Industry Insights

Friday, October 16, 2015 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report A year after substantially revising a proposal to overhaul its regulations on ocean transportation intermediaries, the Federal Maritime Commission may be preparing to issue a final rule. The Commission is scheduled to hold a partially open meeting Oct. 21 at which this rulemaking will be […]

In an October 5 Cargo Systems Messaging Service transmittal, CBP issued an “important reminder” to all importers & brokers that the importer of record must deposit estimated ADD/CVD when certain Post-Summary Corrections or Post Entry Amendments are filed. Two situations are in view: When the PSC/PEA is filed to change the Entry Type Code from […]

  When the El Faro cargo ship and its 33 crewmembers left the port of Jacksonville, Florida last Tuesday, October 1, Joaquin was a tropical storm. Yet, as the ship approached the Bahamas, Joaquin turned into a Category 4 hurricane, and by Thursday, El Faro was trapped in the crush of 50-foot seas and winds […]

East Coast towns and cities already dealing with heavy rain are bracing for newly formed Category 3 Hurricane Joaquin, which could pound the region with flooding and strong winds by the weekend.  While forecasters say they have yet to determine whether the storm will hit the Eastern Seaboard, many states are bracing for its fallout. […]

The months of September through December are traditionally peak season for motor truck cargo shipments. It’s also, unfortunately, a high season for cargo theft. According to data released by security firm FreightWatch International, in 2014, the “concentration” of cargo theft activity between September and December totaled 245 incidents, with the greatest number – almost one-third […]

Additive manufacturing, better known as 3D Printing, involves a process of making three-dimensional solid objects from a digital file. The creation of a 3D-printed object is achieved by laying down successive layers of material until the entire object is created. Each of these layers can be seen as a thinly sliced horizontal cross-section of the […]