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The Lacey Act Strikes Again

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has expanded the Lacey Act coverage. Current harmonized codes covered are listed below and anything with a (4) ... Read More

CBP Announces Revised Deadlines for Mandatory Use of ACE

On August 31, 2015, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the updated timeline for the mandatory use of the ACE for Electronic Entry and ... Read More

Major Air Carriers Add Restrictions to IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations Following Risk Assessments

At the beginning of this year, new regulations governing the air shipping of lithium batteries went into effect. These regulations have affected any shippers of ... Read More

Are You Ready for Upcoming Major Changes in Container Weight Verification Requirements?

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will start enforcing the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) convention requirements regarding the verification of the gross mass of ... Read More

Aftershock of the Tianjin Port Explosion Is Altering Asian Shipments and Having Global Effects

Operations have gradually resumed at Tianjin port after last week's deadly chemical explosions that left more than one-hundred people dead. Reports indicate goods are flowing ... Read More

New Census AES Data Elements

Just when you think the Census Bureau has finalized the data elements for AES submissions, up comes a proposal to add two new AES data ... Read More

Tianjin Port Activities Resume after Huge Explosions

Early today, Chinese officials halted operations at world’s tenth-largest container port for six hours over concerns about the spread of hazardous materials resulting from the ... Read More

Suez and Panama Expansions Hope to Provide Smoother Passage for the Shipping Industry

As the new era in global trade continues to increase business in U.S. Ports, across the globe, two routes through which a majority of world’s ... Read More

China State Media: At Least 300 Injured in Port Explosion

BEIJING (AP) — Huge explosions at a container port in the northeastern Chinese city of Tianjin have injured at least 300 people, state media outlets ... Read More