Top 10 Reasons to Control Your Freight and NOT ship Ex-Works 1. Shipping EXW doesn’t mean that your job is done when your customer’s forwarder picks up the freight Controlling your freight gives you a great customer service tool – the ability to track and trace your shipments – from your dock to the shipment’s final destination. 2. When you control your … [Read more...]
CBP, C-TPAT and the Sequester
As a result of the Sequester, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has indicated that it is taking steps to reduce its work hours. It plans to cut overtime immediately. CBP has warned that carriers, importers and exporters should expect border delays to double, from two to four or more hours as a result, and it could take five days or more for cargo exams. However, all C-TPAT … [Read more...]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Superior Freight Ireland!
Is it true what they say? There are only 2 types of people in this world – those who are Irish and those who wish they were!!! A real Irish man/woman DOESN’T arrive in another country on business or pleasure and seek out the nearest Irish bar – we actually enjoy travelling and like to soak up other cultures. We DON’T try the first pint of Guinness in just any … [Read more...]
HACTL Makes History
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals made history when they handled the largest single flight shipment of horses ever. A total of 63 show jump horses were shipped using Lufthansa Cargo's B747 chartered freighter. "On arrival in Hong Kong, the horses were unloaded from the aircraft and transferred to Hactl’s livestock handling center. The horses were transferred in their air stalls to … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabian Airlines Increases Options
Saudi Arabian Airlines Increases Options Saudi Airlines has always been a strong partner for any company with freighter service needed to or from the Middle East, and that proved true with their announcement of additional freighter stops to come in 2013. Saudi Airlines Cargo will add additional flights to selected routes in its existing freighter schedule, … [Read more...]