Who’s truck is it anyway? You might have heard that California waged war on companies exploiting ‘gig workers’ and made it the law to treat them as employees with access to benefits including maternity/paternity leave, sick pay, healthcare options and holidays. Sounds human right? West coast, best coast? Not for…
Your CUSTOMS HOUSE BROKER (CHB) is more important than your CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT (CPA). Time is money and money is crazy important! Making sure goods clear customs in a timely and efficient manner is every importer/exporter’s main concern. When shipments get stuck on the wrong side of the border, you…
CYBERSECURITY. DON’T LET YOUR BUSINESS GET CORRUPTED. Your network and all your company’s data is at risk of being breached. Like, it might have already happened. The fact is, the only 100% safe network is one that’s turned off, disconnected and holds absolutely no valuable information. Oh, and don’t let…
Chassis Need A Home Too Chassis, the overlooked workhorse of the cargo and shipping industry. Without them, all those shipping containers, full of helpful items and imported materials would languish with nothing but the sight of the sea to ease the pain of their inability to make you money. Which…
Drug Wars – NOT Trade Wars – & CTPAT Who’s got a ship worth $90 million with the capacity to hold 10,000 containers that’s ready to set sail from Philadelphia to Europe? Not so fast, Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC). U.S. authorities seized the Gayane, a large container ship operated by…
Have We Reached A Boiling Point on Global Shipping? It’s Summer 2019 and heatwaves continue to scorch the North American and European continents, wildfires are blazing across the Arctic, and ice sheets (twice the size of NYC) are breaking off Antarctica. As Nelly would say, “It’s gettin’ hot in herre,…
…If not, we are here to help. When word that the US Government would be imposing tariffs on the nation’s biggest suppliers of goods, most people hoped it was a tactic, a gamble that wouldn’t escalate or last very long. But it’s almost a year later, and they’re here. Two…
…The CargoTrans Way You’re on the CargoTrans mailing list, so chances are you have an idea as to what we do. In over simplistic terms: #wemakeSHIPhappen – We take the hassle out of shipping, getting your products where they need to go, so you can focus on what you do…