by Nancy Albergo | Aug 4, 2022 | Import Transportation, Ocean Logistics
The number of container ships outside of the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports has drastically fallen from a high of 109 in January to 26 currently. This would make it appear that shipping congestion has drastically reduced however this is not the case. North...
by Nancy Albergo | Jun 30, 2022 | Ocean Logistics
On Wednesday, June 29 U.S. Congressmen John Garamendi and Jim Costa introduced the American Port Access Privileges Act According to an article published in American Shipper, “Foreign exporters’ access to the American market and our consumers is a privilege, not a...
by Lisa Waller | Jun 23, 2022 | Ocean Logistics
President Biden has signed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 on 06/17/2022. First, we have to acknowledge the bilateral success of the Senate, House and President working together to pass this bill. The next step is for the law to be posted in the Federal...
by BDG International | May 2, 2022 | Ocean Logistics
On Friday, April 22, 2022, the FMC made its first ruling against a carrier for a case brought in November of 2021 by Golden State Logistics, who was charged $10,135 in detention fees by Hapag Lloyd when they returned eleven empty containers after the free time...
by BDG International | Apr 20, 2022 | Ocean Logistics
International cargo is more often than not considered multimodal cargo, or freight requiring multiple modes of transportation between origin and destination. Air, sea, truck or rail, inevitably there is a minimum of two, most often three and in some rare occasions...
by BDG International | Apr 13, 2022 | Ocean Logistics
Four letters that could tip the scale in ocean shippers’ favor: OSRA The hottest topic in Congress that cargo interests see as a chance to give them some measure of control in their battles with carriers over demurrage, detention and collusive behavior now goes...
