Logistics Trade Bodies Urge Action on New EU Import Rules

Global and European trade associations representing shippers, forwarders, and vessel operators have issued an urgent alert for businesses involved in… Read More

SC Ports Sees Record September

Haylle Sok 12:01 AM  10/24/2017

The South Carolina Ports Authority reported 10-percent container volume growth in September and strong results for the first quarter of… Read More

China No Longer Treasures the World’s Garbage

Andrea Durkin 12:44 AM  10/23/2017

The average American generates 4.4 pounds of solid waste every day. The garbage and recycling trucks come faithfully each week,… Read More

US and Japan End Second Round of Economic Dialogue

Peter Buxbaum 12:33 AM  10/23/2017

US Vice President Mike Pence and Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso met last week for the second round of… Read More

Hapag-Lloyd First in UK to Offer Container Management Service

Haylle Sok 12:22 AM  10/23/2017

Avantida has announced that Hapag-Lloyd has become the first ocean carrier in the United Kingdom to offer its reUse container… Read More

US Slaps Preliminary Antidumping Duties on Silicon Metal From 3 Countries

Haylle Sok 12:08 AM  10/23/2017

US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations on silicon metal, finding… Read More

Yusen Logistics Extends Business with AstraZeneca

Haylle Sok 12:03 AM  10/23/2017

AstraZeneca has expanded its partnership with healthcare logistics provider Yusen Logistics for the global distribution of its products. As a… Read More

NAFTA – An Uncertain Sunset?

David Rish 12:53 AM  10/22/2017

As noted by recent media reports, United States trade negotiators have chosen to introduce a five-year sunset provision to NAFTA… Read More

What’s Going On At China’s Communist Party Congress?

Peter Buxbaum 12:47 AM  10/21/2017

China’s Communist Party convened its week-long 19th congress last Wednesday. The primary focus will be on choosing party’s internal leadership,… Read More

BREAKING NEWS: USTR Blocks Illegal Timber Imports from Peru

Peter Buxbaum 4:37 AM  10/20/2017

United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has directed US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to block future timber imports from… Read More

After Fourth NAFTA Round, Pessimism

Peter Buxbaum 12:53 AM  10/20/2017

The fourth round of negotiations to remake the North American Free Trade Agreement wrapped up in Washington earlier this week,… Read More

Iran Deal Decertification: The Seinfeld Scenario

Peter Buxbaum 12:29 AM  10/20/2017

TV’s Seinfeld was famously a show about nothing. What if President Donald Trump’s decertification of the Iran nuclear deal produces… Read More