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    Monthly Archive for: "July, 2023"
    Home » Archives for July 2023
     Yes, Virginia, There Is a Peak Season
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    By Jared Vineyard
    In freight rates, import, Import from China, importer, importers, importing, Imports, international business, International Shipping, ocean freight rates, peak season, shippers
    Posted July 27, 2023

    Yes, Virginia, There Is a Peak Season

    So some have deemed to tell you there is no peak season this year? Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. There is, indeed, a peak [...]

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     Decoding OSRA – Section 6. Public Disclosure
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    By Jared Vineyard
    In carriers, container carriers, FMC, maritime shipping, ocean, ocean freight, ocean shipping, ocean shipping lines
    Posted July 25, 2023

    Decoding OSRA – Section 6. Public Disclosure

    We’re still only beginning to see how the changes to U.S. shipping law will affect businesses’ imports and exports as well as carriers' and other industry stakeholders' operations within maritime [...]

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     ILWU Canada Strike Again, Stop, Reissue Strike Notice, Then Cancel – Head Spinning Yet?
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    By Jared Vineyard
    In export, exporters, exports, ILA, ILWU, ILWU Strike, import, importing, Imports, International Shipping, ocean freight, ocean shipping, port congestion
    Posted July 20, 2023

    ILWU Canada Strike Again, Stop, Reissue Strike Notice, Then Cancel – Head Spinning Yet?

    Well, that didn't last long. The good feelings that the strike at Canada's ports was over only lasted days. However, a resumed or new strike (depending on your point of view) this week was even [...]

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     ILWU Canada Strike Ends, So What’s the Fallout?
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    By Jared Vineyard
    In ILWU, ILWU contract, ILWU Strike, Imports, International Shipping, ocean freight, ocean shipping, shippers, Supply Chain
    Posted July 18, 2023

    ILWU Canada Strike Ends, So What’s the Fallout?

    The International Longshore & Warehouse Union Canada (ILWU Canada) strike ended with a tentative deal last week. Chris Helgren reported in Reuters: "Dock workers at ports along Canada's Pacific [...]

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     Must-See “Sound of Freedom” Depicts Kids Trafficked in Shipping Container
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    By Jared Vineyard
    In International Shipping, shipping, Shipping Container, shipping containers
    Posted July 13, 2023

    Must-See “Sound of Freedom” Depicts Kids Trafficked in Shipping Container

    If ever there was a must-see movie playing in theaters, Sound of Freedom is it. In a movie that already struck me where I live by being about a parent's worst nightmare of children kidnapped and [...]

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     U.S. Unions Won’t Work Diverted Ships from ILWU Canada Strike
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    By Jared Vineyard
    In ILA, ILWU, ILWU Strike, import, importers, importing, Imports, International Shipping, ocean freight, ocean shipping
    Posted July 11, 2023

    U.S. Unions Won’t Work Diverted Ships from ILWU Canada Strike

    Both the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) said they will not work containerships diverted to U.S. ports because of the ILWU [...]

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     Freight Rates Watch: More Capacity Hitting Trans-Pacific During Already Weak Peak Season
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    By Jared Vineyard
    In freight rates, ILWU Strike, International Shipping, international shipping news, ocean freight, ocean freight rates, ocean shipping, ocean shipping lines
    Posted July 6, 2023

    Freight Rates Watch: More Capacity Hitting Trans-Pacific During Already Weak Peak Season

    If there was a war over freight rates, whoever ocean freight carriers' version of Paul Revere is would be riding out, yelling, "The ships are coming! The ships are coming!" Back in February, I [...]

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     Decoding OSRA – Section 5. Prohibition on Retaliation
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    By Jared Vineyard
    In carriers, freight forwarders, ocean, ocean freight, ocean shipping, shippers, terminals
    Posted July 4, 2023

    Decoding OSRA – Section 5. Prohibition on Retaliation

    We're still only beginning to see how the changes to U.S. shipping law will affect businesses' imports and exports as well as carriers and other stakeholders operations within in the maritime [...]

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