Last week, the Obama Administration released its first ever National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security. As stated, the main goals of the strategy are to promote the efficient and secure ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) should improve its guidance and identify additional actions its personnel could take to reduce crated cargo risks, a new report from the Government ...

Abstract: Cargo must be checked -- but it is impossible to screen 11.6 million containers every year without bringing the global economy to its knees. How to avoid the paralyzing cargo clog of the ...

New Delhi, May 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global marine cargo insurance market is anticipated to soar to US$ 34.0 billion by 2032 from US$ 20.8 billion in 2023 at a CAGR of 5.86% during ...

Learn how voyage policies protect cargo during marine transport, covering risks from accidents to natural disasters, and why they are ideal for occasional shippers.

Editor’s Note: This piece was coauthored by Vincent H. Smith, Stephanie Mercier, Erin Lentz , and Christopher B. Barrett. Because of existing policy, only two names were listed when the piece was ...

With the increasing international trade, more goods are being transported across the borders via sea. This increased activity is leading to a greater need for marine cargo insurance coverage. These ...

Against the backdrop of encouraging global economic growth and an improved outlook for the shipping industry, the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) gives expert opinion on the current ...

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) will present Cargo in Question: Two Films about Labor, Shipping, and Globalization in the 21 st Century, 7 p.m. Thursday, April 20 at 113 Harbor Way, Ste. 190.

Three years after legislators in Baton Rouge approved a tax credit for Louisiana shippers that use in-state ports to move cargo, many people in the local maritime industry are working to revive the ...

In a recent column in The Hill, the authors contend that preserving and bolstering cargo preference requirements — the law requiring U.S. shippers to use U.S. flagged vessels to transport ...