The rise in the spot price of containers is a gift for transport companies as new contract deals approach

Spot container freight rates in major East-West trades continued their slight upward momentum for a second week, supported by a mid-month interest rate hike and tightening capacity from empty cruises. According to Drury, the number of empty cruises in October rose to 93 across the Pacific, Asia, Europe and across the Atlantic, up from 58…

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Counting non-resident Indians: How US import reforms are reshaping cross-border e-commerce

Global Entry with Thomas Taggart – a bi-weekly column about navigating global trade, e-commerce and compliance in a changing world Read also: The future of cross-border e-commerce in emerging markets After years of operating quietly in the background, the U.S. Nonresident Importer Program is suddenly in the spotlight. Once a little-known mechanism for enabling foreign…

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