With the deadline approaching to submit comments to the Surface Transportation Board in response to its proposed rule on competitive switching, NITL hosted a brief Webinar on October 12 to update League members on the status of its efforts in this area. READ MORE

Congress left Washington after passing a stopgap measure to keep the government funded through, but there is still important work going on in the nation’s capital. READ MORE

The League joined 100-plus other groups in asking Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker to work with the South Korean government to bring the crisis to a swift and positive end. READ MORE

The League has joined with the National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council to challenge a recent move that shifted the burden of proof of liability from carriers to shippers. READ MORE

NITL Executive Director Jennifer Hedrick laid out the rationale for the League’s fight for competitive switching in an op-ed article in this week’s issue of Transportation Weekly. READ MORE

NITL staff met with officials from the Federal Maritime Commission on September 8 to share League members’ concerns about the impact of Hanjin Shipping’s collapse. READ MORE

Shippers around the world are reeling from the news of Hanjin Shipping’s declaration of bankruptcy in South Korea last week. READ MORE

NITL has filed extensive comments with the Surface Transportation Board demonstrating widespread support for revoking regulatory exemptions for certain commodities transported by rail. READ MORE

All airborne and marine vessels originating in the United States and bound for China must provide proof of disinsection at the Chinese port to help reduce the risk of transmitting the Zika virus. READ MORE

The Department of Homeland Security “remains committed” to the objectives of the 2006 SAFE Port Act and its mandate for 100 percent scanning of all U.S.-bound maritime cargo containers, despite a plea to urge Congress to rethink the approach. READ MORE