Key Points: Vietnam’s economy has experienced rapid growth since the 1986 economic reforms and growth in international exports to Europe and the United States has accelerated in the past 5 years. [...]
A couple years ago in San Francisco, the world's major ocean freight carriers were holding a biannual Box Club meeting when the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) burst in on them with a raiding [...]
Below is a list of major shipping lines and other companies related to shipping with updated news and information concerning the radiation crisis in Japan. Please visit these sites to learn more [...]
Today (Tuesday, April 2nd), the Biden Administration announced a new rule that increases the minimum crew size to two on every train for all large freight railroads. That doesn't mean every train [...]
This is a guest post by Ellie Gabel. Supply chains have not had it easy for the past few years. Disruptions have grown in frequency and severity, and while issues may have come down from their [...]
Earlier this week, on the 26th of February, the Federal Maritime Commission issued its final rules for demurrage and detention billing as set up for it to create by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act [...]
"How can it be a spy satellite if they announce on television that it's a spy satellite?" --George Carlin If you're ever at a major U.S. port, take a look at the cranes looming over the [...]
This is a guest post by Moyofade Ipadeola. Your business can't do without shipping, yes. But who says you have to do the shipping yourself? Let’s face it; the complexities of import and export [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
So some have deemed to tell you there is no peak season this year? Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. There is, indeed, a peak [...]
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 stakeholders operations within in the maritime [...]
Last week, four witnesses representing U.S. and international supply chain stakeholders appeared before the House's Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation subcommittee to speak and be questioned [...]
This is a guest post by Geoff Whiting. Freight rates can fluctuate wildly, and those fluctuations can have a significant impact on your bottom line. For manufacturers, these are even more [...]
This is a guest post by Angela Murphy. Companies everywhere have been on the lookout for new ways to save expenses, boost productivity, and gain an edge in recent years. One method gaining [...]
When the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) master contract expires, it tends to be bad news for U.S. shippers. Often, a great deal of the focus is on retailers importing from [...]
Maersk doesn't believe any of the ocean freight carriers outside of itself and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) have the ability to stand alone. For this reason, the company doesn't believe [...]
On Thursday, Universal Cargo's blog was about MSC and Maersk announcing they're ending the 2M Alliance. The world's top two shipping lines said they're doing this to "pursue individual [...]
This is a guest post by Alanna Melton. Expanding globally is a dream that many entrepreneurs hope to see come true. Thankfully, technology and increased connectedness have made it easy to take [...]
This is a guest post by Patrick Chown. Logistics is simply about moving goods from one location to another in the right amount of time. However, it is one of the most complex and critical parts [...]