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Join the conversation as we explore current events impacting the international freight market. From capacity crunches to legislative impacts, Green gives you deep insights for big freight decisions.

FMC Requesting Comments on New Detention and Demurrage Billing Rule

U.S. shippers that have been plagued with demurrage and detention charges since the start of the pandemic may soon have recourse as the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) nears a final rule targeting unfair billing practices. “As rising cargo volumes have increasingly put pressure on common carrier, port and terminal performance, [...]

February 9th, 2022|Categories: Customs, Freight Talk, Shipping News|

Green Celebrates 375,000 Trees in 3 Years

Green Worldwide Shipping®, a leading U.S.-based provider of international freight forwarding and supply chain solutions, is proud to reach a milestone in the Green Tree Initiative; since the start of the program in April of 2019 through 2021, Green has donated a total of 375,000 trees for every customer, [...]

February 8th, 2022|Categories: Freight Talk, Green News, Sustainability|

Freight Market Update | Week 6 | 2022

Green Worldwide Shipping's Freight Market Update covers port information, import and export news, vessel wait time and cargo vessels at major ports & more.  For continuous updates, make sure to check out our website at greenworldwide.com. As Green continues to monitor international shipping news, stay up-to-date on supply chain disruptions by [...]

February 8th, 2022|Categories: Freight Market, Freight Talk, Shipping News|

Freight Market Update | Week 5 | 2022

Green Worldwide Shipping's Freight Market Update covers port information, import and export news, vessel wait time and cargo vessels at major ports & more.  For continuous updates, make sure to check out our website at greenworldwide.com. As Green continues to monitor international shipping news, stay up-to-date on supply chain disruptions by [...]

February 2nd, 2022|Categories: Freight Market, Freight Talk, Shipping News|

Green Worldwide Shipping® Sponsors 2022 Georgia Logistics Summit

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 [...]

January 28th, 2022|Categories: Freight Talk, Green News, Industry Spotlight|

Freight Market Update | Week 4 | 2022

  Green Worldwide Shipping's Freight Market Update covers port information, import and export news, vessel wait time and cargo vessels at major ports & more.  For continuous updates, make sure to check out our website at greenworldwide.com. As Green continues to monitor international shipping news, stay up-to-date on supply chain disruptions [...]

January 25th, 2022|Categories: Freight Market, Freight Talk, Shipping News|

Ningbo Ports Under Lockdown Amid COVID Outbreak

New Year celebrations were cut short over the weekend in China’s Beilun district as the area was put under strict lockdown after a confirmed COVID outbreak. Maintaining a zero-COVID policy, Chinese authorities have implemented mass testing, disinfection procedures, stay-at-home orders, and quarantine measures for the area. Operations at the [...]

January 5th, 2022|Categories: Freight Market, Freight Talk, Shipping News|

Flooding in Malaysia, Supply Chain Delays and Congestion

Since mid-December, Malaysia has been experiencing unusually heavy rainfall resulting in nationwide floods. Flooding intensified over the weekend causing extreme damage throughout seven Malaysian states; Kelantan Terengganu Pahang Johor Malacca Negeri Sembilan Sabah The flooding is impacting all major ocean terminals in Malaysia.  Neither terminal operators nor ocean carriers have [...]

January 3rd, 2022|Categories: Export, Freight Talk, Import, Shipping News, Uncategorized|

Updated Steel and Aluminum Tariff Rate Quota Begins Jan. 1, EU Added

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 [...]

December 29th, 2021|Categories: Customs, Freight Talk, Import, Industry Spotlight|

Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Signed into Law, Trade Impact to Supply Chains

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. [...]

December 28th, 2021|Categories: Customs, Freight Talk, Import, Industry Spotlight|

White House Proclamation Modifying the Harmonized Tariff Schedule in 2022

On Thursday, December 23, 2021, the White House released a proclamation detailing changes to the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), based on recommendations published by the World Customs Organization (WCO) in June 2019. While specific details of tariff schedule updates was not included with the official announcement, in April 2021, [...]

December 23rd, 2021|Categories: Customs, Freight Talk|

Despite Congestion, West Coast Ports Will Have to Negotiate with ILWU in 2022

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 [...]

December 17th, 2021|Categories: Freight Talk, Industry Spotlight, Shipping News|

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