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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.
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 [...]
USTR Issues First Round of Section 301 Exclusions
Section 301 Exclusions Won’t be Implemented by CBP Until Government Shutdown Ends “At the conclusion of the government funding hiatus, CBP will issue instructions on entry guidance and implementation,” Customs & Border Protection (CBP) has advised. Once the government shutdown is ended, the updates to ACE on the exclusions will implemented [...]
Trans-Pacific Rates & Capacity Brace for Lunar New Year
As the New Year brings fresh resolutions and opportunities, shippers are coming face-to-face with tighter capacity and higher rates on Pacific trade lanes. Spot rates from Asia increased for the second week in a row as we brought in 2019, and the industry has begun bracing for the Lunar (Chinese) [...]
Government Shutdown Impact on CBP, OGAs & Trade Agencies
The U.S. federal government has been in a shutdown since 12:01 AM on December 22, 2018, after lawmakers failed to reach a funding deal. The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA) confirmed “CBP is working with other agencies to have the flow of trade as close to [...]
Shipper Alert: West Coast Port Congestion Expected through Lunar New Year
As reported earlier this month, U.S. West Coast terminals in Los Angeles and Long Beach are experiencing heavy volumes and severe congestion that is expected to last through the upcoming Lunar (Chinese) New Year. 5 TOP CAUSES OF U.S. WEST COAST CONGESTION 1. EQUIPMENT & CHASSIS For West Coast supply [...]
11 Impacts of a ‘No Deal’ Brexit On Shippers
Shippers were thrown into more turmoil this past week after British Prime Minister, Theresa May, delayed Brexit debates indefinitely. The latest deal between May and the European Union (EU) has failed to win any political support, forcing shippers to adopt a worst-case scenario in the scheduled upcoming March 29thdeparture. *(updated) [...]
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.
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 [...]
USTR Issues First Round of Section 301 Exclusions
Section 301 Exclusions Won’t be Implemented by CBP Until Government Shutdown Ends “At the conclusion of the government funding hiatus, [...]
Trans-Pacific Rates & Capacity Brace for Lunar New Year
As the New Year brings fresh resolutions and opportunities, shippers are coming face-to-face with tighter capacity and higher rates on [...]
Government Shutdown Impact on CBP, OGAs & Trade Agencies
The U.S. federal government has been in a shutdown since 12:01 AM on December 22, 2018, after lawmakers failed to [...]
Shipper Alert: West Coast Port Congestion Expected through Lunar New Year
As reported earlier this month, U.S. West Coast terminals in Los Angeles and Long Beach are experiencing heavy volumes and [...]
11 Impacts of a ‘No Deal’ Brexit On Shippers
Shippers were thrown into more turmoil this past week after British Prime Minister, Theresa May, delayed Brexit debates indefinitely. The [...]
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