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Any new federal surface transportation bill that emerges from the committee of lawmakers conferencing on the measure should include provisions establishing a national policy for freight movement, a group of organizations invested in the shipping and retail industries said Thursday.
The Freight Stakeholders Coalition, which was form to press lawmakers to consider freight issues in the proposed highway bill, called on lawmakers on the 47-member transportation conference committee to include a 10-point freight policy that was adopted by Senate in its compromise version of the highway bill.
The policy calls for the federal government to spend $2 billion on improving freight mobility.
The members of the freight coalition [include, among others] the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA); American Trucking Association; Intermodal Association of North America; Waterfront Coalition and the World Shipping Council.
From The Hill
Located just 132 miles north of Panama, Nicaragua has long considered its own possible canal routes.
Nicaragua has decided to construct an inter-oceanic canal which will link the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans and greatly facilitate the intercontinental cargo traffic, Press TV reports.
The Nicaraguan government’s decision to build the canal is aimed to cope with the sustained increase in the seaborne trade through Panama Canal which makes it difficult for big trading ships to cross the canal.
The move, experts say, is expected to be hailed by Russia and China as two emerging economic powerhouses.
From Inside Costa Rica
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has sent a strongly worded letter to the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) describing plans to increase tolls by up to 15 percent as “simply unacceptable.”
ICS calls for the plans to be withdrawn and for future increases to be given with at least six months’ notice to enable shipping companies to plan properly and fully assess the impact of the proposed changes.
The ACP published plans to increase its tolls last month, despite assuring industry clients in January there would only be one small adjustment to tolls before completion of the expansion project in 2014. Toll increases could come into effect as early as July 1, if agreed at a public hearing at the end of this month.
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