As of May 17, 2019 the USTR eliminated Turkey’s preferential trade status thanks to the nation achieving an arbitrary delegation of being sufficiently economically developed. Though this will end trade… read more →
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has been at the top of the news as they increased the 10% tariffs to 25% on the 3rd tranche of goods imported… read more →
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has positioned itself as an attractive alternative route for larger cargo vessels traversing the route to southern Asia in recent years. Rate incentives introduced by… read more →
The record for largest airplane has been broken. On Saturday, April 13th at 6:58AM, PST, the longtime record was shattered when Stratolaunch System’s “launch pad in the sky” took flight… read more →
UPDATE 4/20/2019: On April 11, Boeing announced that it had created a software fix designed to prevent a repeat of the tragic crashes of two 737 MAX 8 planes over… read more →
It’s hard to believe we’ve been keeping an eye on the Port of Virginia since early 2016 when the infrastructure was just starting to become an issue. Under the alerts… read more →
For months, logistics professionals have been concerned with the impending tariff hike on goods coming from China. Though they were supposed to start on January 1st, President Trump delayed them… read more →
The Commerce Departments Bureau of Industry and Security won’t be catching up on the backlog of export license requests anytime soon. These applications must move through an approval process that… read more →
There is hardly a channel, social media post, conversation or meeting that isn’t dominated by talk of the government shutdown. From stories of unpaid workers at TSA calling in sick,… read more →
No, we don’t ever get tired of writing about the astonishing growth of our local Port of Virginia. Here we are, again in another January, reporting back the incredible numbers… read more →