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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 [...]  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 [...] 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 ICS calls for the plans to be withdrawn and for future increases to be given with at least six months’ notice to enable shipping [...] |
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