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DOWNLOAD OUR INCOTERMS 2020 CHART HERE: Incoterms® 2020 went into effect January 1, 2020. These set of international commercial terms...

Image via Pexels What Is LCL Shipping? LCL stands for less-than-container load, so LCL shipping is the process of shipping a load that...

Source: Military Sealift Command – A heavy lift vessel offloading a harbor tug at the Yokosuka Japan Naval Base When it comes to moving...

Now that the World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) an international public health emergency, it’s important...

U.S. trade with Vietnam is on the rise – in particular, imports from Vietnam to the U.S. is rising, a result of low-cost labor, increased...

Japan is one of the world’s most developed and diverse economies, with a consumer driven economy similar to the United States. The...

This post will complete our Oceania Market Series. While it includes many different countries and islands, the bulk of which get the...

The United States is a top 3 trading partner of New Zealand according to 2016 statistics from MIT’s Observation of Economic Complexity....

Australia, the largest market for shipping US goods in Oceania is a perfect market for many US manufactured goods. While US exports to...

Learn How the New Carrier Alliances Affect Your Ocean Freight Contracts and/or Shipments. The new ocean carrier shipping alliances are...

First, let’s start off with a few definitions: Multimodal: Multimodal transport (also known as combined transport) is the transportation...

This post describes the main differences between an international freight forwarder and an NVOCC according to the Federal Maritime...

Shipping and Importing Cocoa Beans to the USA must follow strict processes and US regulations in order to protect the quality and...

Misdeclaration of cargo weight is a major hazard which often results in cargo claims, structural damages to vessels and also poses a...

Mauritania (known officially as the Islamic Republic of Mauritania), a country located in the Western part of North Africa, is ...

The export of used clothing and used shoes (second hand) is big business from the U.S. to various countries in the world. The main export...

DDP Shipments into the United States are defined as shipments where the foreign shipper (most of the time also known as the Seller of the...

The Chargeable Weight of Air Freight shipments are calculated as the Actual Weight (Gross Weight) or the Volumetric (also called Volume...

Learn about logistics between the USA and India Shipit Logistics offers full-service freight forwarding, custom house brokerage,...

Basics of Exporting and Logistics – How to Export Goods Overseas Whether you are new or experienced in exporting, there are seems to...