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 →
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 →