Cargo Services team is customer focused. Our job working on behalf of our customers as their freight forwarder is to ensure the people and places where shipments are routed have the right professionals to get the job done. Throughout the course...
READ MOREStarting Jan. 1, 2020, the International Maritime Organization will require all fuels used by container ships to contain no more than 0.5 percent sulfur. The cap is a significant reduction from the existing sulfur limit, which is 3.5 percent, and...
READ MOREOur team is working to support customers and company leaders with information about tariffs imposed. We have created a webpage with information and resources. It will be updated as needed. Please use the information and contact your Cargo...
READ MOREThis year we’re seeing an extended peak season for container imports for several reasons. Normally around this time of year import volumes start to slow, and we back out of the traditional “Peak Season” for container shipping. But not this year...
READ MOREAs of this morning (10-31-18), our partners in Asia reported the following preparations as Typhoon Yutu moved toward Manila. Port operations for South China will probably be impacted for several days. Contact your Cargo Services representative...
READ MOREHere’s something new for peak season freight forwarding for importers. We already had one carrier try to implement a “Trade War Surcharge,” on top of a peak season surcharge. Looks like it could be a rocky and expensive 2018 peak season for...
READ MORECarriers are determined to get back in the black after poor first quarter results. Controlling vessel capacity during heavy peak shipping season could get them there in 2018. Heading into peak shipping season (August to October) steamship lines...
READ MOREMany importers complain about additional charges called demurrage and detention. Both can be frustrating to understand and seem to show up without notice. Here’s a helpful explanation about the two charges for import containers: Demurrage (for...
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