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Date: Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019 Source: American Shipper Customs brokers on SW border brace for delays CBP’s deployment of 750 officers to assist with the the immigration crisis has customs brokers along the Southwest border worried about backlogs of trucked imports. …
Date: Monday, March 25th, 2019 Source: NPR Plastic garbage from Trader Joe’s and an AARP card are peeking out of hillocks of plastic trash piling up in Indonesia. It’s a sign of a new global quandary: What should wealthy countries…
Date: Monday, March 25th, 2019 Source: The Wall Street Journal Exports fell, as did imports, narrowing the trade surplus to $4.12 billion in February BEIJING—China’s exports fell sharply last month, adding to headwinds for the world’s second-largest economy as officials…
Date: Monday, March 25th, 2019 Source: Sourcing Journal Cargo imports at major U.S. container ports are expected to fall to their lowest level in nearly a year in March, with the retail industry between seasons and plans for a tariff increase for Chinese imports on…
Date: Monday, March 25th, 2019 Source: Sourcing Journal Global air freight demand fell 1.8 percent in January compared to a year earlier, marking the worst performance in the last three years, according to a new report from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Demand…
Date: Monday, March 25th, 2019 Source: American Shipper Drewry foresees more slow steaming and transshipment Drewry says container carriers may try to mitigate the rising cost of fuel by slowing ship speeds and relying more on feeder ships. Mar 18,…
Date: Monday, March 25th, 2019 Source: The Wall Street Journal Abrupt decline in inbound container volume at California’s big gateways came after shippers pulled forward purchases from Asia ahead of potential new tariffs Seaborne imports into the biggest U.S. gateways…
Date: Monday, March 25th, 2019 Source: AJOT Oakland, Calif. – A six-month-long containerized cargo surge came to a halt, as expected, at the Port of Oakland last month. The Port said today that its total February cargo volume was down…
Date: Monday, March 25th, 2019 Source: Sourcing Journal Footwear and clothing top the list of goods making up the biggest share of seizures of counterfeit goods in value, according to a study released Monday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD)…
Date: Monday, March 25th, 2019 Source: American Shipper Lumber Liquidators hit with $33 million penalty Virginia-based flooring supplier haunted by 2015 missteps from investigation of defective, formaldehyde-tainted flooring imports from China. Mar 12, 2019 on Dec 27, 2018 — AmericanShipper.com