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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.
Verified Gross Mass, A Shipper’s Guide to Getting Onboarded
Since the implementation of the International Maritime Organization’s Veified Gross Mass (VGM) mandate over a year ago, fears of disruption, congestion, and operational cost increases have fallen by the wayside, but participants are still questioning the accuracy and benefits of the program. Shippers are still showing variations in the actual [...]
Peak Season Congestion, LA Basin
Recently, numerous railroad operational changes have caused extensive transit-time delay and equipment shortages in the Los Angeles area. Combined with the increased volume of peak season shipping, these shortages have resulted in extended delays of departure schedules and service transit times. Due to the peak season volume and challenges around [...]
GSP Expiration Looms, December 31
The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) provides duty-free treatment to goods of designated beneficiary countries. The program was authorized by the Trade Act of 1974 to promote economic growth in the developing countries and was implemented on January 1, 1976. The GSP periodically expires and must be renewed by Congress [...]
Export Entity List Violations Carry Heavy Penalties
An American forwarding company recently settled civil penalty charges with the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) after the attempted distribution of unlicensed export goods subject to Export Administration Regulation controls. The shipment was to be received by a company in Pakistan registered on the Entity List. The items for [...]
Global Database Benefits for Shipping Containers
As demand for international goods continues to grow, so do the number of lost and stolen cargo containers. Now, freight containers can be tracked once registered in BoxTech, a non-profit technical characteristics database of global container information established by the Bureau International des Containers (BIC). BoxTech was released in July [...]
10 Great Freight Reasons to be Thankful
It’s about that time of year when supply chain and logistics managers feel the true urgency and impact of peak season shipping. From time-critical deliveries to warehousing fulfillment, freight is moving – fast. But regardless of how your inventory makes its way to the shelves, it’s equally important to pause [...]
Shippers Brace for Dec 18. ELD Mandate
U.S. importers and exporters not budgeting or preparing for the impact of the electronic logging device (ELD) rule are in for a surprise next quarter. The electronic logging device (ELD) rule is part of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) transportation reauthorization bill signed into [...]
CBP’s Forced Labor Focus has Shippers on Alert
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 [...]
CBP Changes to the In-Bond Process
The in-bond process allows imported merchandise to be entered at one U.S. port of entry without appraisement or payment of duties and transported by a bonded carrier to another U.S. port of entry, or other authorized destination, provided all statutory and regulatory conditions are met. DATES: This rule is effective [...]
DOC Finds Dumping of Hardwood Plywood Imports from China
On November 13th, the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) announced final determinations of the anti-dumping and countervailing investigations of hardwood plywood imports from the People’s Republic of China. Merchandise subject to investigations included: Hardwood and decorative plywood; Certain veneered panels: Defined as flat, multi-layered plywood consisting of 2 or [...]
The Case Against Transportation Costs, Time and Value
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 [...]
Sun Sets on Solar Panel Trade Dispute
The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) submitted tariff recommendations regarding foreign imports of solar products after a September hearing petitioned against growing harm to domestic solar panel industry. The petitioner, a Georgia-based panel manufacturer majority-owned by a Chinese company, filed complaint against cheap, subsidized solar panel imports that drove [...]
COBRA Customs User Fees Update
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is adjusting certain customs user fees and limitations established by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) for Fiscal Year 2018 in accordance with the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act). EFFECTIVE: January 1, 2018 For more information, visit the Federal Registrar Notice. [...]
Veterans Day Port Schedule
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 [...]
17 Ways Basic Marine Cargo Insurance Makes You Pay
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 [...]
Savannah Expansion: Double Rail, Faster Transit
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, [...]
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.
Verified Gross Mass, A Shipper’s Guide to Getting Onboarded
Since the implementation of the International Maritime Organization’s Veified Gross Mass (VGM) mandate over a year ago, fears of disruption, [...]
Peak Season Congestion, LA Basin
Recently, numerous railroad operational changes have caused extensive transit-time delay and equipment shortages in the Los Angeles area. Combined with [...]
GSP Expiration Looms, December 31
The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) provides duty-free treatment to goods of designated beneficiary countries. The program was authorized by [...]
Export Entity List Violations Carry Heavy Penalties
An American forwarding company recently settled civil penalty charges with the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) after the attempted [...]
Global Database Benefits for Shipping Containers
As demand for international goods continues to grow, so do the number of lost and stolen cargo containers. Now, freight [...]
10 Great Freight Reasons to be Thankful
It’s about that time of year when supply chain and logistics managers feel the true urgency and impact of peak [...]
Shippers Brace for Dec 18. ELD Mandate
U.S. importers and exporters not budgeting or preparing for the impact of the electronic logging device (ELD) rule are in [...]
CBP’s Forced Labor Focus has Shippers on Alert
In August of this year, the United States passed the Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act (COAC). The legislation contains [...]
CBP Changes to the In-Bond Process
The in-bond process allows imported merchandise to be entered at one U.S. port of entry without appraisement or payment of [...]
DOC Finds Dumping of Hardwood Plywood Imports from China
On November 13th, the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) announced final determinations of the anti-dumping and countervailing investigations of [...]
The Case Against Transportation Costs, Time and Value
I come from the operational side of freight transportation, so naturally, that’s my focus. I've built up a good amount [...]
Sun Sets on Solar Panel Trade Dispute
The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) submitted tariff recommendations regarding foreign imports of solar products after a September hearing [...]
COBRA Customs User Fees Update
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is adjusting certain customs user fees and limitations established by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget [...]
Veterans Day Port Schedule
Due to the holiday weekend, please the following summary of ports hours of operation for Veterans Day 2017. For full [...]
17 Ways Basic Marine Cargo Insurance Makes You Pay
We insure all of our valuables – home, car, jewelry, health, even our lives. It’s a practice that keeps us [...]
Savannah Expansion: Double Rail, Faster Transit
The Port of Savannah’s International Multimodal Connector is a $128 million project that will add 97,000 feet of new track [...]
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