Import volumes are showing the first signs of recovery since the initial decline in early February.
New service helps companies wade through turbulent trade waters.
Chattanooga-based Tranco Global brings customs expertise in house.
U.S. freight forwarder expands north of the border, tapping into growing volumes of trans-Pacific trade from the Port of Vancouver.
Brexit-driven scramble for supply chain properties continues as Tristan plans $165 million investment in Dutch logistics platform.
FedEx Express doubles originating network for Asia-Pacific early-AM flights to U.S.
Hamburg Airport has joined a roster of European airports adopting digitalization of cargo handling
The U.K. was scheduled to leave the EU on October 31, but now has until January 31, 2020 to get a deal approved by Parliament.
Retail is expected to be the great savior of the 4th quarter economy. Hopefully retaill shipment volumes are not an indication of things to come.
As part of an Austerity Law passed by the Mexican legislature in May, commerce officials in Mexico recently ordered the closure of six foreign commercial trade offices, including customs offices in Belgium, Canada, China, France, Japan and Uruguay. The order was recently signed by the head of Mexico’s Ministry of Economy (SE), Graciela Márquez Colín, […]
FreightWaves releases several new datasets and improves on existing ones in this week’s SONAR release.
Customs and Border Protection and the Treasury Department on August 15 issued a final rule to impose import restrictions on certain archaeological material from Algeria. Effective immediately, the rule amends CBP regulations to add Algeria to the list of countries that have a bilateral agreement with the U.S. to impose cultural property import restrictions. A […]
Customs and Border Protection will conduct a test to examine new functionalities for de minimis entry filings in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) beginning no earlier than September 28, CBP announced. The ACE Entry Type 86 Test “will allow CBP to address the growing volume of Section 321 low-valued shipments resulting from the global shift […]
Learn about the six most common reasons cargo gets delayed during the customs process.
The Saudi customs has successfully piloted its first shipment through TradeLens, a blockchain-based platform developed collaboratively by Maersk and IBM.
Trade would sort itself out in the longer run post-Brexit, but it is hard to forecast when that would happen.
Canadian customs brokerage and BiTA member participates in pilot program of system developed by Maersk and IBM, involving Canada Border Services Agency.
U.S. private equity firm Platinum getting Canada’s largest customs broker for undisclosed sum
Goods that are stuck at the borders would have to be declared at customs before entering the UK. The magnitude of the declarations would mean long queues at the port, and the U.K. government has reason to believe that blockchain could help avoid that.
