Clarifying the Difference Between Demurrage, Detention, and Per Diem Fees Demurrage and detention fees don’t have to be a mystery… Get ahead of them with our terminology guide and tips below! The terms demurrage, detention and per diem are often used interchangeably, but are they the same thing? Surprisingly, they aren’t. To make matters even […]
Impact of December 18th ELD MandateThe FMCSA congressionally mandated ELD (Electronic Logging Device) compliance deadline is set for December 2017.Starting December 18th, inspectors and roadside enforcement personnel will begin documenting violations on roadside inspection reports and will issue citations to drivers operating vehicles without a compliant ELD. What is the ELD Mandate?The ELD Mandate requires the use of ELDs by commercial drivers who […]
The interim final rule that became effective on January, 26, 2009 has now become the final rule as to a great many ISF filings. However, for some time the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the trade have been discussing an urgent need for limited changes to Part 149 of the Customs Regulations, primarily to […]
In a Federal Register Notice (FRN) published on June 28, 2016 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) announced an interim rule has been issued revising the civil procedure regulations, which assess civil penalties when violations of laws or regulations have occurred. According to the notice, The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of […]
The Department of Commerce has updated its Free Trade Agreement Tariff Tool (FTA Tariff Tool) to provide the latest information on tariffs for U.S. products exported to Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) partner markets. When fully entered into force, the TPP Agreement will eliminate more than 18,000 foreign taxes, or tariffs, that various countries place on Made-In-America exports.Researching tariff […]
