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Israel Needs More Imports Because of Hamas Terrorist Attacks & Resulting War Effort

By now, everyone should know what's happening in Israel, but there's a heavy propaganda machine muddying it. So before getting into the related international shipping story, I'll make my position [...]

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Falling Freight Rates for Shippers Importing Goods

Can you hear that voice that sounds suspiciously like Chicken Little? "Freight rates are falling! Freight rates are falling!" For shippers, those words are like music to their ears. And as often [...]

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Exporters Still Suffering High International Shipping Costs

Importers can thank goodness that their freight rates and international shipping costs are generally on par with pre-COVID levels and behaviors. To say the astronomically high freight rates and [...]

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Decoding OSRA – Section 9. Data Collection

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

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Decoding OSRA – Section 8. Assessment of Penalties or Refunds

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

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Another Foreign Company Purchases U.S. Port Terminals & ILWU Ratifies Contract

Did you know that most U.S. port terminals are owned and operated by foreign entities? Do you find that a concerning fact about these important access points to the country? If that seems like a [...]

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Answering Your Questions About International Shipping Peak Season 2023

Freight rates, particularly Asia to U.S. West Coast (USWC) freight rates, have increased by more than 100% since June. That's not too surprising, since we're in the peak season, and freight rates [...]

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Decoding OSRA – Section 7. Common Carriers

Introduction 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 [...]