At the NCBFAA’s Government Affairs Conference in Washington, DC, last week, Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Daniel Maffei spoke to the audience of customs brokers and freight forwarders about the Commission’s current activities. Chairman Maffei was candid in his remarks to an audience who represents the majority of importers and exporters filing entries and moving […]
The Covid-19 pandemic causes significant shortages of high-demand items such as toilet paper. Spurred by fear, many people started to panic and bought and hoard supplies, leading to bare store shelves. Within minutes of delivery, toilet paper was often sold out. Years previously, tissue manufacturers had leaned out their manufacturing processes to maximize profit, so […]
Elaborar um plano estratégico e eficiente de transporte de cargas envolve escolher a melhor transportadora de contêineres. Um bom plano de transporte tem que levar em consideração diversos fatores importantes, entre elas a empresa de shipping que vai fazer o serviço. Ao elaborar um plano de transporte estratégico e eficiente para a sua carga, […]
Mariah Martinez é especialista em exportação e importação por via aérea e vai focar seu trabalho nesse tipo de serviço no escritório de Miami A Sobel Network Shipping – empresa com sede em New York e no mercado há mais de 70 anos – está feliz em anunciar a chegada de mais um profissional […]
The trend in ocean freight rates has had – persistently – only one direction for the past fourteen months or so and that has been *up*. This chart from Drewry tells the tale: Seemingly with no end in sight and shortly before the FMC announced their Shipper’s Advisory Committee and last week’s move by the […]
The end of the federal government’s FY at the end of September always portends small changes that impact importers and exporters alike. This year is no exception, as the agency has announced changes to fees for merchandise processing fee, e-commerce and entries. Fee changes: From CSMS 49296457, the following user fee changes are in effect […]
Empresários que dependem do frete marítimo para transportar seus produtos têm encontrado dificuldades para encontrar contêineres disponíveis e espaço para sua carga. Isso acontece porque, após meses de paralisação devido à pandemia, o retorno das atividades comerciais voltou com força total e o mercado de navios e contêineres não estava preparado para esse aumento da […]
Prior to Covid19, retailers were already undergoing dramatic changes. However, the pandemic caused a massive exodus towards eCommerce purchases that quickly started to overwhelm the retail supply chains and take them to almost the breaking point. From March to September 2020, US online orders from Walmart tripled because of the pandemic. The major retailer saw […]
The challenges facing buyers of ocean freight through the latter stages of the pandemic have focused on both securing equipment and space for their cargo. The degradation of sailing performance by carriers has led to – by some estimates – 10% of available container capacity being idled as ships wait outside global ports to be […]
The imposition of Section 301 duties on many exports from China has weighed heavily on the minds and pocketbooks of importers whose supply chains are centered there. Aside from the case pending at the Court of International Trade questioning whether or not the previous administration acted illegally with List 3 and List 4a, companies wrote […]
