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Transpacific freight rates are soaring high right now and not just because it's peak season.

Shippers have been rushing to beat tariff increase dates on imports from China, [...]

This is a guest blog post by Daniel Lummis

Though never introduced as a formal concept in business management until the 20th century, the supply chain has nevertheless been the [...]

Tesla unveiled two electric semi trucks Thursday (November 16th) as CEO Elon Musk stepped out of one of the prototypes and onto stage in front of what seemed to be an overly enthusiastic crowd. [...]

By December 18th, the trucking industry must use electronic logging devices. This electronic logging device (ELD) mandate will likely not only affect truckers but also significantly impact [...]

Trucking, obviously, is crucial to the supply chain and international shipping as a whole. Therefore, when there’s news that affects the trucking industry, it also affects the international [...]

The Port of Virginia just had a very good fiscal year. In a press release from Port of Virginia Spokesman Joseph D. Harris, the port reported: The Port of Virginia® handled 231,675 twenty-foot [...]

Tragic news came out of the international shipping industry about a week ago when a Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) container ship collided with a US Navy destroyer, killing seven US sailors. [...]

Despite all the worries of slowed U.S. imports because of a potential protectionist policies from the Trump administration, strong growth is projected for U.S. imports over the next six months. [...]

Word from the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) was that it  planned to shut down East and Gulf Coast ports last week and hold a protest march in Washington. Obviously, the [...]

Guest Post By Kevin Hill The freight management industry witnessed some massive changes in 2016 and some of these are likely to last beyond 2017. Shipping services and logistics providers are now [...]

Donald Trump, seemingly despite all polls and predictions, has been elected the next president of the United States, and the impact his presidency could have on international shipping is, as he [...]

With the collapse of Hanjin Shipping, all eyes in the international shipping industry have turned their gaze on carriers. For years, carriers have struggled to be profitable, suffering huge [...]

They’re ugly words that have become all too common when discussing international shipping: Port Congestion. However, congestion at U.S. ports has to be discussed, so action can be taken to [...]

As July 1st draws nearer, nervousness increases about the new Verified Gross Mass (VGM) rule going into effect then. A couple months ago, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) upped controvercy on the [...]

DUM DUM DA-DUM DUM DA-DUM DUM DA-DUM… Okay, it’s probably hard to tell I’m singing the Imperial March when I type it, but get ready for the oil empire to strike back. [...]

“And now for something completely different…” We take a break from our regular blogs to reach out to our readers and shippers everywhere, asking you how we can serve your needs [...]

What’s going on with this new Verified Gross Mass (VGM) rule? Somehow the answer to that question is getting less clear as the July 1st rule change concerning VGM draws near. Ripples of [...]

With the merger of China Cosco Group and China Shipping Group creating the shipping leviathan China Cosco Shipping Corporation Limited, changes are going to ripple across the entire international [...]

Last Wednesday, one of the world’s largest container ships ran aground in Germany’s Elbe River. The megaship has a capacity of 19,100 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) and [...]

Right now is a great time to import products from China. China’s devaluation of its renminbi, commonly referred to as the yuan, has been all over the news lately. In fact, it was the first [...]