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 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...
READ MORECargo 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 MORECommunity 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...
READ MOREOur 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 MOREJohn 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 MOREAn 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...
READ MOREWe are moving into 2018 with Chinese New Year’s capacity crunch just about behind us. Time to revisit the carrier alliances and see what’s in store for the rest of the year. To review, here’s a rundown of the Alliance groups: The 2M alliance: MSC...
READ MOREThe U.S. unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.1 percent in January, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s great news, right? Maybe not. There are sectors that need employees due to constraints in the labor market—namely...
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