24 Nov Fees Suspended as Congestion Clearing Improves
On October 25th, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach announced the Container Dwell Fees, as well as a plan to run operations at the ports at 24/7 capacity....
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29 Oct More Stick than Carrot: the latest plan to clear the Southern California backlog
It's only 60,000 containers by November 1st that have to get moved, right? Totally doable. Or not. This week, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach decided the best way to...
27 Sep Textile Troubles: Why southeast Asian supply chains are slowing
Companies seeking relief from China Section 301 tariffs, as well as seeking to take advantage of lower-cost labor, made the move to more developing nations in hopes of diversifying their...
24 Aug The FMC Wants to Hear from You
Submit comments to the FMC about demurrage, detention, and service issues The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America has reached out to member companies like ours imploring us to...
28 Jul Feds respond to supply chain woes
Multiple federal agencies scrutinizing supply chain performance, costs. As shippers ponder whether or not today's freight rates will remain this way into next year and panic over Drewry's analysis showing container...
23 Jun Biden’s Europe Trip Eases Trade Pains with Allies
This month, President Biden traveled to the UK, Brussels and Geneva on his first international trip since taking office in January. Among other purposes, the trip was billed as resolving...
25 May Unwelcome supply chain surprises: Withhold Release Orders
Importers need to add one more worry to their supply chains: detention orders issued by CBP for issues surrounding withhold release orders. Just as companies should perform due diligence before...
30 Apr FCL Not Available? Think LCL Instead.
Scheduled LCL as a viable option when FCL is unavailable In the days of plentiful containers, on-time schedules and fluid ports, the decision whether or not to pay a flat rate...
24 Mar FUTURE FORWARDING AND REVERSE LOGISTICS
Because shipments are now leaving warehouses for consumers rather than exclusively distribution centers or retailers, the need to have a process for managing customer-level returns is of increasing importance to...
12 Mar Future Forwarding Featured in Business View Magazine
When Business View focused on supply chain and logistics in its February 2019, two of our vice presidents had a chance to speak about the ways our company boosts the...