Last week, the Obama Administration released its first ever National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security. As stated, the main goals of the strategy are to promote the efficient and secure ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) should improve its guidance and identify additional actions its personnel could take to reduce crated cargo risks, a new report from the Government ...

Abstract: Cargo must be checked -- but it is impossible to screen 11.6 million containers every year without bringing the global economy to its knees. How to avoid the paralyzing cargo clog of the ...

Learn how voyage policies protect cargo during marine transport, covering risks from accidents to natural disasters, and why ...

Editor’s Note: This piece was coauthored by Vincent H. Smith, Stephanie Mercier, Erin Lentz , and Christopher B. Barrett. Because of existing policy, only two names were listed when the piece was ...

Against the backdrop of encouraging global economic growth and an improved outlook for the shipping industry, the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) gives expert opinion on the current ...

With the increasing international trade, more goods are being transported across the borders via sea. This increased activity is leading to a greater need for marine cargo insurance coverage. These ...

Three years after legislators in Baton Rouge approved a tax credit for Louisiana shippers that use in-state ports to move cargo, many people in the local maritime industry are working to revive the ...

AAL Shipping (AAL), a project cargo carrier, released its 2024 Sustainability Report, revealing the company has met 95% of its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) objectives across global ...

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) will present Cargo in Question: Two Films about Labor, Shipping, and Globalization in the 21 st Century, 7 p.m. Thursday, April 20 at 113 Harbor Way, Ste. 190.

In a recent column in The Hill, the authors contend that preserving and bolstering cargo preference requirements — the law requiring U.S. shippers to use U.S. flagged vessels to transport ...