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The summer of 2018 has brought record breaking heat temperatures to countries around the world.

Late last month the Mexican Transport and Communications Ministry implemented a new transportation rule regulating double articulated trucks (also known as tandems). The new regulation, which went into effect June 27, 2018, requires tandem truck units to acquire and display a sticker proving their authorization to travel as a tandem unit across Mexican Territory.

 Our office in Italy has made us aware that trucking companies and the VTE Genova terminal have called for a strike beginning tomorrow, July 12, 2018, until Tuesday, July 17, 2018.

The trade war is escalating quickly as China has retaliated against Trump's trade regulations on over $34 billion of Chinese goods.

Many carriers have instituted Emergency Bunker surcharges and Cost Recovery measures that went into effect July 1, 2018. The new charges are in response to the overall increase in fuel costs over the last year and continued attempts to get rates to a sustainable level. Vessels in many wine and spirits trades are sailing at 100 percent capacity and often overbooked.