The crystal ball is murky. Ocean shipping industry pundits are currently speculating congestion and record industry pricing will persist well into 2022. With so many factors at play, it’s becoming harder to predict exactly when the shipping...
READ MORECargo Services worked with Inside Indiana Business, a statewide multi-platform news outlet, to provide perspective for manufacturing and supply chain leaders about the current situation at shipping ports. The article that appeared in May 2021...
READ MOREChinese New Year is the one-year mark. At this time last year, the national Chinese holiday was extended to keep people at home to stop COVID-19. Factories went idle and shipments sat on docks. The ripple effect impacting global freight...
READ MOREJefferson Clay Director, Global Sales (written on behalf of the business development team) I recall sitting in a meeting about a year ago. Communications to clients from late 2019 into 2020 had been challenging: COVID-19 in China, docks...
READ MOREThe surge of import shipments coming into the United States continues at an unprecedented pace creating ongoing chassis shortages. DCs are holding containers/chassis longer before unloading. It’s taking longer to move chassis back into the...
READ MOREPort disruption continues to impact freight forwarding due to a variety of factors. Surging demand for goods being shipped from Asia to North America along with Asia to EU trade. Lack of vessel space Container shortages related to labor disputes...
READ MOREThe last year has been an experience we’d all like to forget but will always remember. For supply chain professionals who depend on importing and exporting, the word unique just isn’t enough. COVID, port shutdowns, blank sailings, port...
READ MOREEffective the week of Nov. 30, an Equipment Imbalance Surcharge (also called an Emergency Intermodal Surcharge) will be assessed per notices we’ve received from select carriers. The carrier charge will affect port and rail import shipments...
READ MOREBy Susan Trautman (As published in Inside Indiana Business Perspectives) Wondering why you can’t get that new washer/dryer delivered next week, find your favorite products on store shelves or even get a desk for your newly discovered home office?...
READ MOREWe’re getting questions about a lawsuit being filed by importers in the U.S. Court of International Trade related to recent tariffs. Here’s what we know.
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