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FMCSA Grants Ag Haulers a Five-Year Exemption Permitting New Cargo Securement Techniques

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Federal regulators have granted a five-year exemption to the Agricultural & Food Transporters Conference of American Trucking Associations, clearing a variety of alternative methods to secure agricultural commodities grouped into large singular units.

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Digitalisation: quicker off the blocks

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Players inside the blockchain consortium might include, but are not limited to: shippers, manufacturers, forwarders and intermediaries, port authorities, terminal operators, ocean carriers, landside transportation providers, freight forwarders, customs officials, financial institutions and the ultimate consignee in a single transaction.

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The detention, demurrage fee conundrum

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Peter Friedmann, executive director, Agriculture. Transportation Coalition. The FMC is uniquely positioned to set guidelines and a common understanding of what is fair and what is not fair,” said Alex Cherin, representing the California Trucking Association Intermodal Conference. exporters. “If Carriers and terminals.