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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.
Green Worldwide Shipping Gets Greener with Trees for the Future
In an effort to offset supply chain environmental impact for its customers and employees, Green Worldwide Shipping, a leading provider of international logistics services, is partnering with Trees for the Future to plant one tree for every shipment and employee in 2019. “We are very excited to be able to [...]
Fires force Houston Ship Channel to Close for Cleanup
More than 60 ships remain stranded in the Houston Ship Channel this morning as emergency responders look to skim gasoline ingredients from the waterway from a fire that occurred on March 18th. The region’s worst chemical disaster in 14 years occurred after three tanks at an Intercontinental Terminals Co.’s (ITC) [...]
Déjà vu? LA-LB Equipment Export Challenges Further Port Congestion
Import volumes may have leveled off since the beginning of the year, but congestion at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex has steadily found new ground. Turn times, on average, are exceeding 100 minutes and over 50 percent of chassis equipment, while more available, is displaced causing extreme delays. A frustrated [...]
‘Bomb Cyclone’ brings Hurricane Strength Winds to the Midwest
An intense winter storm system will rapidly bring hurricane-force wind gusts, blizzard conditions and a flood threat across the United States today. Known as a ‘bomb cyclone’, the storm is expected to be one of Colorado’s most dangerous storms ever. The National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning along the [...]
March 22 Deadline for TSCA Title VI Import Certification Filing
On March 22, the TSCA Title VI import certification requirement that applies to composite wood products (panels of hardwood plywood, particleboard, medium density fiberboard, thin-medium density fiberboard, etc.,) component parts containing such composite wood products, and finished goods containing such composite wood products that are imported into the U.S. goes [...]
Top 3 Reasons for Air Cargo Congestion & Delays
Airfreight has always served as one of the truest gauges of supply chain velocity and confidence. Moving fast, most air shipments can be delivered within days, depending on the level of service purchased. But is that confidence waning for shippers experiencing increased costs and reduced quality of service? Major airports [...]
A Shipper’s 2019 Guide to Avoiding Detention & Demurrage
Needless to say, the transportation industry has experienced its share of strain over the past two years. Everything from China trade tariff impacts, trucking hours-of-service changes, equipment and chassis allocation, carrier agreements, mega-vessel deliveries, and even weather has had a significant impact on America’s ports. Chassis shortages and mega-vessel deliveries [...]
Exclusions Proceed as China Tariff Increase is Postponed “Until Further Notice”
Published to the Federal Register on March 5, 2019, the President directed the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to modify the action taken in Section 301 investigations by “postponing the date on which the rate of the additional duties will increase to 25 percent for the products of China covered by [...]
Final ISF-5 Enforcement Starts March 15 for U.S. Importers
Effective March 15, 2019, U.S. Customs and Border Protection is ending its delayed enforcement period for ISF-5 type violations and will begin issuing liquidated damage claims. Back in April of 2018, CBP published a rule (effective May 14, 2018) expanding the definition of Importer Security Filing (ISF) Importer for certain [...]
United States Removes Turkey and India from GSP
On Monday, March 4, 2019, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Robert Lighthizer, announced that the United States determined India and Turkey no longer comply with the eligibility criteria as beneficiary developing countries under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). Under the United States GSP program, certain products can enter the [...]
Importers Avoid March 1 Tariff Hike on Chinese Goods, For Now
“.... productive talks, I will be delaying the U.S. increase in tariffs now scheduled for March 1. Assuming both sides make additional progress, we will be planning a Summit for President Xi and myself, at Mar-a-Lago, to conclude an agreement. A very good weekend for U.S. & China!” Tweeted by [...]
USTR Report Highlights China’s Failed WTO Commitments as Tariff Deadline Approaches
The U.S.-China trade dispute has seeped into 2019 and shippers are watching closely as the March 1st tariff deadline approaches. Back in December, the United States and China called a 90-day truce on the escalating tariff war as the two economic powerhouses negotiated on a range of trade issues spurred by [...]
Winter Storm Jaden brings Chicago Freight to a Grinding Halt
A winter storm warning is still in effect through January 31st after Winter Storm Jaden brought up-to six inches of snow from the Michigan Peninsula down through Missouri. With wind chills values 30 to 60 degrees below zero, the trucking industry has stalled operations with interline services, like Norfolk Southern, [...]
2019 Freight Contracts Won’t Escape Low Sulfur Fuel Mandate
Marked by blanked sailings, the weeks before and after the Lunar New Year have historically helped build demand after peak, holiday shipping. But in 2019, demand has been strong. So strong, that rates to both U.S. coasts have risen by double-digit percentages. Granted, this has mostly been strategic inventory front-loading in [...]
Los Angeles, Long Beach Port Congestion Persists into 2019
For the third consecutive month, U.S. shippers should be prepared to deal with ongoing congestion, delays and equipment shortages that have been plaguing the Los Angeles-Long Beach Port complex. The cause of the extreme gridlock and increasing dwell times is due to the unparalleled surge in imports, backlogs from weather [...]
UK in Limbo as Brexit Breaks Down
Britain’s Prime Minister, Theresa May, suffered a devastating defeat when the proposal to leave the European Union (EU), Brexit, lost in a 432 to 202 vote against withdrawal in Parliament. The vote was the biggest defeat for a Prime Minister in modern times, leaving the country in uncharted territory as [...]
latest publications
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.
Green Worldwide Shipping Gets Greener with Trees for the Future
In an effort to offset supply chain environmental impact for its customers and employees, Green Worldwide Shipping, a leading provider [...]
Fires force Houston Ship Channel to Close for Cleanup
More than 60 ships remain stranded in the Houston Ship Channel this morning as emergency responders look to skim gasoline [...]
Déjà vu? LA-LB Equipment Export Challenges Further Port Congestion
Import volumes may have leveled off since the beginning of the year, but congestion at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port [...]
‘Bomb Cyclone’ brings Hurricane Strength Winds to the Midwest
An intense winter storm system will rapidly bring hurricane-force wind gusts, blizzard conditions and a flood threat across the United [...]
March 22 Deadline for TSCA Title VI Import Certification Filing
On March 22, the TSCA Title VI import certification requirement that applies to composite wood products (panels of hardwood plywood, [...]
Top 3 Reasons for Air Cargo Congestion & Delays
Airfreight has always served as one of the truest gauges of supply chain velocity and confidence. Moving fast, most air [...]
A Shipper’s 2019 Guide to Avoiding Detention & Demurrage
Needless to say, the transportation industry has experienced its share of strain over the past two years. Everything from China [...]
Exclusions Proceed as China Tariff Increase is Postponed “Until Further Notice”
Published to the Federal Register on March 5, 2019, the President directed the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to modify the [...]
Final ISF-5 Enforcement Starts March 15 for U.S. Importers
Effective March 15, 2019, U.S. Customs and Border Protection is ending its delayed enforcement period for ISF-5 type violations and [...]
United States Removes Turkey and India from GSP
On Monday, March 4, 2019, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Robert Lighthizer, announced that the United States determined India and [...]
Importers Avoid March 1 Tariff Hike on Chinese Goods, For Now
“.... productive talks, I will be delaying the U.S. increase in tariffs now scheduled for March 1. Assuming both sides [...]
USTR Report Highlights China’s Failed WTO Commitments as Tariff Deadline Approaches
The U.S.-China trade dispute has seeped into 2019 and shippers are watching closely as the March 1st tariff deadline approaches. Back [...]
Winter Storm Jaden brings Chicago Freight to a Grinding Halt
A winter storm warning is still in effect through January 31st after Winter Storm Jaden brought up-to six inches of [...]
2019 Freight Contracts Won’t Escape Low Sulfur Fuel Mandate
Marked by blanked sailings, the weeks before and after the Lunar New Year have historically helped build demand after peak, [...]
Los Angeles, Long Beach Port Congestion Persists into 2019
For the third consecutive month, U.S. shippers should be prepared to deal with ongoing congestion, delays and equipment shortages that [...]
UK in Limbo as Brexit Breaks Down
Britain’s Prime Minister, Theresa May, suffered a devastating defeat when the proposal to leave the European Union (EU), Brexit, lost [...]
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