PORT PROJECTS IN BALTIMORE AND OAKLAND PROPOSED On Monday, the House of Representatives approved by a vote of 359 to 13 the Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA). This legislation will help fund navigational projects at the ports of Baltimore and Oakland. It allocates approximately $4.8 billion [...]
The IT outage on Friday, July 19, 2024, caused by a bug in a CrowdStrike software update, is considered the largest outage in history. CrowdStrike, an American cybersecurity firm, offers a cloud-based software product called Falcon. The company pushed an update to Falcon, which interacts with Microsoft Windows products and [...]
As part of its ongoing commitment to helping small businesses, Green Worldwide is proud to sponsor the University of Georgia Small Business Development Center’s (SBDC) ExportGA for the fifth year. "At Green Worldwide, we are committed to helping small businesses succeed, particularly those involved in international trade, as that [...]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released an updated Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Strategy to Prevent the Importation of Goods Mined, Produced, or Manufactured with Forced Labor in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Released July 9, 2024, the updated strategy continues to advance the enforcement of [...]
Contract negotiations between several North American Dockworker unions and ports have the potential to snarl port operations and the movement of freight. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Canada and the International Longshoreman's Association (ILA) in the U.S. are advocating for their members to agree to new contract terms [...]
PANAMA CANAL NEARING NORMAL LEVELS AND INCREASING TRANSIT VOLUME After months of low water levels due to a historic drought, the Panama Canal’s freshwater reservoirs are approaching normal levels as summer begins. The drought, starting in mid-2023, reduced water levels in Gatun Lake, forcing the Panama Canal Authority (APC) to [...]
ELECTRIC TRUCKING INVESTMENTS The Los Angeles and Long Beach ports are investing a combined $25 million to support the development of charging infrastructure for electric-powered heavy-duty trucks to service southern California harbors and warehouses. The commissions of both ports also authorized another $12.5 million from their respective clean truck funds [...]
SHIPPERS PUSH FMC TO ADDRESS ISSUES WITH CHANGING DROP OFF DATES FOR EXPORTS U.S. exporters have expressed concerns to the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) that the inconsistent information on vessel schedules and drop-off dates leads to higher costs and delays. Although having a single source for this kind of data [...]
SPECIAL HANDLING CODE NEEDED FOR E-COMMERCE DUE TO AIR VOLUME CONSUMPTION E-commerce has sustained enormous volume growth over the last 18 months, commanding large portions of the global air markets. The exponential growth of the industry was kickstarted by the pandemic; and shows no signs of slowing. Retail sales are [...]
The U.S. Commerce Department recently solicited insights on strengthening supply chain resilience through the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). Diverse stakeholders, including trade associations and companies, have offered varying perspectives, such as restoring and trade liberalization, on achieving this critical objective. Federal Register: Request for Comments on Commerce Supply Chain Risk [...]
