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April 2009 | Issue 64

Upcoming Events

April 14-16
ECA Marketplace 2009
Chicago, Ill.

April 19-23
NCBFAA Annual Conference
Rancho Mirage, Calif.

April 30-May 1
IANA Intermodal Seminar
Oakbrook, Ill.

$23.7 million liability case against C.H. Robinson
In what has been reported as the largest award in a Will County, Ill. civil case in at least 50 years, a jury awarded...read more.

Avalon offers SDDC Bond and Regulatory Defense program
for TIA members
Transportation providers moving goods for the Department of Defense (DOD) are required to secure an SDDC bond...read more.

Bill of lading requirements for surface freight forwarders
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a final rule, effective May 6, requiring surface...read more.

Tips on how transportation brokers and other companies that hire motor carriers can reduce their liability exposures
Increasingly, shippers are holding transportation brokers liable for loss or damage to their freight...read more.

CBP withdraws enhanced bonding requirement for shrimp imports from India and Thailand
Effective April 1, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is withdrawing its enhanced bonding requirement...read more.

United States levies 10 percent import tariffs on softwood lumber from four Canadian provinces
Beginning April 15, the United States will require a 10 percent duty on imports of softwood lumber products from the...read more.

New FMCSA program expected to reduce accidents
Truck accidents involving fatalities are costly, even for property brokers. Recently, an Illinois jury reached...read more.

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