14 Apr CBP SENDING LETTERS FOR UFLPA
CBP made news this week as the ramp-up to the enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) signed by the President late last year comes into force on...
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31 Mar Omicron Variant Bullrushes China
While China’s zero-tolerance policy is among the strictest approaches in the world, a recent surge in Omicron COVID-related infections have hit the mainland hard, forcing it to reconsider how it...
15 Mar Explaining MFN and what it means for Russian Imports
As the US and European allies continue to identify ways to punish Russia for Ukraine, last week news broke that one step that governments were planning to take was the...
28 Feb Port congestion creeps across east coast
The good and bad news of container congestion should be able to balance each other out as the US west coast finds a bit of relief while east coast ports...
16 Feb What Is Happening in Congress
Congress has seen a major effort meant to empower the shipping industry's regulator and strengthen the hand of shippers introduced in the Senate. The Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) has...
28 Jan Benefit ABC’s of the FTZ
When is a foreign country not a foreign country for the purposes of customs, manufacturing, and duty assessment? When it's actually here in the United States, is called a Foreign...
14 Jan COVID Keeping Delays Consistent in China
The “COVID-zero” strategy throughout China and Hong Kong threatens to drive up logistics costs by 40% and drive down capacity to one-fifth of pre-pandemic levels as cities around Beijing restrict...
28 Dec Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Impact
On December 23rd, President Biden signed into law the Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act. The legislation passed Congress by huge margins in the House and Senate and seems to be...
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....
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...