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Jan 13, 2023
Mexico to Europe via the United States
Reliability is vital when you're shipping cargo from Mexico to anywhere in Europe, the Middle East, or Africa (EMEA). It would be best if you had a freight forwarder who has your back and can ensure your goods get where they need to go on…
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Jan 6, 2023
Lunar New Year 2023
Lunar New Year, which is also commonly called Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, celebrates the beginning of the New Year on the traditional Chinese calendar. It is celebrated in many countries throughout Asia, for example in Vietnam,…
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Dec 22, 2022
Borders Opening - Shanghai COVID Lockdown
After several years of strict COVID measures and quarantine, on January 8th, 2023, quarantine will be lifted for international travellers heading to China. Travellers to China instead will require a negative COVID test 48 hours prior to…
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Dec 9, 2022
Using E-Commerce and Low Value Shipments as a Duty Minimization Strategy
E-commerce is projected to grow to $2 trillion by 2030 and experienced a phenomenal surge in sales over the COVID19 pandemic. With the increase in online stores and availability of consumer goods via social media applications, e-commerce…
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Nov 14, 2022
Port Houston to apply new container import dwell fee starting in December
The dwell fee implementation date by the Port of Houston was initially scheduled to begin December 1st. Still, the import dwell fee implementation date will be postponed due to software enhancement delays. The Port of Houston will provide…
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Nov 11, 2022
Logistics update: Tropical Storm Nicole
Tropical Storm Nicole strengthened as a category one hurricane on Wednesday evening and made landfall south of Vero Beach on Thursday. According to the National Hurricane Center, Nicole continued west-northwest, impacting much of the…
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Nov 3, 2022
U.S. Ocean Port Update - Oakland Port Disruption
Cargo-handling operations were disrupted at the Port of Oakland on November 2nd due to a labor action initiated by clerks represented by International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 34.
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Oct 18, 2022
Ningbo Zhoushan Port Delays
On October 14th, new COVID-19 cases were reported in Beilun, the core of Ningbo Zhoushan Port in East China's Zhejiang Province. More strict epidemic control measures will be taken until further notice.
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Oct 17, 2022
UPDATE: South Africa Port Disruption - Industrial Action
It has been reported by Enca here that an agreement has been reached between Transnet and the union UNTU after 12 days of strike action. Workers are said to be returning to work a the ports on Tuesday of this week.
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Oct 10, 2022
Update: Rail Freight strikes in the United States
According to a recently released article from Associated Press , the third largest railroad union rejected its deal with freight railroads Monday — renewing the possibility of a strike that could cripple the economy — but before that could…
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Sep 16, 2022
What is IMO 2023?
As the importance of sustainability increases in the shipping industry, important changes are about to take place in 2023 in order to maintain and improve the marine industry's impact on the environment.
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Sep 6, 2022
China to Laos Rail Freight
All around the world, our international logistics experts support global operations to enhance worldwide logistics operations. Rail Freight transport and logistics developments have made significant headway in resolving many of our…
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