.S.T.) Montreal / Lake Ontario Section: March 23, 2016 – 0800 hours (D.S.T.) Vessel transits will be subject to weather and ice conditions. Restrictions...
Winter Storm Targets US East Coast, 1,400 Flights Cancelled
A winter storm bore down on the US East Coast on Monday, causing flights to be cancelled after the Presidents Day holiday weekend. By mid-afternoon on Monday, almost 1,400 US flights were cancelled, mostly at Washington, North Carolina and New York-area airports. 5 inches (13 cm) of snow were expected...
SOLAS container weight rule able to be delayed
WASHINGTON — The United States and any other country that is party to SOLAS can delay implementation of the International Maritime Organization’s controversial container weight rule by up to a year, a fact bound to increase pressure on the U.S. Coast Guard to extend the deadline past July 1 to avoid potential trade disruption....
US Customs delays full rollout of ACE with ‘staggered approach’
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Monday it will be taking “a staggered approach” to the rollout of its “single window” initiative, after many said they simply weren’t ready for the new system. Full implementation for the single window initiative, otherwise known as the automated commercial environment, or ACE, was originally...