Chinese New Year is coming up February 15-21! Customers should be aware that nearly all Asian transportation suppliers are closed during this national holiday. We are already seeing volumes increasing and space tightening with carriers. Please be sure to make bookings…
READ MORE >Hyundai Merchant Marine Company has announced that it will launch a block train service to Europe via the Trans China Railway (TCR) from South Korea. A block train service is a train where all the cars carry the same commodity…
READ MORE >Shanghai’s airport authority has reported that its annual airfreight traffic surpassed 4 million tonnes for the first time. Before this year, only Hong Kong and Memphis could boast similar numbers.
READ MORE >On December 7, the inaugural flight for Air China’s non-stop route between Shenzhen and Los Angeles took off from Shenzhen’s Bao’an International Airport. The new route adds to Shenzhen’s growing portfolio of international long-haul routes and will help to promote economic and cultural exchange between southern China and the…
READ MORE >IATA has revealed plans to launch CEIV certification for live animal transport and will also begin to investigate the possibility of a scheme for perishables.
READ MORE >According to Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, for the first time in more than a quarter-century the federal government has self-initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations. These probes currently target aluminum sheet from China but could open the way for similar…
READ MORE >With demand peaking over the cold winter months, millions of households are shifting from burning coal for heating to using gas, driving up prices for the fuel.
READ MORE >A new enforcement for shipping marks for cargo into Thailand went into effect on November 13. Fines can be up to THB 50,000 for noncompliance. Cargo simply needs to be labeled and marked correctly, according to established standards.
READ MORE >The International Trade Administration has announced an aerospace trade mission to Singapore February 5-9, 2018, according to trade law firm Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg. U.S. companies already doing business or seeking to do business in Singapore or elsewhere in the…
READ MORE >The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has issued new warnings about the dangers of shipping bauxite. Bauxite is a commonly-shipped source of aluminum. A newly-identified phenomenon of “dynamic separation” when there is excess moisture in the cargo could significantly affect a vessel's stability,…
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