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EUROPEAN SUPPLY CHAIN TACKLES NETWORK CHALLENGES

EUROPE’S PORTS EXPERIENCE ONGOING CONGESTION Port congestion remains a factor across Northern Europe’s container hubs, including Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, and London Gateway. While backlogs persist, logistics teams are adapting—adjusting routings, timelines, and transport strategies to maintain freight movement in a tight operating environment. GROWING IMPORT PRESSURE IMPACTS EUROPEAN SUPPLY NETWORK [...]

May 5th, 2025|Categories: Export, Freight Talk, Industry Spotlight, Shipping News|

FREIGHT MARKET UPDATE | WEEK 18 | 2025

Week 18 brings trade policy adjustments and infrastructure disruptions influencing regional cargo movement and response times. U.S. tariff revisions, Iberian Peninsula power outages, and holiday closures in Asia are shaping near-term planning. U.S. TRADE POLICY REVISES TARIFF PROCESSES FOR NORTH AMERICAN IMPORTS A new Executive Order issued April 29, [...]

April 30th, 2025|Categories: Freight Market, Freight Talk, Shipping News|

CBP CLARIFIES IN-TRANSIT EXEMPTION FOR RECIPROCAL TARIFFS APPLIES ONLY TO OCEAN FREIGHT

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a clarification regarding the in-transit exemptions under the new reciprocal tariff policy. In an April 30 update to its IEEPA Reciprocal Tariffs FAQ, CBP confirmed that exemptions from the tariff increases—applicable to goods in transit as of April 5 or April 9—apply [...]

April 30th, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|

U.S. OFFERS LIMITED TARIFF RELIEF FOR DOMESTICALLY ASSEMBLED AUTOS

PROCLAMATION: U.S. ASSEMBLED AUTOMOTIVES ELIGIBLE FOR SOME TARIFF RELIEF On April 29, 2025, the White House issued a proclamation modifying how Section 232 duties apply to auto parts. Automakers that assemble vehicles in the United States may now apply for a limited tariff offset to reduce their Section 232 parts [...]

April 30th, 2025|Categories: Customs, Freight Talk, Import, Industry Spotlight, Uncategorized|

EXECUTIVE ORDER EXEMPTS TARIFF STACKING FOR SECTION 232 AUTO, ALUMINUM, AND STEEL IMPORTS

On April 29, 2025, President Trump signed a new Executive Order that limits the cumulative application or “tariff stacking” of certain U.S. tariffs, reducing duty exposure on targeted imports from Canada and Mexico—including autos, auto parts, aluminum, and steel.  The order applies retroactively to all entries made on or after [...]

April 29th, 2025|Categories: Customs, Export, Freight Talk, Import|

GREEN WORLDWIDE SHIPPING REPORTS 2024 DONATION IMPACT: 89,905 TREES PLANTED WITH TREES FOR THE FUTURE

COMMITMENT IN ACTION: SUSTAINABILITY AS A CULTURE Green Worldwide Shipping is proud of our longstanding partnership with Trees for the Future (TREES). Since, 2019, Green has  planted a tree automatically, for every shipment, customer, and employee to combat deforestation and promote sustainable development. Through this partnership, we’ve supported programs [...]

April 29th, 2025|Categories: Freight Talk, Green News, Sustainability|

CBP SIGNALS PLAN TO END OF CHINA AND HONG KONG DE MINIMIS EXCEPTIONS

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently issued a notice to implement Executive Orders 14256, 14259, and 14266, which amend duty treatment for low-value imports from China and Hong Kong. The new enforcement measures are intended to finalize the elimination of de minimis duty exemptions and strengthen collection procedures for [...]

April 25th, 2025|Categories: Customs, Freight Talk, Import, Industry Spotlight|

U.S. LAUNCHES SECTION 232 INVESTIGATION INTO MEDIUM- AND HEAVY-DUTY TRUCK IMPORTS

SECTION 232 INVESTIGATION OF MEDIUM- AND HEAVY-TRUCK: SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES On April 22, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce formally initiated a Section 232 investigation to evaluate the impact of imported medium-duty trucks, heavy-duty trucks, and related parts on national security. The inquiry, authorized under the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, will [...]

April 25th, 2025|Categories: Customs, Freight Talk, Import, Industry Spotlight|

IMO NET-ZERO FRAMEWORK ADVANCES GLOBAL MARITIME DECARBONIZATION EFFORTS

MEPC 83 - VOTES TO ADVANCE GLOBAL MARITIME DECARBONIZATION EFFORTS Green Worldwide Shipping® welcomes the April 2025 approval of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Net-Zero Framework, a landmark regulatory package designed to accelerate the shipping industry’s transition to zero-emission operations. This announcement marks a significant development for Zero Emission [...]

April 25th, 2025|Categories: Freight Talk, Green News, Industry Spotlight, Sustainability|

FREIGHT MARKET UPDATE | WEEK 17 | 2025

Week 17 finds service shifts across the trans-Pacific continuing to accelerate as U.S. trade policy developments evolve. Ongoing regulatory proposals and shifting sourcing strategies are driving near-term changes in routing, vessel deployment, and capacity allocation. USTR PORT FEE PROPOSAL: UNCERTAINTY FOR CHINESE-BUILT VESSELS Following the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) [...]

April 22nd, 2025|Categories: Freight Market, Freight Talk, Shipping News|

SECTION 301 INVESTIGATION FINDS CHINA’S SHIPBUILDING IS A BURDEN TO U.S. COMMERCE

On April 17, 2025, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released formal findings under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, concluding that China’s acts, policies, and practices targeting the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors are unreasonable and restrict U.S. commerce. The determination follows a year-long investigation [...]

April 21st, 2025|Categories: Freight Talk, Industry Spotlight, Shipping News|

EARTH MONTH 2025: ADVANCING COLLECTIVE CLIMATE ACTION THROUGH LOCAL ENGAGEMENT

GREEN WORLDWIDE SHIPPING BELIEVES EARTH DAY IS EVERYDAY April marks Earth Month—a time to reflect, engage, and take measurable action toward a more sustainable future. At Green Worldwide Shipping® (Green), environmental stewardship is not confined to a single day; it’s a year-round commitment embedded in how we operate, innovate, and [...]

April 16th, 2025|Categories: Freight Talk, Green News, Industry Spotlight, Sustainability|

NEW SECTION 232 PROBE INTO CRITICAL MINERALS AND DERIVATIVES IMPORTS

On April 15, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order directing the U.S. Department of Commerce to initiate a Section 232 investigation into whether imports of processed critical minerals and their derivative products threaten to impair national security. The probe examines key supply chain vulnerabilities that could result in future [...]

April 16th, 2025|Categories: Customs, Freight Talk, Import, Industry Spotlight|

FREIGHT MARKET UPDATE | WEEK 16 | 2025

TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE ADJUSTMENTS GAIN MOMENTUM IN WEEK 16 Carriers on the eastbound trans-Pacific are accelerating service adjustments in response to evolving trade dynamics between China and the United States. As Week 16 begins, a sharp drop in bookings from China drives a wave of blank sailings, suspended port calls, [...]

April 15th, 2025|Categories: Freight Market, Freight Talk, Shipping News|

SECTION 232 INVESTIGATIONS LAUNCHED ON SEMICONDUCTORS AND PHARMACEUTICAL IMPORTS

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has launched two national security investigations under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to assess whether imported semiconductors and pharmaceutical goods pose risks to the United States’ security and its industrial base. These investigations may result in future trade actions, including [...]

April 15th, 2025|Categories: Customs, Freight Talk, Import, Industry Spotlight|

U.S. EXCLUDES CERTAIN ELECTRONICS FROM RECIPROCAL DUTIES INCLUDING PHONES AND COMPUTERS

RECIPROCAL TARIFF EXCLUSIONS EXPANDED On April 5, 2025, new U.S. reciprocal tariffs took effect under Executive Order 14257. This order targeted products imported into the U.S. aspart of a shifting global trade policy. These tariffs apply to countries outside the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USCMCA). To clarify the products impacted, [...]

April 14th, 2025|Categories: Customs, Export, Freight Talk, Import|

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