As Shanghai emerges from a two-month long lockdown, pent-up demand may continue to flood the already congested Southern California ports. According to Drewry Shipping Consultants, there were about 260,000 TEUs that did not ship out from Shanghai during April. If the reopening after Chinese New Year is any indication of what is to come, […]

With spring just around the corner, we all gear up to give that new look to our frosty and dull garden and our home. It does not matter if the house is old or you may have bought a new one, it’s always exciting to jazz it up with the current trends. Revamping your abode […]

It’s time to talk about the elephant in the room for ocean carriers: reduced service quality. We are reading every day about new investments of ocean carriers to extend their core ocean freight services to more value-added services that require more integration with their customers. We are seeing them extending to last-mile deliveries, customs clearance, […]

There is no dilemma that Mother Earth has been giving plenty of things to mankind and demands anything back. Those things make human survival easy on the earth. Be it a portion of food, water, shelter, or natural cycles, everything is a gift from nature. Likewise, nature has gifted us with beautiful stone quarries from […]

Demurrage and detention charges are intensively unpleasant for the customers who use container transportation. On the other hand, these charges are crucial tools for carriers to keep container flow and yard stock. We will examine what are these charges and their purposes. We will also try to find out some ways to avoid these charges […]