Across the United States, large and small shippers, alike, are going back to the drawing board in order to adjust budgeted fuel allocations and transportation costs from severe oil market instability in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent international sanctions that followed. A year ago, diesel [...]
On March 11, 2022, United States President Biden signed a new Executive Order Prohibiting Certain Imports, Exports, and New Investment with Respect to Continued Russian Federation Aggression. IMPORT RESTRICTION (i) the importation into the United States of the following products of Russian Federation origin: fish, seafood, and preparations thereof; alcoholic [...]
On Tuesday, March 8, 2022, the White House issued an Executive Order “finding that the Russian Federation’s unjustified, unprovoked, unyielding, and unconscionable war against Ukraine, including its recent further invasion in violation of international law, including the United Nations Charter, further threatens the peace, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of [...]
As the invasion of Ukraine escalates, international institutions and businesses have begun suspending services to Russian and areas of conflict. In addition to economic sanctions announced over the past week, the following is a summary of how transportation service disruptions will affect global supply chains: SHIPPING Ocean Network Express (ONE) [...]
On Monday, February 21, 2022, the White House announced the first tranche of sanctions on Russia as conflict over two eastern Ukrainian regions escalated. With support from partner countries in the European Union, United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, and Australia; the United States President Biden has directed the following measures: Full [...]
Green Worldwide Shipping® is a proud to be a platinum sponsor of the annual Georgia Logistics Summit, an in-person event taking place on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. This year’s theme, Fueling Growth Through Innovation, will feature a keynote panel discussing Digitalization of Supply Chain and Logistics. Industry leaders will answer [...]
On January 13th, the Los Angeles Harbor Commission will vote on charging ocean carriers a fee for empty containers that dwell at the terminal for nine days or more. If approved, the fee would go into effect starting January 30, 2022, and be implemented at the discretion of Port of [...]
BACKGROUND On March 8, 2018, in Proclamation 9705, Adjusting Imports of Steel into the United States, upon the completion of a Section 232 investigation, the United States determined that steel articles were being imported in such quantities that threaten to impair U.S. national security. To adjust the volume of those [...]
Last week, on Thursday, December 23, 2021, U.S. President Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act into law. H.R. 6256, which bans imports from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang) of the People’s Republic of China and imposes sanctions on foreign individuals responsible for forced labor in the region. [...]
The International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) and West Coast employers, led by the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), will be back at the negotiating table next year, making shippers nervous leading up to the July 1, 2022, contract expiration. In late November, the PMA made a formal request for [...]
