Cyber attack is back in international shipping news this week, as CMA CGM became the latest major ocean freight carrier to fall victim to this disturbing trend. All the Top Ocean Carriers [...]
This is a guest post by Carol Cutler. Supply chains are an important part of our daily lives. The goods and services billions of people use on a daily basis depend on the performance of supply [...]
There are many reasons why you might need to ship heavy machinery. If you’re in construction, you might have a whole fleet of backhoes, excavators and other equipment that need to travel [...]
It looks like the practices of ocean carriers during the pandemic and the resulting record-high freight rates have caught the attention of American and Chinese maritime regulatory [...]
This is a guest post by Samuel Reeds. In the contemporary world, the pace of technological progress is truly astounding. Consequently, the rate at which new technologies are implemented in [...]
The category of personal protective equipment (PPE) covers a broad range of goods and devices. It can refer to anything from gloves to protective clothing, face shields, surgical masks and [...]
This is a guest post by Heather Redding. In today’s marketplace, there’s fierce competition, which is why businesses should devise smart ways to streamline the supply chain processes and [...]
Ocean freight rates have been high in 2020. Extremely high. Ocean carriers have managed to hike freight rates in the middle of a global crisis when demand has been lower than normal by [...]
This is a guest post by David Madden. Few things will disrupt your supply chain operations like a global pandemic. Unlike a natural disaster and other public health emergencies, pandemics are [...]
The results are in. Of what, you ask? Of the Federal Maritime Commission's (FMC) "Fact Finding No. 29, International Ocean Transportation Supply Chain Engagement, in order to identify operational [...]
Importers and exporters are on their way to getting a stronger voice with the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC). By its own description, the FMC "is the independent federal agency [...]
This is a guest post by Darren Hann. International Commercial Terms (Incoterms®) play a significant role when you are importing or exporting goods in and out of all major cities. Irrespective [...]
With the rise of a global pandemic, the world economies are on the verge of fall. By the world economy, we mean the countries that are major contributors to it. The United States is one of [...]
This is a guest post by George McKinley. Long has the difference between cargo and freight confused those involved in the transportation industry. While both terms have similar meanings and [...]
Whether you need to move goods across the state or across the country, choosing a domestic freight forwarder to handle the job for you is a wise business move. Professionals in the freight moving [...]
You won't find a more complete roundup of how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting international shipping, specifically the ocean freight sector, right now than this blog post here. This [...]
Let's take a break from the relentless COVID-19 news, kind of, to talk about a topic we thought would be dominating this year's international shipping news: IMO 2020. Leading up to the [...]
This is a guest post by Cory Levins. Food shipped internationally by sea and air across countries and continents is the most cost-effective way to transport consumable products. Frozen storage [...]
Peter Tirschwell, in a Journal of Commerce (JOC) article, says the coronavirus outbreak is causing disruption "on a scale that has yet to be seen in container shipping’s more than 60-year [...]
This is a guest post by Cory Levins. Progress happens at an astounding pace. The world we inhabit today is very far away from the world of yesteryear. The past couple of decades have seen [...]