Following a recent meeting between President Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the US and Canadian governments released a joint statement reaffirming their commitment to a mutually beneficial partnership to support green energy trade initiatives. Highlights include: Introducing enhanced plans to support clean technology manufacturing and adoption. Launching a [...]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced the latest set of updates that will be coming to the ACE reporting system over the next few months. ACE, which stands for Automated Commercial Environment, is the platform used to report imports and exports so that the government can determine admissibility. [...]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has just released a framework for how customs brokers can prepare for and respond to a worst-case scenario: a cyber attack on your data system. The guide (PDF version here) recommends the following tips: Prevention and Protection Have a written cybersecurity policy and/or set [...]
Union Pacific Railroad, Canadian National Railway (CN), and GMXT have announced the creation of Falcon Premium, a Mexico-US-Canada intermodal transportation service designed to increase efficiency and decrease greenhouse gas emissions, directly benefiting intermodal customers shipping automotive parts, food, FAK (freight all kinds), home appliances, and temperature-controlled products. The service will [...]
California has taken a big step towards its green shipping goals by banning the sale of new diesel-powered big rig trucks by 2036 and requiring all trucks to be zero-emissions by 2042. Known as Advanced Clean Fleets, the new rule is the first of its kind in the world. It [...]
The Department of Transportation’s Freight Logistics Optimization Works (FLOW), has developed a data exchange to pool information on the movement of goods, including container volumes and available logistics equipment. According to a press release, such data sharing across the supply chain industry and alongside the federal government has never been [...]
The Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to make revisions to USFWS Form 3-177, the form used by U.S. importers and exporters of fish and wildlife. Under the Endangered Species Act it is against the law to import or export fish, wildlife, or plants without filing a declaration or report [...]
