When shipping products globally, many nuances must be taken into an account, due to the simple fact that the procedures are far more complex than for local shipments. There are a lot of additional custom regulations that should be followed and a huge amount of…
Day: October 19, 2016
How Transportation and Procurement Can Improve Spend
If there has been any short shipping then the obvious choice would be to find the next available ship and ensure that the cargo loads on that vessel so as not to incur additional costs. In a lot cases of short shipments, the shipper or consignee are highly…
Predictive Analytics Comes to the Logistics Industry
But this article got me thinking that, while these awards are given out by the Press and other Maritime bodies, who would YOU as the regular user of the various container shipping lines choose as your Container Shipping Line of choice..?? Particularly in terms…
Overseas Shipping is Tricky
Dangerous Goods in packaged form and Dangerous Goods in solid form in bulk vary in their properties for potential for starting fire and the approach for firefighting too varies. Fire at sea is the most dangerous situation for seafarers after the fury of mother…