In a record setting October, the Port of Virginia handled 233,466 TEU containers, making it the single busiest month ever and the eighth straight month with volumes over 200,000 TEU’s. The previous record for a single month at the...
A decision by the Supreme Court of the United States to not hear the case of an importer held personally responsible for false entries means that a lower court ruling stands. A whole class of individuals can now be...
The situation between the PMA and the ILWU has reached, what many consider, to be the breaking point. After working more than nine months without a contract, the PMA this week announced that they do not plan to order...
In February, President Obama issued an Executive Order that required all federal agencies who participate in the import and export process to be on the same platform by December, 2016. The program’s full name is the International Trade Data...
While we wish that there was more news that we could focus on, things have gotten so utterly ugly along the West Coast that we feel it best to provide our clients, agents and business partners with the best...
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 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...
