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    Monthly Archive for: "January, 2013"
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    By Jared Vineyard
    In cargo ship, export, import
    Posted January 31, 2013

    Violence in Egypt Threatens Freight Shipments Thru Suez Canal

    Egypt and Upheaval: What’s happening and what it means for import/export traffic through the Suez Canal. An article posted two days ago (Jan 29th) in the Telegraph described Egypt as a nation on [...]

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    By Jared Vineyard
    In exports, ILA Strike, Imports, International Shipping
    Posted January 29, 2013

    ILA Strike Watch 2013: 1 Week Till Strike Deadline

    The potential ILA strike of approximately 14,500 dockworkers at U.S. East and Gulf ports is a week away. At the threat of an event that would cause major disruptions to the supply chain in the [...]

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    By Jared Vineyard
    In export, import, International Shipping
    Posted January 24, 2013

    80% of Chinese Owned Shipping Companies in the Red!

    or the alternate title: Why it sucks to be a Chinese (or any –ese) shipping company right now and what can be done about it: Hellenic News just published an amazingly brief article[1] (Wow! Can I [...]

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    By Universal Cargo
    In Asia, China, Customer Service, Devin Burke, UCM
    Posted January 22, 2013

    Customer Service & Work Ethic in Asia Vs. U.S. w/ Vietnam & Shanghai Video

    Recently my wife and I traveled throughout Asia, visiting Thailand, Vietnam, and China. We flew on Japan Airlines and even though they are not as high end as some of the other carriers, such as [...]

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    By Jared Vineyard
    In container shipping, exports, ILA Strike, Imports, International Shipping
    Posted January 17, 2013

    ILA Strike Watch 2013: Choke-Holds, Labor and Technology

    I read an article about the threatened ILA Strike and it rang a few bells for me. Bell #1: The term “choke-hold”. In an article in the Observer (9/25/12) David Jaffee, a sociologist at the [...]

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    By Universal Cargo
    In auto shipping, export, import, shipping
    Posted January 8, 2013

    Auto Shipping: RORO Vs. Container — Which is Better?

    Automobile and Vehicle Shipping When it comes to automobile shipping, you have two main options. You can ship your vehicle in a container or ship via Roll On Roll Off (RORO). But which option is [...]

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    By Jared Vineyard
    In shipping, Word of Wisdom, work
    Posted January 5, 2013

    Word of Wisdom: Running to Tarshish

    תַּרְשִׁישׁ – Tarshish We’ve all heard big fish stories. Perhaps you’ve even told one or two. Growing up in Michigan, surrounded by lakes, I heard many big fish stories as a child. “The [...]

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    By Jared Vineyard
    In container shipping, exports, ILA Strike, Imports, International Shipping
    Posted January 2, 2013

    ILA Strike Watch 2013: East Coast & Gulf Ports Strike Looks Unlikely

    The negotiations are not over yet, but many businesses are letting out a sigh of relief over the tense situation caused by threats of an ILA strike at East Coast and Gulf ports that would have [...]

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