On July 1, 2016, the Safety of Life at Sea (“SOLAS”) requirement for shippers to provide steamship lines with the verified gross mass (“VGM”) of each shipment takes effect internationally.
While under development at the International Maritime Organization for years, these requirements caught many in the U.S. by surprise last summer when the deadline was
January 11, 2016 is E-Day – the day Canada will start to impose administrative monetary penalties (“AMPS”) for failure by highway carriers and rail carriers to have satisfied e-Manifest filing requirements. What are e-Manifest requirements? E-Manifest requirements are national security measures established by the Canada Border Services Agency (“CBSA”) and require that persons carrying cargo