Following a series of meetings with private trade groups, customers and government officials, maritime shipping company Crowley Puerto Rico Inc. agreed to modify and push back the implementation of a new “Chassis Usage Charge” that could have potentially meant an increase in prices for consumer goods transported to the island.
Following a seven-month evaluation process, the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association has named Economist and Attorney Jaime García as the trade group’s new executive director, effective Feb 1. He succeeds William Riefkohl, who announced in the summer he would be stepping down from the post after 15 years.
Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association President Waleska Rivera on Tuesday thanked Popular Democratic Party Sen. Ángel Rosa for submitting a trio of bills geared toward creating jobs and spurring investment, “keeping his campaign promises.”
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