Yearly Archives: 2013
Final Phase of ISF Enforcement
As many of you may have already heard we have entered the final phase of the enforcement of Importer Security Filing as of July...
Stronger Than The Storm
Seven months after Hurricane Sandy hit New York and the New Jersey area, huge attempts have been put into action to recover from the...
Carrier’s Strategies For Coping With Market Volatility
Rojda Akdag - 3
The global shipping industry is a cyclical business where many factors, both external and internal, affect the market conditions. Even though, world’s economy, political...
Of Baseball And An American Summer
As a child, my baseball activities were pretty much limited to TV broadcasts and the grass my father neatly mowed in the back of...
What Is General Rate Increase (GRI)?
GRI (General Rates Increase) is the average amount by which Carriers tariff rates increase applied to base rates. In a stable market, GRI apply...
Summer Travel Checklists and Essentials
Methela Naz - 1
Are you travelling this summer? Well lucky you then! Travelling is always fun but not until you are done packing. Packing is the most...
Choosing a Freight Forwarder to Minimize Unpleasant Situations
Freight forwarder works a company that organizes shipments for individuals or corporations to get goods from the manufacturer or producer to a market, customer or final...
How Will Mobile Learning Revolutionize Education
Sometimes simple things bring bigger results. The easier and simpler it is to access information; the higher chance we have getting that information. In...
U.S. Customs Holds And Exams
Ethan Huang - 4
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has a very broad authority to inspect import cargo, including commercial shipments. CBP can choose any shipment to...
Top 5 US Export Commodities
Emre Reyhan - 2
Export derives from the conceptual meaning as to ship the goods and services out of the port of a country. The seller of such...
Little Boy with Big Heart
One day I was walking to the local shops, shopping, and all of a sudden I noticed the cashier talking to a boy that...
3 Things You Must Know When Importing To The U.S.
Peter Yang - 0
In the shipping industries, many unplanned situations such as vessel delays, cargo vessel overtaken by Pirates, or got sunken to the ocean due to...
Remembering The Central Idea of Memorial Day
With Memorial Day just behind us, I realized most of us looked forward to the three-day weekend to enjoy with our friends and family....
The Plausibilities of ‘Free Trade Zones’
Canan Unal - 1
A free trade zone (FTZ) or formerly called free port is an area within which goods may be landed, handled, warehoused, manufactured or reconfigured,...
What ‘Love’ Really Is
If you have love, you don't need to have anything else, and if you don't have it, it doesn't matter much what else you...
Refrigerators on Ocean
Have you ever thought how foods such us fruits, fish, vegetables travel across the world to the USA? Since first cargo container invented in...
America’s Other Favorite Pastime, the Theme Park
If there is something I can never get tired of it’s theme parks. The thrills of rides, mystical atmospheres and enormous amounts of imagination...
What Is The Union of South American Nations?
The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), also known as Unión de Naciones Suramericanas by the spanish, União das Nações Sul-Americanas by the Portuguese...
Mother’s Day
My mother never missed a chance to celebrate life. Her name was Sirin, that meant "cutie". She used to play many instruments and invite everyone...
The Story of Logistics
Logistics is a word that you see most often on the side of trucks. But it has a bigger meaning: the management of the...
Fun Things To Do In The Summer
Methela Naz - 0
With summer coming up right around the corner, many of you are probably making plans or thinking of fun things to do. Because it...
The North American Free Trade Agreement
NAFTA, The North American Free Trade Agreement, was signed in 1994. NAFTA is basically a free-trade agreement between Canada, Mexico, and the United States....
What Makes a Good Feng Shui House?
In Mandarin Chinese, the word ‘feng’ means wind and the word “shui” means water. As in Chinese superstition both of these words combined is...
Logistics Excellence Trough a Highly Skilled Workforce
The logistics and transportation industry in the world is overly competitive. Multinational firms prepare themselves to better facilitate the flow of goods throughout the...
7 Things You Should Know Before Traveling to China
“He who returns from a journey is not the same as he who left.” — Chinese proverb
China is the world’s most populous country, with...
