The Office of the Revenue Commissioners, the Irish government agency responsible for customs, excise and taxation, said the illegally imported cigarettes arrived in containerized shipments from Vietnam and China via Rotterdam.
While en route from Singapore to Durban on July 9, the crew of the Ever Diadem crew found 30 distressed seafarers drifting in two lifeboats off the coast of Madagascar.
Amended AD order on steel The Department of Commerce is issuing antidumping duty (AD) orders on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Turkey and Japan, as well as amending its final determination for Turkey. Sugar tariff-rate quota The U.S. Trade Representative has provided the country-by-country in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quotas for imported sugar and sugar […]
China has proposed legislation to strengthen its national export control regulations
An energy services company and liquified gas carrier have agreed to jointly develop an ethylene marine export terminal at the Port of Houston, while the Port of Gulfport in Mississippi will become home to a compressed gas liquids (CGL) production plant.
Trump expects a quick deal with UK, emblemizing his lack of trade nous
De minimis, know your importer mandate and rising e-commerce burdening brokers unfairly, says an industry veteran
Condiment joins a growing list of Commerce antidumping and countervailing duty investigations initiated since President Trump took office.
Sustainable trade in the EU The European Union has published a reflection paper on globalization and sustainable trade, particularly within the UN 2030 Agenda. U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement The U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer notified Korea that the U.S. is calling a special Joint Committee meetings under the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement in order to […]
Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants, issued annually, are given to multi-modal and multi-jurisdictional projects that are difficult to fund through traditional federal highway aid programs.
The investigation involves vessel fueling companies that are active in the ports of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerp, with several companies suspected of conducting illegal price-fixing agreements, authorities say.
Meanwhile, the world’s largest ocean carrier also says that it is now up-to-date on short-term quotes, is progressing on issuing invoices and that its delivery process for imports is operational.
Major retail container ports in the United States can expect two of the busiest months ever for imports in July and August, according to the latest monthly Global Port Tracker report by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.
Beginning in August, late or missing shipments during a one-month period will be subject to a fine of 3 percent of their value as part of a new policy to raise revenues.
The digital truckload brokerage’s latest capital infusion indicates logistics investment won’t be slowing any time soon, as venture capital firms continue to back advanced online freight marketplace models.
Rickmers Trust Management Ptd. Ltd. was given the go-ahead to sell its remaining nine vessels to Navios Partners Containers and Navios Partners Containers Finance.
Under the partnership, Banco Santander will provide supply chain finance services to companies operating on Tradeshift’s platform.
COSCO Shipping Development Co., the Chinese shipping conglomerate’s container leasing arm, has entered into a contract to purchase 154,000 units of second-hand containers from a third party seller, according to multiple news sources.
Despite a slight decline in demand, FedEx remains the top cargo airline in the world, according to the latest annual World Air Transport Statistics report from IATA.
AGT Food and Ingredients Inc., through its wholly-owned subsidiary AGT Terminal East Inc. (AGTTE), has acquired a minority interest in CanEst Transit Inc. at the Port of Montreal.
