Archive for October, 2009
DOT Medical Marijuana Policy
/ – N2n – / Recently, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued guidelines for Federal prosecutors in states that have enacted laws authorizing the use of “medical marijuana.” http://www.justice.gov/opa/documents/medical‐marijuana.pdf. We have had several inquiries about whether the DOJ advice to Federal prosecutors regarding pursuing criminal cases will have an impact upon the Department of Transportation’s [...]
Trucking Industry Looking for Exception from Texting Bans
/ – N2N – / National Push for Texting Ban Across the country, there has been a movement at the state and federal levels to ban drivers from sending, receiving and reading text messages while driving. The focus on text messages began in earnest over the summer when the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute released a [...]
Independent 30-Day Review Finds CBP Selected Recovery Act Port Projects Based on a Transparent, Merit-Based Process
/ – N2N – / An independent 30-day review conducted by senior career officials from across the federal government found that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) selected American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) land port of entry projects based on a transparent, merit-based process and used reasonable and well-justified cost estimates. “This review validates [...]
Causes and Dangers of Large Truck Accidents
Large-truck crashes, or crashes that involve one or more trucks weighing over 10,000 pounds, account for a large number of accidents on America’s roadways. Surprisingly, there were a whopping 120,000 large-truck crashes between April 2001 and December 2003. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has named truck driving as the eighth most fatal occupation in the [...]
International Air Transport Association (IATA) reports international scheduled traffic results for September 2009
Geneva – / – N2N – / The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported international scheduled traffic results for September 2009. Passenger demand was essentially unchanged, increasing 0.3% compared to September 2008. Demand for international cargo was 5.4% below September 2008 levels. Load factors for passenger and cargo have returned to pre-crisis levels of 77.1% [...]
CBP Catches ‘Trusted Traveler’ with More than 100 Pounds of Marijuana Hidden in Speaker Box
San Diego – / – N2N – / U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the San Ysidro border crossing Tuesday caught a 19-year-old female enrolled in CBP’s “trusted traveler” program allegedly attempting to smuggle more than 100 pounds of marijuana into the United States. On Tuesday, October 20, at about 6:30 p.m. a 19-year-old [...]
Railroad Industry News: Texas Flexitank Company Achieves ‘First’ – Passes Both Rail Impact and Rail Simulation Tests; Meets AAR Performance Standards, Benchmarks
HOUSTON, TX / – N2N – / For the first time in the history of the Association of American Railroads (AAR), the 75-year-old organization has awarded a flexitank packaging company a passing score for safety. The Texas company, Environmental Packaging Technologies, Ltd. ( ), passed both the Rail Impact and the Rail Simulation tests administered [...]
August 2009 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Fell 24.9 Percent from August 2008
/ – N2N – / Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 24.9 percent lower in August 2009 than in August 2008, dropping to $54.3 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation. BTS, [...]
Border Patrol Agents Stop Backpack Smuggling Attempt in Arizona
Wellton, Ariz. / – N2N – / – U.S. Border Patrol agents seized several large bundles of marijuana Tuesday evening while tracking a group of suspected drug smugglers in a remote area of Arizona. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Yuma sector’s forward operating base, Camp Grip, detected the entry of nine individuals approximately 30 [...]
DHL launches new direct LCL service from Hong Kong to Paranagua, Brazil
/ – N2N – / DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, today announced the launch of its new direct LCL (Less than container Load) weekly service from Hong Kong to the rapidly growing port of Paranagua, Brazil, enhancing connectivity and trade from the Greater China region to key cities in Brazil. The launch of Hong [...]
