In August of this year, the United States passed the Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act (COAC). The legislation contains clauses that affects the entry of merchandise with links to individuals who have been forced into labor. The United States Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) is committed to educating shippers [...]
I come from the operational side of freight transportation, so naturally, that’s my focus. I've built up a good amount of empathy for (often overworked) logistics managers and their (more overworked) staff. No matter the organization, their procedures or the individual operator’s role, responsibility and work-ethic, there always seems to be [...]
Due to the holiday weekend, please the following summary of ports hours of operation for Veterans Day 2017. For full closure details, please see visit the links provided. WEST COAST LOS ANGELES & LONG BEACH - open 11/10; see Pierpass for full weekend schedule (APM terminal, Terminal C 60, Eagle Marine Services Terminal, International [...]
We insure all of our valuables – home, car, jewelry, health, even our lives. It’s a practice that keeps us financially protected from life’s unexpected challenges. Yet time and again, shippers believe that basic marine carrier coverage actually assumes “all risk.” Most see additional coverage as an unnecessary contribution to [...]
The Port of Savannah’s International Multimodal Connector is a $128 million project that will add 97,000 feet of new track to Garden City Terminal and make it an East Coast gateway for fast rail and e-commerce. According to Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), the project is set for completion by 2020, [...]
Ask any Cleveland, Ohio enthusiast about the city and they’ll rave about the Cavaliers’ NBA Championship, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and gorgeous beaches. But, even die-hard fanatics might not know that Cleveland has a sea port. Nestled next to the Cleveland football stadium, this port is far from [...]
The freight industry converged in Shenzhen, China last week for the annual TPM Asia Conference, sponsored by IHS Markit’s JOC. Carriers, industry experts, and beneficial cargo owners (BCO) paneled to answer some tough questions surrounding the current peak season and ramifications for the long-term ocean freight market. To most, 2017 [...]
As the Atlantic hurricane season passes the halfway mark, U.S. shippers are only gearing up to feel the economic impact of these ravaging storms. In August, Irma became the strongest hurricane ever to make landfall in the Atlantic basin, while 2017 altogether featured four hurricanes (Harvey, Irma, Maria, and Nate) [...]
Effective November 1st, 2017, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will begin penalizing any documented violations of wood packing materials regulations, eliminating its previous mandate allowing up to five violations prior to taking action. Each violation will result in a penalty and the annual reset of violations has been eliminated. [...]
In 1992, a shipping container fell overboard as it traveled from Hong Kong across the Pacific. No one knew that 25 years later, those 28,000 plastic rubber bath toys would lead to a much deeper understanding of earth’s ocean currents and the impact of plastic pollution. Nicknamed the “friendly floatees” [...]
