Peak season is here for importers
Here’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 MOREWarning: High peak shipping season surcharges around the corner
Carriers 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 MOREFreight Forwarding: What’s the deal with demurrage and detention?
Many 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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Books for Youth in Kokomo
Cargo Services with the Indianapolis Colts and Indiana Department of Child Services spent the day at Haynes International this week for a Books for Youth event. Over 60 Hoosier foster youth joined the fun visiting Colts in Motion, meeting blue...
READ MOREBooks for Youth, serving Hoosier foster youth
Community Driven: Cargo Services sponsors 13th Books for Youth season This statewide Indiana program provides 25 age-appropriate books in backpacks to Hoosier foster youth, who have little to call their own. Books for Youth is operated in...
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Cargo Services featured by Southwest Indiana Chamber
Our team recently joined the Southwest Indiana Chamber, which serves Evansville’s business community. Andy Hadley (pictured left) on our team works with businesses in the region. He and our company were featured in May’s Southwest...
READ MOREElectronic logging devices and trucking trends in 2018
John Rowe Managing Director We just got back from visiting our trucker friends in Cincinnati, Louisville and Chicago (we meet up with them every quarter). Here’s what they are telling us: Chinese New Year backlog: They are finally about...
READ MOREGeneralized Systems of Preferences renewed through 2020
An extension of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) through 2020 is included in the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending legislation signed by the President this week. Here’s what this means for our customers and partners around the world. The...
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