Not Another Customs Exam! Part 1
Uh oh… your container has been flagged for an exam. You insist you haven’t done anything wrong! We believe you. Exams are just a part of the international shipping world that we’ve all [...]
Uh oh… your container has been flagged for an exam. You insist you haven’t done anything wrong! We believe you. Exams are just a part of the international shipping world that we’ve all [...]
If you haven’t heard yet, the Californian fire season has gotten off to a hot and unfortunate start with what’s been dubbed the Blue Cut Fire. To get a feel for just how bad this fire [...]
Blue Cut Fire Photo by Jim Smith, San Bernardino CHP If you haven’t heard yet, the Californian fire season has gotten off to a hot and unfortunate start with what’s been dubbed the Blue Cut Fire. [...]
It’s happening right now! Peak season for the international shipping industry. Or is it? Traditionally, August and September are huge months for the international shipping industry as U.S. [...]
Dockworker and cargo containers It’s happening right now! Peak season for the international shipping industry. Or is it? Traditionally, August and September are huge months for the international [...]
Last week, BBC News reported that another container ship hit a wall of the newly expanded Panama Canal. Yes, another container ship. After being open for about a month, the enlarged Panama Canal [...]
After years of labor and billions of dollars have been invested in expanding the Panama Canal to allow much larger cargo ships through, many shippers worry sending their cargo through the canal [...]
Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more, … And be you blithe and bonny, Converting all your sounds of woe Into Hey, nonny nonny. –William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing The new [...]
It’s hee-eere. The new Verified Gross Mass (VGM) rule goes into effect tomorrow: July 1st. For many exporters, imagining the little girl from Poltergeist saying that first line of this post [...]
Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) stock just shot up by the maximum daily allowable amount. This must make debtors of the nearly $5-billion-in-debt shipping line feel good right about now. In a [...]
Illegal. That’s what Seaspan called Hanjin Shipping Co.’s request for a cut in charter rates on the ships it leases from the container ship leasing company. Kyunghee Park [...]
July 1st is less than a month away. Many in the international shipping industry are nervous about that. That’s because July 1st is when the International Convention for the Safety of Life [...]
Back in March, the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) officially requested the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) start early talks to extend the current contract that [...]
Last week when we blogged on Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), South Korea’s second largest largest container carrier’s theme song was Queen’s “Another One Bites the [...]
When you think of major U.S. ports, the obvious ones that come to mind are probably the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on the West Coast, the Ports of New York and New Jersey on the East [...]
Can the Port of Los Angeles, the continent’s largest port by container volume, completely eliminate its pollution? Not only is that the goal, but the port is rolling out zero and near-zero [...]
Things are not looking good for Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM). South Korea’s second largest shipping line has been in financial crisis that it is looking less and less likely to survive. [...]
When watching the carriers operating in the international shipping industry, the old Agatha Christie mystery, “Ten Little Indians” comes to mind. … And then there were [...]
They say change is a constant. What’s certainly constant about change is someone always finds a way to make money on it. U.S. ports are in position to cash in on the upcoming regulation [...]
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 [...]