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This is a guest post by Jake Herrera. During each year, shipping volume swings wildly. It only takes weeks for freight availability to go from comfortable to tight. This often happens when [...]

Oil Prices Outlook Oil has always been a large factor in international shipping costs. The Iran War, with the closure of the Straight of Hormuz, effectively cut off shipping access through the [...]

Yesterday (Monday, March 24th), the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) said no to carriers requesting waiver of the 30-day notice period before hitting shippers with fees related to the Iran War. [...]

Import fraud enforcement is at an all-time high. Consider following: Why the Crackdown? Large factors in government enforcement increases on tariff evasion and import fraud are the creation of [...]

Summit Delay Request Many refer to the current trade deal with China as a trade truce. Shippers would be forgiven for thinking of it as tenuous after the tension of escalating tariffs of trade [...]

Immediately after the Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s tariffs based on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), the president shifted to Section 122 of the Trade [...]

Today’s post is an important one for importers looking to get tariff refunds. The key takeaway for shippers will be to make sure they’re registered with CBP’s Automated [...]

Trump Orders Government to Cover Persian Gulf Shipping In Tuesday’s blog about the impacts of the Iran War on international shipping, we brought up insurance, specifically marine insurers [...]

The Iran War significantly impacts international shipping in the immediate present and potentially long-term future. If the immediate impact was summed up with one word, it would be [...]