If you want to save money on cargo transportation, settling on a carrier is only half the battle.

Topics: Customs Consulting, Freight Forwarding & Cargo Transportation, Freight Agents

A specialized agency of the United Nations, the International Maritime Organization (IMO)’s mission is to “promote safe, secure, environmentally sound shipping through cooperation.” 

Topics: International Trade Compliance & Enforcement, Freight Forwarding & Cargo Transportation, Freight Agents

The United States Government has made a serious commitment to trade security and trade compliance in the last few years.

To improve the security of international trade and enforce trade laws and regulations, the Government is taking measures to advance partnership programs and encourage more importers to participate - including sweetening the deal .

Topics: International Trade Compliance & Enforcement

For a read on the quality of service a freight forwarding company provides, look no further than their participation in quality assurance, compliance programs, and industry certifications.

Topics: Freight Forwarding & Cargo Transportation, Freight Agents

 

Intermodal transport is defined as any transportation that uses more than one method of delivery —by definition, that includes all deliveries that use any combination of air, truck, rail, and ocean transport.

Topics: Supply Chain Management, Freight Forwarding & Cargo Transportation, Freight Agents

 

When certificates and paperwork are missing or incorrect at Customs or other checkpoints along a shipping line, the consequences for noncompliance can include fines and delays that impact an importer’s bottom line.

Topics: International Trade Compliance & Enforcement, Freight Forwarding & Cargo Transportation, Freight Agents

 

 

Understanding essential freight forwarding services for 2019 goes beyond finding a reliable company that can ship your goods by land, sea, or air.

Topics: Supply Chain Management, Freight Forwarding & Cargo Transportation, Freight Agents

 

All meat imports, whether clearing customs by truck or container, must go through the USDA meat inspection review process before they can be released for consumption.

Topics: International Trade Compliance & Enforcement, Freight Forwarding & Cargo Transportation, Freight Agents

 

Air transport usually gets your freight from point A to point B faster than any ocean or land transportation, but faster doesn’t necessarily mean better.

Topics: Freight Forwarding & Cargo Transportation, Freight Agents, Air Freight

 

The process of getting goods from point A to point B undamaged and on-time will invariably present challenges because there are so many factors in flux along the average international shipping line. Some difficulties and inconveniences are just part of the overall shipping process, while others may cause a company to reconsider their partnership with their freight forwarding company.

Topics: Supply Chain Management, Freight Forwarding & Cargo Transportation, Freight Agents

 

In the modernized world of international shipping, the term ‘freight agent’ can create some confusion for importers/exporters and logistics coordinators.

Topics: Freight Forwarding & Cargo Transportation, Warehousing & Distribution, Freight Agents

  

The dreaded tariff increase from 10% to 25% on $200 billion of goods from China was postponed until March 1, 2019, and it has left the shipping industry in limbo.

Topics: Freight Forwarding & Cargo Transportation, Warehousing & Distribution, Freight Agents