http://www.strasburger.com/transportation/blog/ Strasburger Transportation/Logistics Blog RSS feed en-us Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:00:00 GMT Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:39:13 GMT webmaster@strasburger.com (Michael MacNaughton) http://www.strasburger.com/transportation/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=139 http://www.strasburger.com/transportation/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=139 By Kenneth E. Siegel*The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, the organization of state officials involved with truck safety, has issued a bulletin to its members announcing a moratorium on the enforcement of 2010 fees imposed under the Unified Carrier Registration Agreement. The moratorium was brought about due to the failure of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the agency charged with this job under federal statute, to announce a fee schedule of 2010. The responsibility... Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:37:54 GMT Transportation http://www.strasburger.com/transportation/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=138 http://www.strasburger.com/transportation/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=138 By Kenneth E. Siegel*On December 17, 2009, the Senate Commerce Committee reported out S. 2889, the Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2009. The bill, which is still subject to amendment and reconciliation with any corresponding legislation that passes in the House of Representatives, would be the most significant revision of federal regulation of the rail freight industry since enactment of the Staggers Act in 1980. The bill was introduced by Commerce Committee... Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:34:28 GMT Transportation http://www.strasburger.com/transportation/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=137 http://www.strasburger.com/transportation/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=137 By Kenneth E. Siegel* The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) took further action on December 29, 2009 with regard to its “Roadability” rules that make intermodal equipment providers (IEPs) subject to certain Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs).  See Logistics Blog item posted January 30, 2009. The agency’s recent year-end action included technical amendments, a response to petitions for reconsideration, and... Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:31:35 GMT Transportation http://www.strasburger.com/transportation/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=136 http://www.strasburger.com/transportation/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=136 By Kenneth E. Siegel*The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has announced that it will hold three public listening sessions as part of its reopening of the agency’s Hours of Service (HOS) Rules. This third reopening in a decade has resulted from a settlement by the Obama administration with Public Citizen and others of a judicial challenge to the HOS rules adopted by the agency in 2008.   On October 26, 2009, the administration agreed that... Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:28:35 GMT Transportation http://www.strasburger.com/transportation/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=135 http://www.strasburger.com/transportation/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=135 Submitted by Kenneth E. Siegel* Michael K. Schreffler, International Trade Liaison, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), has issued a reminder to commercial motor carriers that they should be submitting their orders to renew annual user fee transponders to CBP’s  Decal / Transponder Online Procurement System (DTOPS). The annual Commercial Vehicle User Fee is $(U.S.)205, which includes a $(U.S.)100.00 CBP fee, and a $(U.S.)105.00 Animal and Plant Health Inspection... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:47:33 GMT Transportation http://www.strasburger.com/transportation/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=134 http://www.strasburger.com/transportation/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=134 By Mark J. Andrews*The U.S. and 15 other countries stepped up today at Rotterdam, the Netherlands, for a signing ceremony showcasing the proposed “Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea.” The Convention, commonly known as the “Rotterdam Rules,” received approval from the United Nations General Assembly last December after 12 years of work by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law... Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:53:06 GMT Transportation http://www.strasburger.com/transportation/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=132 http://www.strasburger.com/transportation/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=132 Please see September 3 Blog posting for more details on the increases. Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:11:25 GMT Transportation http://www.strasburger.com/transportation/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=131 http://www.strasburger.com/transportation/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=131  Submitted by Kenneth E. Siegel*The Transportation Security Administration (“TSA”) has published a Federal Register notice (74 F.R. 47671) setting forth interim final rules for the agency’s Certified Cargo Screening Facility (“CCSF”) program and requesting public comments on the rules and related fees.  The purpose of the program is to help implement the Congressional mandate that 100% of all cargo placed on passenger... Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:24:10 GMT Transportation http://www.strasburger.com/transportation/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=130 http://www.strasburger.com/transportation/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=130 Submitted by Kenneth Siegel*In its July 17, 2009 issue of Customs Bulletin and Decisions (Vol. 43, No. 28, p. 138), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) issued a ruling that requires importers to prepare a manifest for containers entering the U.S. with any residue of a chemical product previously transported in the container.  Under this ruling (HQH026715, June 19, 2009), such containers may no longer be manifested as “empty”.  The... Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:30:28 GMT Transportation http://www.strasburger.com/transportation/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=129 http://www.strasburger.com/transportation/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=129 Submitted by Kenneth Siegel*The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (“FMCSA”) has published a Federal Register notice inviting public comment on a request by the Uniform Carrier Registration Agreement (“UCRA”) Board of Directors to implement a significant increase in UCRA fees for registration year 2010. The FMCSA’s recommended fee increase is even higher than the increase requested by the UCRA Board.   The... Thu, 3 Sep 2009 18:02:05 GMT Transportation