October 21, 2014/
The Port of Virginia is extremely happy at the increase in volume over last year; their most recent report had them with an 8.6% gain over this same time last year. We are able to feel this increase, too....
The Port of Virginia is extremely happy at the increase in volume over last year; their most recent report had them with an 8.6% gain over this same time last year. We are able to feel this increase, too....
Depending upon who you listen to, there are multiple explanations for what is happening at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach right now. Regardless of the explanation, the fact is that congestion is at critical levels and...
Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a decision in the case of the US vs. Trek Leather. In this case, the president of the company caused the importation of cargo that was undervalued...
In the United States, food is evolving because of trends of people eating healthy, eating local and knowing more about the products they are purchasing for themselves and their families. Organic produce is easy to spot in the United States and...
The situation in Ukraine and continued escalating financial sanctions imposed by the West have led Russia to take measures of its own, and that includes closing Russia’s borders to a large number of American and European agricultural products, effective...
The Commonwealth of Virginia and the Port of Hampton Roads have received funding in FY 2014 from the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) collectively in excess of fifteen million dollars. These grants, which cover homeland security, port...
Customs and Border Protection are progressing steadily down the path of transitioning from their thirty-year old Automated Commercial System (ACS) to their modern-day Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). It has been longer in development thanks to added security and trade...
While those of us on the East Coast had our own excitement last year with the ILA contract negotiations, shippers are watching with a close eye what is happening in San Francisco right now, and those are the negotiations...
Whenever the largest players in a market come together to share capacity, there is always a cause for concern. Such was the case with the announcement last year of the intention of Maersk, CMA-CGM and MSC to come together...
Photo credit: PN Tour 26Apr10 021 by Missy Schmidt, CC BY 2.0 In what is seen as a a major shift for container shipping handling processes, an International Maritime Organization (IMO) committee has voted to require that ocean containers be weighed...
