Transportation Roundup: Submit Export Sales Reporting and Maintenance System comments

SSGA is collecting comments from members about the USDA Export Sales Reporting and Maintenance System 2.1 (ESRMS 2.1). Access the survey at this link.

SSGA will submit your anonymous comments from this survey to USDA-FAS. Anyone involved in the reporting for an exporting company can submit their comments at this survey and multiple people from the same company can submit comments. Please complete the survey with your comments by EOD tomorrow, June 28.

USDA-FAS is interested in public comment on 1) whether collection of contract-based information will help improve the timeliness and reliability of the data in USDA’s Export Sales Reports; 2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the collection of information including validity of the methodology and assumption used; 3) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collected; and 4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are required to report, including through the use of automated, electronic, mechanical or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

ESRMS 2.1 is available for user acceptance testing at this link until June 30.

SSGA would like to congratulate member Grain Millers Inc. for their recent 2023 Shipper of Choice award from FreightWaves. Grain Millers manufactures and supplies whole grain ingredients and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minn. The Shipper of Choice awards honor shippers for their collaboration, flexibility and attentiveness to carrier partners over the last year. Learn more about the awards here.

Last week, four Republican Senators introduced legislation that would prevent longshore workers from engaging in disruptive work slowdowns or resisting automation efforts at U.S. ports. Longshore unions would also be barred from impeding “modernization efforts at a port.”

The legislation, called the Preventing Labor Unions Slowdowns Act, would add two types of unfair labor practices by longshore work unions into the National Labor Relations Act and Labor Management Relations Act. Learn more about the proposed legislation here.

Another article of note:

Port of Cleveland attempts to punch above its weight

Despite labor agreement, some West Coast-bound ships still delayed