A new contract, signed last week with Weeks Marine, marks the start of the new dredging of the Port of Virginia to 56 feet. This will enable the port to… read more →
On Wednesday, the US and Japan signed a preliminary trade deal to go into effect in January 2020. The deal is welcomed by farmers who have been dealt a harsh… read more →
There is good news coming in as a de-escalation of tariffs for shippers from China whose merchandise was on one of the first three lists published by the US Trade… read more →
As we reported in the beginning of the month, when President Trump tweeted that a 4th tranche of 301 duties would be coming on the remaining $300 billion in Chinese… read more →
On August 2nd, President Trump told reporters waiting outside of the White House that he would be instituting tariffs on all imports from China that haven’t yet been covered by… read more →
In late June, the MSC Gayane was seized due to carrying almost twenty tons of cocaine on board when it docked at the Port of Philadelphia and their C-TPAT status… read more →
On Monday, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced in a Federal Register notice the establishment of a process for requesting exclusions from Section 301 duties for products on… read more →
May of 2019 has officially become the busiest May on record at the Port of Virginia. Thanks to the expanded handling abilities, container throughput capacity and enhanced efficiencies 206,000 TEUs… read more →
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 →