The United States is in the midst of a growing shortage of truck drivers that seem to be getting worse. With the average age of long-haul truck drivers being 46, 160,000 positions will remain unfilled over the next decade. This shortage is especially felt in drayage,...
A freight forwarding company is a company in the shipping business that has prepared its personnel and facilities to accept the responsibility and accountability for handling freight on an international scope of service. A freight forwarding company is different from...
A Third Party Logistics company (3PL) is an integrated shipping operation involving both warehousing and fulfillment services. Although these two functions, warehousing and fulfillment, are often used interchangeably, they have very different roles in the shipping...
The shipping process for international trade is composed of standard expectations for all countries and all ports. This standardization applies to China and all of its shipping companies. This is an important aspect of international shipping since China owns ports in...
Recent trends in the trade picture in Southeast Asia show that Vietnam is becoming a significant competitor to the robust Chinese economy. On one front the number of orders for goods is shifting from China to Vietnam, and ocean freight forwarders are directing more...
