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Why and When Your Ocean Freight Shipment Would Require a Bonded Warehouse

  Customs regulations are a necessary, but challenging part of international shipping. Clearing customs increases costs, paperwork, and time delays. Customs-bonded warehouses help reduce this friction and are an integral part of the global supply chain. What is a bonded warehouse? A customs bonded warehouse is a secured building or area where merchandise can be imported and stored for a period of time,  without any import taxes (duties)  being charged. Duties are only paid when the goods are removed for  domestic use . No duties are charged If the merchandise is re-exported, destroyed by customs, or withdrawn for use on an international vehicle or aircraft. The United States permits eleven types of bonded warehouses, where imported goods can be kept for up to five years. While in bonded storage, merchandise can be handled and manipulated as long as the processing doesn’t change its essential nature. All types of products can be kept in bonded storage, including animals and restricted
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Standard vs. Guaranteed Freight Shipping Services

  When it comes to LTL shipping, things can become pretty stressful when delays come up. Delays happen for a million reasons, including weather conditions, simple traffic jams, highway closures, terminal congestion, missed pickups/deliveries and the list goes on. It can seem like you have no control over the situation and you need your shipment to arrive on time. This is why  guaranteed delivery  services  exist. That’s right. Some of our carriers will  deliver your shipment on time or they will offer you a full refund.  Guaranteed services Some carriers do offer guaranteed deliveries for LTL shipments , even though they are fully aware of everything that can go wrong during shipping. That’s why guaranteed delivery is heavily stipulated.  What does that mean? Simply, you pay a little extra for the carrier to treat your shipment as urgent. This does not mean that your shipment will somehow be immune to delays, but  if any delays preventable by the carrier do occur, you will get your mon
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Shipping perishables by airfreight

  Among the first goods transported by air were perishable products including fruit, flowers, and vegetables. These products are perishable and therefore vulnerable to extremes of temperature, high humidity, and susceptible to damage, necessitating careful transportation. Over the years airlines have developed processes and facilities for handling chilled and frozen goods with chilled storage and freighter capacity, alongside the development of temperature control packaging methods. Regularly shipped perishable goods   There are several categories of perishable goods for shipping and include: Fresh food items such as produce and meat Frozen food items Non-refrigerated food items with short shelf life such as bread Pharmaceuticals Biological materials such as tissue samples. Fresh flowers and other live plants Perishables are, due to their nature, usually shipped by air. These products are frequently for human consumption, have a short shelf life, and are carefully monitored by nationa
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The Scope of Automation In The Shipping Industry

  Due to its complex nature—with hundreds of operators involved —the shipping industry is slower than most when adopting emergent technologies to expedite the shipping process. Fully automated terminals currently handle less than 10% of container volume. However, the demand for lower shipping costs is constant. And over the last decade, the industry is slowly but surely implementing more efficient ways of controlling ports and terminals. What is port automation, and how has it changed shipping as we know it? Let’s find out. WHAT IS PORT AUTOMATION?         There is no one homogenous definition of an automated—or ‘smart’—port. The term refers to a bevy of integrated technologies that provide novel solutions to port traffic control and trade flows.            What this does is that it enables ports to handle more shipments on a given day, week, or year, maximizing its efficiency. There are three main pillars of port automation: inventories, ship-to-shore cranes, and port gate automation
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