With summer officially arriving this past weekend to mark the start of the traditional “peak season”, we wanted to take the opportunity to provide you with an update on our operational status, as well as a market update of current rates and conditions. OPERATIONAL STATUS We remain fully operational and open for business. Most of our […]
Overnight airfreight. Every shipping manager’s least favorite option. Let’s face it, if you need overnight air freight, something has usually gone drastically wrong. The situation typically goes something like this: Either your customer needs a critical part to keep their plant up and running, you are dangerously low on a key inventory component, or you […]
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets. – Will Rogers Depending on who you ask, the current round of China tariffs will (a) Make America Great Again, (b) Finally stick it to China for being a bad actor, (c) Crush American business and throw the […]
Valentine’s Day Flowers In February. Where Do They Come From? It’s Valentine’s Day and every street corner, grocery store, Costco and florist shop is overflowing with fresh fragrant flowers. There are amazing arrangements of roses, tropical and other exotic flora. In the middle of February. Did you every wonder how they do that? Unless you […]
As the new year dawned a few weeks ago, we had hoped that it would bring good news in the form of a resolution to the nation’s West Coast port congestion woes. Sadly, such was not the case. The standstill at the nation’s West Coast ports drags on, with no end in sight. By all […]
It is probably the single-most frequently asked question we get: How can we become a “Known Shipper” ? This inquiry has become the Catch-22 of the post-9/11 shipping era. Or, for our younger readers, the Isla de Meurta in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” saga. That is, it can only be found by those who already […]
OK, let’s face it, choosing the right pallets for international shipping does not usually make for stimulating intellectual discourse. Their proper usage is not a great conversation starter. Nonetheless, if you have stopped by this site, chances are you have more than a passive interest in shipping. Therefore, we will take a chance that you […]
By Blake Cotcamp Meteorology Intern Summary: The long, harsh winter for the Eastern United States is still going strong, as March will be welcomed in by a potent, late season winter storm that is expected to affect the eastern half of the country. The storm system that brought much-needed rain to California is expected to […]
Here it is January of the New Year and you promised your boss that you were going to sit down and review your list of vendors. Or worse, your longtime freight broker has suddenly gone out of business, a roadkill victim of the new MAP-21 legislation recently mandated by Congress. In this article, we take […]
Global Weather Synopsis for the Week of 11/24/2013: Winter Arrives in North America By Blake Cotcamp Meteorology Intern Summary: In this Weekly Weather Forecast for Shipping, many parts of the globe will see their first snowfall of the season this week as winter begins to set in throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Of particular note for this […]
