In the last year or so, it has become clearly evident to us that ocean carriers are treating European and other forwarders differently than how they deal with U.S. forwarders, creating a distinctly ...
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) issued its Final Rule in FMC Docket 13-05 on Nov. 3, 2015. The Commission's October vote in favor of issuing the Final Rule concluded a multiyear review and ...
The NVOCC Advantage A primary distinction in the logistics world lies between a traditional freight forwarder and an NVOCC. A traditional agent acts only on behalf of the shipper, often leaving the ...
Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Mario Cordero announced that the Commission has completed compromise agreements recovering a total of $1,227,500 in civil penalties. The agreements were reached ...
PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--INTTRA, the world’s largest, multi-carrier e-commerce network for ocean shipping, announced today that International Forwarding S.L. (IFS) has joined the INTTRA ...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) seeks to set minimum standards and requirements for the recognition of freight forwarders to address the growing trading activities and boost the logistics ...