Survival guide for shipping container inspections in the U.S.
We’ve written about shipping container inspections in Canada. Learn more about the busiest ports into Canada and what you can do to be prepared.
9 ways to plan for extreme weather events
‘Tis the season: hurricanes, polar vortices, blizzards. Extreme weather events can shut supply chains down, leading to delays, shut-downs, and other impacts.
Single Window Initiative (SWI): Survival Guide for Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) Nuclear Substances and Equipment
The new SWI landscape The Single Window Initiative means several changes for importers:
Best practices: supply chain integration
A supply chain refers to all the links required to create and distribute a product for a company, including: suppliers, manufacturers, shipping and logistics, retailers, and customers.
Logistics tech: supply chain software
More and more links of the supply chain are relying on software based solutions for management, tracking, communication, and automation. Logistics companies use these types of systems to give their customers more visibility—helping to streamline operations all the way down the chain.
Best practices: consolidation and cross-docking
Consolidation and cross-docking can help increase efficiencies and lower costs for shippers.
What are blank sailings?
It’s a term we’re hearing more this year than ever before with unpredictable shipping patterns of international trade.
Single Window Initiative (SWI): Survival Guide for Pesticides
The new SWI landscape The Single Window Initiative means several changes for importers:
USMCA/CUSMA in-force as of July 1, 2020
The new North American free trade agreement (known as USMCA/CUSMA/T-MEC) is now being enforced.
3 exciting innovations in logistics
With emerging technologies, changing environmental regulations, and increased automation across all sectors, innovation is exploding in the logistics industry.
