Major airlines including Air China and China Southern have cancelled all flights to Los Angeles through December 10. It is expected that other air carriers will announce similar measures in the coming days. These suspensions come after Los Angeles County’s new safer-at-home order took effect on Monday November 30. The order requires residents to limit…
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Equipment shortages throughout China and Southeast Asia are so severe that carriers with premium trans-Pacific services are unable to guarantee equipment availability. Some vessels are leaving China without full loads because there is not enough equipment. Due to these serious shortages, all shipping routes are reporting freight rate increases, and have added carrier surcharges. After…
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On Friday, Oct. 30, the government of Sri Lanka announced more severe lockdowns in the capital city of Colombo after a large increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. The restrictions barred travel for any non-essential purposes, which has led to labor shortages. Colombo serves as an important port of call, not just for exports…
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The continued measures to limit the spread of Covid-19 within the US, combined with a high influx of container volumes throughout the US, are causing disturbances and delays across the supply chain. The disruptions are significantly impacting import LCL cargo, specifically moving through the US West Coast ports of LA/Long Beach and US East Coast…
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India is dealing with the worst container equipment shortage in its documented history. The world’s most severe pandemic induced lockdown, combined with falling consumption, blank sailings, and shipping lines’ desire to reposition containers to more lucrative trades has created a severe short fall at all inland points and most ports. India, a country of 1.3…
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has extended nine product exclusions out of 96 from list 1 and 28 product exclusions out of 113 from list 2 of Section 301. These extended exclusions are set to expire December 31, 2020. The rest of the product exclusions are not being extended and expire as…
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has extended 62 product exclusions out of 310 from list 1 and 17 product exclusions out of 86 from list 2 of Section 301. These extended exclusions are set to expire December 31, 2020. The rest of the product exclusions—over 300 products—are not being extended and expire…
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By now, many people have heard about the filing of a lawsuit at the Court of International Trade by HMTX Industries and subsidiaries Halstead and Metroflor. The lawsuit is challenging the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and claiming that the USTR overstepped the Section 301 statute, when it made additional goods subject to the tariffs more…
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has extended 87 product exclusions from list 4A of Section 301 to December 31, 2020. The rest of the product exclusions—over 100 products—are not being extended and expire as of September 1, 2020, which means these products will incur the 25 percent additional tariff. If you have…
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UPDATE: 8/24/20—The C.U.P.E and the MEA have come to an agreement, as of Friday, August 21, 2020. This agreement ends the 11-day strike at the Port of Montreal and will last until March 2021. The August 10, strike at the Port of Montreal has been ongoing with no end-date in sight. Luckily, on Thursday, August…
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