Category BIS

Closed for the Weekend

“Hillbilly,” a regular reader and commenter here, brought to my attention news reports last week, like this one, that indicated that the Bladerunner 51, a high-speed boat that holds the speed record for circumnavigating Great Britain, is now in the…

BIS Eats, Shoots, and Leaves

ABOVE: Chashma Nuclear Plant Louisiana-based DeepSouth Hardware Solutions, an aftermarket provider of parts for power plant control systems, agreed to pay a $32,000 fine to settle charges by the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) that DeepSouth had shipped automatic…

Freight Forwarder Agrees to $20k Export Penalty

The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) recently released documents related to its settlement with Buffalo-based G&W International Forwarders of charges that G&W aided and abetted the export of a stack sizer screening machine (classified as EAR99) to a company…