The comment period and testimony related to President Trumps Section 301 China Tariffs investigation have finished. The basic outcome is that there will not be any additional tariffs at this… Read more »
NOR’EASTER QUINN SHUTS NJ PORTS
We just received word that due to rapidly increasing winds as well as expected snowfall the New Jersey ports are closing immediately. They have also issued notice that they will… Read more »
GSP Bill Passes the House
Good morning, just a quick update on GSP. On February 8th H.R. 4979 was introduced to the House of Representatives – this bill includes the renewal of GSP for a… Read more »
TRUCK BAN – Port of New Jersey
A Truck Ban will begin January 1, 2018. All Drayage Trucks with an engine dated 1995 or older will NOT be permitted access into any Port Authority Terminal at the… Read more »
Steel Import Investigation
Yesterday the US Department of Commerce published the hearing schedule for the investigation of Steel imports. The investigation is very troubling to most in the steel industry since they have… Read more »
Shanghai Congestion
Congestion at the port of Shanghai is now at 51.2 hours and the number of vessels has dropped from 100 last week to around 80 as of now. Equipment shortage… Read more »
Container Exams at NY/NJ Ports
US Customs has released their Exam Cycle Times for the Fiscal Year 2017, 2nd quarter and things continue to improve. X-Ray Exams (NII) are taking 2.72 days, a 1/2 day… Read more »
Shanghai Congestion
Oh BOY !!!! congestion in the port of Shanghai has risen a whopping 42% between April 16th and 18th and is continuing to grow. Right now the average vessel delay… Read more »
Been a while…….
Sorry for not posting in over a year however things have been very busy here at JWH (and at home) and fortunately international shipping was relatively quiet – except for… Read more »
SOLAS
As many of you are aware beginning July 1, 2016 any shipping container that leaves from ANY port in the world is required to have the Verified Gross Mass (vgm)… Read more »