Challenges & Opportunities For New Jersey’s Logistics Industry
- Chairman’s Message
- Identifying the Threat
- Lisa Yakomin of Bi-State Motor Carrier Association Leads Opposition to DOL Rulemaking Proposal
- “Indirect Source Rule” Emerges as Threat to NJ’s Logistics Industry
- Newark Rescinds Storage Container Ordinance
- “Buck a Truck” Killed for the Second Time
- The Spector of “Stop-Work Orders” and Misclassification Enforcement
- PANYNJ Truck Replacement (TRP)
- Supreme Court to Rule in Freight Broker Case
- Tariff Update from the National Retail Federation
- Meet the DeliverNJ Team
July, 2024 – Truck drivers, kitchen workers demand extreme-heat rules
Read the full article here: https://newjerseymonitor.com/2024/07/18/truck-drivers-kitchen-workers-demand-extreme-heat-rules/#:~:text=The%20bill%20would%20require%20employers,an%20injury%20from%20excessive%20heat.
July, 2024 – A bill called the Warehouse and Port Pollution Reduction Act (S3546/A4679) was introduced in the New Jersey legislature. It would impose new permit and pollution reduction requirements on the warehouse industry.
Read the proposed legislation here: https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S1500/1117_I1.PDF
June, 2024 – The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) released a report entitled New Jersey Warehouse Boom, which tracks the growth of warehouses and the alleged environmental impact.
Access the report here: https://globalcleanair.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/95/files/NJ-Warehouse-Boom-Report-EDF-6-18-2024.pdf
June, 2024 – The City of Newark has adopted a new ordinance imposing substantial license and fee requirements on the “storage” of intermodal containers. The Newark-based port industry is studying the impact of these new requirements.
Access the legislation here: https://newark.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6517632&GUID=2D47D066-F384-40C7-9AC0-76C30339B2D9
May 23, 2024 – New York City adopts new ordinance to curtail Last-Mile Delivery centers.
Read more here: https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2024/05/23/new-york-city-to-limit-new-last-mile-delivery-centers/
May 16, 2024 – Cargo conundrum: Port of NY/NJ is capable of handling huge increase in volume — but is New Jersey? | ROI-NJ
May 1, 2024 – LA zoning proposal could reduce supply of trailer parking
April 30, 2024 – Warehouse industry reports point to possible slowdown
April, 2024 – The City of Newark has adopted a new ordinance imposing substantial license and fee requirements for truck parking. Port industries are beginning to digest the impact of this ordinance.
Read the new legislation here: https://newark.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6517631&GUID=E746C8A9-C05F-4F50-AB7E-18D425EBE3E4&Options=&Search=