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 →
On Friday, December 1, 2018 President Trump declared that the impending bump to 25% duties on the third list of Chinese tariffs would be postponed for 3 months moving the… read more →
This year we expect that peak season will persist for a longer period than in previous years, extending up to Chinese New Year (February 5, 2019 – February 19,2019) when it… read more →
Inefficiencies are at the root of the container shortages and delays in the US market. According to a study by the JOC, neither more money nor more equipment will solve… read more →
On September 27th, the Port of Virginia installed four new truck intake gates, increasing their capacity by thirty percent as a critical part of their $320 million infrastructure upgrade. Gates… read more →
In a last minute agreement, the United States, Canada and Mexico have come to terms on the renegotiation of their tri-lateral trade agreement, now called USMCA (United States Mexico Canada… read more →
President Trump announced on Monday that the USTR will place additional tariffs of $200 billion imports from China. Set to take effect on Monday, September 24, 2018 at ten percent… read more →
Currently a category 4 storm, but expected to reach cat 5 before making landfall and weakening, Hurricane Florence is an impending disaster along the coast of the Carolinas. Catastrophic flooding… read more →