Urban Dictionary Vs. Shipping Glossary Part 3
What are you talking about?! Every industry has its own special vocabulary. The international shipping industry probably has more than most, along with a great many acronyms. It can be hard for [...]
What are you talking about?! Every industry has its own special vocabulary. The international shipping industry probably has more than most, along with a great many acronyms. It can be hard for [...]
Going green may not be as trendy a topic as it once was, but the maritime shipping industry is still taking the movement very seriously. And when it comes to international shipping through ocean [...]
“Why do I need cargo insurance?” I’ve heard this question asked. The short answer is: “Because you’re a shipper.” If that isn’t enough for you, keep [...]
You may have noticed a little trend lately in our blogs. Two weeks ago, we blogged 7 tips to beat cargo theft from identity theft. Last week, we blogged about a heist of a shipping container [...]
The big item in the news today is that U.S. District Court Judge Richard Berman ruled to overturn Tom Brady’s four game suspension from the NFL. New England Patriots fans are celebrating. [...]
Congestion at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach hit unbelievable levels during the contract negotiations between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore & [...]
It has been a crazy couple of weeks for the global economy. First, the world was astounded by a sudden devaluation of China’s yuan against the U.S. dollar on August 11th. Then came [...]
Last week, on August 17th, a BNSF Railway intermodal storage policy change went into effect that is making shippers unhappy. The displeasure with the new policy couldn’t be missed in a [...]
Whose GSP is Automated and Whose is Not We recently blogged about President Obama signing a bill that retroactively extended the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) so importers can get their [...]
Merger from Rumors to Reality To be clear, a merger has not happened yet. But first there were rumors. Then there were confirmed merger talks. It seems all but inevitable that the rankings [...]
Merger from Rumors to Reality To be clear, a merger has not happened yet. But first there were rumors. Then there were confirmed merger talks. It seems all but inevitable that the rankings of [...]
Here’s another story for our “international shipping fought the law and the law won” annals (always be careful to include both n’s when using that word). The Federal [...]
Quit your job. Be your own boss. Have a successful business you run from home. These things sound like dreams to most people; however, for many these dreams are reality. How do we know such [...]
In the last blog, we discussed Congress passing and President Obama signing into law a bill that extended the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program retroactively. The president [...]
The U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program is back! If you’re one of the many shippers who benefited from the GSP program, then you remember vividly when the program expired [...]
Panama Canal Nearing Completion I can hear the choirs singing, “Soon and very soon…!” Rather than singing about seeing the King, they’re singing about seeing the completed [...]
China is going after container shipping lines for freight rate abuses and wants help from the U.S. and Europe. Antitrust is the big keyword in this story (yes, I realize I haven’t used the [...]
Shippers are tired of paying the price for port congestion, and rightly so. Demurrage, detention, and per diem fees have unfairly been charged to shippers on top of the lost money and overseas [...]