The United States has imposed tariffs on a good number of nations to some degree. You can be confident that other nations will also impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. exports. There will be widespread impacts in a few areas, but this writing only addresses your cargo and cargo insurance. Tariffs and Your Cargo Insurance Rates… Read more »
Category: Misc.
Less Than Truckload Freight Risk Mitigation
Less than truckload (LTL) freight shipping is an excellent method of transporting smaller quantities of goods that do not require the full space of a truck. This cost-effective solution enables multiple shippers to share the same truck space, reducing expenses and optimizing logistics. However, despite its advantages, LTL shipping comes with risks and challenges. Both… Read more »
How much freight is stolen in North America is a crime.
For cargo theft within the US and Canada, data collection is difficult—different organizations, some of which are government and some not, use different criteria for reporting cargo theft crimes. There is a lot of estimating going on. Even the FBI data on the subject is incomplete because not all cities and law agencies report crimes… Read more »
International Longshoremen’s Association Strike 2.0 on January 15, 2025?
Thanksgiving is over, Christmas is coming, and the East and Gulf Coasts are bracing for another possible International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) strike in January 2025. To give some perspective to what a possible ILA strike means, 45,000 dockworkers at 36 ports on the East and Gulf Coasts from Maine to Texas would not be going… Read more »
AI has both rewards and risk.
In 1984, I was a young sales representative for a wholesaler in Pennsylvania. I traveled throughout the states of Pennsylvania and New York, selling our company’s products to businesses, which in turn sold the goods retail to the public. Each day, when the sun was setting, I would finish my day off doing the same… Read more »
The Three Big Cargo Insurance Mistakes
This article is a bit long. You should get a coffee before you start. If you still need to get lunch, grab a sandwich as well. Today, I am writing about the three big things people sometimes get wrong about marine cargo insurance. I have been in cargo risk mitigation and marine cargo insurance for… Read more »
The Houthi rebels are still at it.
Not hearing much about troubles in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden as of late? You are not alone. It isn’t because there is nothing happening because there is. It just isn’t convenient news right now, but troubles are still abound. While the news of major shipping lines announcing in early 2024 that they… Read more »