The Saudi customs has successfully piloted its first shipment through TradeLens, a blockchain-based platform developed collaboratively by Maersk and IBM.

Putting export-import documents online may make a difference between container arriving to customer on time or sitting in a warehouse.

Saudi Arabia Customs successfully transported a container to the Port of Rotterdam using blockchain for the packing list and commercial documents.

Ocean carrier Maersk Line says importers and exporters in several European countries will be able to save time using a new online customs clearance platform.

Platinum Equity has completed its acquisition of Livingston International, Canada's largest customs broker, for an undisclosed sum. The deal puts Toronto-based ...

Acquisition of Italy's Dema *Service* is 3PL's second deal for European logistics provider since March.

The shipping business is huge and inefficient. But a number of start-ups, including Flexport and Convoy, which was founded by former Amazon executives, have ...

Market expert Scott Case has written about the use of dynamic pricing in airfreight. Long-used to sell passenger seats on airplanes, dynamic pricing is new to ...

Market expert Cathy Roberson writes about issues that are impacting the air freight market.

Wait times for trucks importing and exporting cargo across the U.S.-Mexico border have dropped considerably from April crisis levels but industry experts warn ...

Etihad Rail signs agreement with the General Administration of Customs in Abu Dhabi to develop freight transport requirements.

Cannagistics, Inc. (OTCBB Markets “CNGT”) (the “Company” or “Cannagistics”), announces the completion, as of May 17, 2019, of the change of the corpor.

Global freight forwarder Bolloré Logistics and productivity software provider WiseTech Global ASX: WTC) have done a deal to roll-out WiseTech's core software ...

Chill winds from the Chinese economy have caused Australian freight forwarder Wiseway to downgrade its anticipated China/Australia freight volumes and ...

Three Mexican citizens were arrested Sunday, May 5, in Blaine as they crossed into the United States from Canada aboard a southbound freight train, Customs ...

Prime Minister Theresa May is clinging to power as another minister resigns and polls show that Tories will have a catastrophic European election.

Scott Case grew up in and around the air cargo business – literally. His father opened a customs brokerage and freight forwarding firm in 1977 and as a boy ...

While the country was busy with elections, there were some major developments in India-Nepal trade relations.First, the containerised rail cargo carrying ...

Luxembourg-headquartered CHAMP Cargosystems has begun offering Advance Cargo Information (ACI) filing to Japan Customs via its customs compliance.

FLORIDA 595 is unappealing, even by truck-stop standards. Odour from a landfill next door permeates the humid air. Planes from a nearby airport buzz ...

Published on 10.05.2019 at 10h21 by APA News. Share. Nigerian freight forwarders have decried the duplication of customs officers check on containers after it ...

Will the airport recapture its glorious past or just play catch-up?

In a recently published decision, the Dusseldorf Higher Regional Court held that if a sovereign act (in this case, the destruction of goods by Customs) is rendered ...

Maple Leaf Motoring is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of Canadian trucking. This week – potential delays at the U.S.-Canada border, Ontario ...

“I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me” is a line credited to Bob Dylan. But it could just as well be attributed to anyone who has been in the middle of ...

The escalating trade dispute between the US and China is driving keen interest in air freight on the busy trans-Pacific trade routes.

Trade would sort itself out in the longer run post-Brexit, but it is hard to forecast when that would happen.

Editor's note: This is the fourth part in a series on blockchain and its role in trucking. Read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 here. Late last year, dexFreight completed its ...

Platinum Equity has completed its purchase of Livingston International from Sterling Partners and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which had ...

Importers can breathe easy as the Gujarat High Court has stayed the levy of Integrated Goods & *Service* Tax (IGST) on ocean freight. IGST is levied on all ...

LONDON: April 29, 2019. Specialist forwarder Dynamic International has selected Agency Sector Management's (ASM) Sequoia for its Customs clearance ...

LAGOS – Freight forwarders and licensed customs agents in the maritime sub-sector of the nation's economy have called on President Mohamadu Buhari to call ...

LOS ANGELES , May 2, 2019 /CNW/ - Platinum Equity today announced it has completed the acquisition of North American customs brokerage and trade ...

A surge in migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border has pushed immigration detention facilities in California to capacity, forcing U.S. Border Patrol to release many at ...

UK – Even mentioning Brexit may have now become so irritating to anyone in the country that they might well 'switch off' when the word is mentioned, but today ...

Hamburg Airport is one of the first airports in Germany to introduce the FAIR@Link Air Cargo Community System from software developer DAKOSY at its air ...

New platform may prove a threat to freight intermediaries, particularly in the small and medium-sized shipper segment, according to logistics analyst Transport ...

'Amazon Primed' is a short recap of the larger stories that dominated the headlines this week surrounding everyone's favourite cardboard abuser, Amazon.

South Florida market continues to attract a steady flow of newcomers aiming to get their piece of the freight.

BLAINE, Wash. (AP) — Customs and Border Protection officials say officers arrested three Mexican men as they crossed into Washington state from Canada on ...

It is advised that any businesses importing to or exporting out of the UK be prepared for a no-deal Brexit. If the UK leaves the EU without a trade deal in place, ...

Traditional logistics solutions must be re-designed to cope with increasing congestion and consumer pressure for immediate delivery.

Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE's national railway network, has signed a joint partnership agreement with the General Administration of ...

How a transport business can prepare for potential trade restrictions. The current European Road Freight Manager, Anthony Valentine, has worked in the ...

U.S. private equity firm Platinum Equity has wrapped up its acquisition of Livingston International Inc, a Toronto-based customs brokerage and trade services ...

MINSK DISTRICT, 16 May (BelTA) – The Belarusian customs *service* has received a batch of technical and economic aid from the Chinese government.

Beijing has sworn to institute countermeasures to combat a huge increase in tariffs, from 15 percent to 25 percent, that have been imposed by Washington on ...

The British International Freight Association (BIFA), the trade association for UK freight forwarding and logistics companies, has welcomed the UK Government's.

Prospects of increasing Belarusian export via the Sillamae port were discussed as well as the involvement of Estonian companies in the implementation of ...

WB Skinner, a leading customs brokerage and freight forwarder serving NY and NJ ports since 1968, today announced the opening of a new regional office in ...

Lutterworth-based warehousing and freight forwarding provider, Core Management Logistics (CML), cements its position as an expert logistics industry leader, ...

Government has made sweeping changes to its warehousing and physical examinations charges at Beitbridge Border Post with all foreign-registered vehicles ...

The freight forwarding market is changing. Fast. We all know this and not many of us are surprised. For the past three years, on behalf of my market research firm ...

Amazon is looking to make an investment of more than $100 million in Lakeland and the city is ready to approve the deal that will bring upward of 1000 jobs on ...

UK – EUROPE – WORLDWIDE – In common with fellow shipping and forwarding agents staff at John Good Shipping have been concerned that many traders in ...

US importers of goods from China awoke Friday to the news they had long dreaded: that President Donald Trump was not bluffing on escalating tariffs on ...

Editor's note: This is the second part in a series on blockchain and its role in trucking. Read Part 1 here. Originally developed as the accounting platform for ...

E2open's $425 million purchase of Amber Road is the latest and largest in a flurry of deals to boost global trade management (GTM) capabilities amid ...

Danish transport and logistics giant Maersk is moving ahead with the integration strategy by launching a new online customs clearance *service* to ocean ...

Maersk Line's effort to transform itself into an integrated logistics *service* provider with end-to-end transportation offerings akin to those provided by DHL, UPS, ...

Singapore News - In 2014, a former director of freight forwarding company Akarui provided incorrect information to a declaring agent. The information was about ...

Fedex Corp (NYSE:FDX) institutional sentiment decreased to 0.87 in 2018 Q4. Its down -0.42, from 1.29 in 2018Q3. The ratio turned negative, as 455 active ...

Altynkol Station, on the border between China and Kazakhstan, is fairly quiet. The windows of the brand new station buildings reflect the sun on this warm ...

Both Air Transport Services Group Inc. (NASDAQ:ATSG) and Expeditors International of Washington Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPD) are Air Delivery & Freight Services.

UAE rail network developer, Etihad Rail's recently signed joint partnership agreement with the General Administration of Customs in Abu Dhabi is aimed at ...

Using one qualified company for Customs brokerage and freight forwarding reduces the logistical work on the customer's end, while also making it easier to ...

More than 50 years after the slave trade was outlawed, the Clotilda brought 110 Africans on the final harrowing journey through the Middle Passage to America.

Freight clearance at border crossing at ports could be susceptible to backups and delays if Washington lawmakers are unable to resolve the funding crisis ...

The Justice Department says a New Hampshire man sold nearly $1 million worth of surplus Defense Department hand-me-down machinery to Iran—and they've ...

Universal Logistics (NASDAQ:ULH) was upgraded by investment analysts at ValuEngine from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note issued on ...

The Nigeria Customs *Service* (NCS) and Customs agents, have disagreed over the role of the Comptroller General Strike Force unit recently deployed to the.

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has said Nigeria is long overdue for an active ...

Technology is driving the rapid evolution of business and global trade. It's time for freight forwarding to change, too.

Negotiations between the Labour and Conservative Parties on a Brexit compromise resume on 7 May following the May Day break. In addition, Prime Minister ...

Livingston International, Canada's largest customs broker, will be acquired by the U.S. private equity firm Platinum Equity for an undisclosed sum. The sale ...

The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) is a regional project which starts from Southeast Asia and China, runs through Kazakhstan, the Caspian ...

Maersk says it will expand the technology behind its customs house brokerage business as well as developing its integrated logistics business.

Freight processing capacity at the US-Mexico border has been slashed 30-40 percent in a week by the transfer of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ...

China for the first time permits limited exports of second-hand Chinese cars.

The grounding of all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft has caused many problems; it has also created an opportunity for freight forwarders. Read a market expert's take ...

ANTIOCH, Tenn., April 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- cavalrylogistics.com -- Cavalry Logistics, LLC, a leading third-party freight brokerage provider, announced today ...

Delays could extend to U.S.-Canada as customs personnel are relocated to deal with immigration on the southern border.

While the partial US government shutdown isn't disrupting the clearance of cargo, customs brokers are increasingly worried that smaller pinches, ranging from ...

The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has welcomed UK Customs' (HMRC ) decision to extend the declaration and import payments for its.

Bangladesh customs processing: The Bangladesh government is introducing pre-arrival processing of import documents at ports in July.

Goods that are stuck at the borders would have to be declared at customs before entering the UK. The magnitude of the declarations would mean long queues at ...

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, in a move to bolster its international freight business, has purchased The Space Cargo Group, a company based in Madrid that ...

The last mile is often the most challenging, costly, and technologically deficient portion of the delivery process. But as more and more consumers use ...

SupplyChainBrain *Content* on Freight Forwarding/Customs Brokerage.

With cross-border freight already delayed and logistics costs rising, businesses must plan for a potential closure of the US-Mexico border threatened by ...

Although it hasn't happened yet, a disruption due to the shutdown can translate into thousands of dollars in demurrage and detention penalties for beneficial ...

Reports indicate that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is training his gaze on the auto industry, and despite the company's share price trading relatively flat since reports ...

Shippers dealing with trucking delays and congestion at the US-Mexico border must make changes to their supply chains if they want to minimize the cost of ...

Multi-modal freight forwarder and customs broker Expeditors International (NASDAQ:EXPD) reported solid fourth quarter results on February 19, with gross ...

Enforcement of a revamped customs program requiring carriers to electronically submit manifest data prior to arrival or departure at Indian ports had already ...

Investment firm Platinum Equity said it has agreed to acquire Livingston International, a Toronto-based firm that specializes in customs brokerage, freight ...

As part of its new strategy to provide customers with end-to-end solutions, not just ocean freight,...

Maersk is tripling its customs brokerage footprint within the United States and Canada through the acquisition of Vandegrift Inc.

Customs services at Mexico's largest port will be available round the clock under a plan that federal customs authorities are putting together to help move cargo ...

India customs authorities have held public information sessions at various port locations to provide industry stakeholders with more insights into the new digital ...