Country Commercial Guides: Exporting - A Starting Point Are you - Looking for foreign market intelligence you can trust? Want to know the best-sector prospects to target today? Know the trade barriers to watch out for and the regulations you need to follow? How about culture and business customs for that next trip? From Export.gov: Look no further than the … [Read more...]
February Newsletter: SOLAS & ACE & More
February Newsletter: SOLAS & ACE & More UPDATE: IMPORTANT CHANGES FOR 2016: ⇒UPDATE ON ACE! → A staggered approach... → →Includes new timeline ⇒SOLAS - New Container Weighing Regulations → No Delay – Container Weight Rule: 7/1/2016 → How to Meet the Container Weight Mandate Other News: FAA Lithium Batteries Risk Import Violations Export … [Read more...]
BIS: Orders Denying Export Privileges
BIS: Orders Denying Export Privileges This month BIS (Bureau of Industry & Security) issued two orders denying export privileges. Quang Hu, a/k/a/ Johnson Ju was convicted on 7/24/2014 of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by knowingly and willfully conspired, combined, confederated and agreed with other persons known and unknown to cause the … [Read more...]
How to Meet the SOLAS Container Weight Mandate
How to Meet the SOLAS Container Weight Mandate Approximately 20% of containers at any given time are declared in error, and upwards of two-thirds of all cargo claims may be attributed to these declared errors and poor container packing. From 2006 to 2011 alone, an estimated $12.8 million dollars in losses stemmed from these errors of cargo weight. This is the reason the … [Read more...]
Coast Guard: No Delay – Container Weight Rule BUT No Penalties for Shippers
Coast Guard: No Delay Container Weight Rule BUT No Penalties for Shippers From Wall Street Journal: Shippers that fail to properly weigh containers won’t face fines or other charges under a new rule, though they may find their goods left on the docks. U.S. shippers that fail to properly weigh containers won’t face fines or other penalties under a new rule passed by an … [Read more...]