Brexit has introduced a number of complications — Value-Added Tax (VAT) changes, additional paperwork requirements, strict rules for food and agribusiness, shifting grace periods, and more — to international shipping and customs compliance. 
These challenges have caused severe operational disruption …

40 Pages 
Posted: 1 Oct 2021
Hamid Boustanifar

EDHEC Business School
Young Dae Kang
The Bank of Korea

Date Written: September 30, 2021

Abstract
Economic theory predicts that, in the absence of mispricing, investing in socially responsible businesses should have …

Customer service has effectively been shelved by the shipping lines, as shippers grumble that it is getting increasingly difficult to book cargo with them, let alone know what rate they will be charged.
Many complain that carriers are refusing to …

With container spot rates from Asia appearing to have reached a plateau as China begins its Golden Week holiday, the attention has turned to contract rate inflation which, according to Xeneta’s XSI index, is showing a 91% year-on-year gain.
The …

The establishment of the Trade and Technology Council (TTC) by the EU and US in Pittsburgh will define their trading relationship and allow their economies to compete with China, according to one leading shipper.
According to James Hookham, of the …

South Korea’s Ministry of SMEs and Start-ups is to work with  domestic carrier HMM and Korea Post to provide multimodal logistical support for small and mid-sized exporters to the mid-west and eastern US.
In a combination of shipping and trucking …

Scan Global Logistics (SGL) is following up its growth pledge with an acquisition that will give it a presence in the UK.
From today, Horizon International Cargo, a “traditional air and ocean forwarder”, is part of SGL and, it said, …