Category Shipping

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Strikes Exporters

Exports to Australia: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Season Australia’s Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has developed measures to manage the 2016-17 brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) season. In addition to standard import requirements, these measures affect ocean FCL…

Iranian Crude Oil Surges

Sadie Keljikian, Express Trade Capital At least twenty-six Asian and European tankers are shipping Iranian oil, according to Reuters. International sanctions on Iran were lifted in January, allowing foreign importers to once again take advantage of the country’s vast supply of…

China Fines International Shippers

Sadie Keljikian, Express Trade Capital After a year of investigations, China announced fines for eight international shipping companies for violating price fixing laws. The fines represent the most significant attempt by authorities to crack down on colluding in a sudden enforcement of an…

CBP Begins Third Phase of New GSP

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has entered the third phase of its renewed Generalized System of Preference (GSP) Retroactive Refund Processing. The system was enacted on July 29th, 2015 and remains in effect through December 31, 2017. During the third phase, importers…