Trade Alerts

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced recently that it will require the submission of entry and shipping documents (bills of lading, air waybills, commercial invoices, etc.) for entries of FDA-regulated goods that originated from, were store

Many companies will no longer send drivers to the area because intimidation tactics have been reported by truckers who continue to work.

After issuing an advanced strike notice on September 4, 2015, members of the Container Trucking Association of Ontario (CTAO) officially walked off their jobs on Tuesday, September 8, and began to picket in front of CN Rail and CP Rail terminals in the Gr

On August 31, 2015, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the postponement of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Single Window program. The bulletin stated that, While significant capabilities have been deployed to date, concerns ab

Following the devastating August 12, 2015, blast at the Port of Tianjin, in Northern China, port operations are slowly returning to normal. The explosion, which was suspected to be caused by dangerous materials, closed a portion of the EuroAsia Terminal;

Ocean carriers are proposing a General Rate Increase (GRI) and Peak Season Surcharge (PSS) on US/Canada bound cargo from Far East and Indian origins. In the US/Canada, a previous GRI took effect as scheduled on August 1, 2015. The next anticipated GRI is

Terminal traffic around India’s largest port, Nhava Sheva, is experiencing extensive delays due to recent strike activity

Pac 9 truck drivers at the nation’s busiest port complex walked off their jobs on Tuesday, July 21. The call to action is the misclassification of drayage truck drivers as independent contractors instead of employees

CBP recently made significant changes to its C-TPAT program portal, which will require all security profiles to be updated.

Ocean carriers are imposing a General Rate Increase (GRI) and Peak Season Surcharge (PSS) on cargo bound to all points in the US and Canada from Far East and Indian origins.