Early Return Date (ERD) Nightmares and What to Do
ERD (Earliest Return Date, sometimes called Early Return Date). This simple 3-letter acronym has become a necessary evi...
Trade Documents: The Currency of Trade
Your trade documents are probably the single most important thing to get right across your entire trade execution proces...
Intelligent Trade Contracts: The What, Why, and How
Intelligent Trade Contracts (ITCs) – whether integrated with your CTRM or ERP or used on their own – are one of the newe...
New Research by Harbor Trucking Association and TradeLanes.co Shows Health Of Nation’s Truckers, Rail Lines, Import, And Export Industries At Stake
New research shows that the disruptions from detention and demurrage are wreaking havoc on the country’s intermodal carr...
Container scarcity: Another challenge shaking up Global trade
The shortage of containers has world trade flow in jeopardy. There are just not enough empty containers available in the...
Trade Execution as a Competitive Advantage (Part 2)
Digitization + automation (buzzwords of the year in global trade) are table stakes, not enough. It’s imperative to coupl...
Trade Execution as a Competitive Advantage - Part 1
Based upon what we're hearing through our relationships with 40+ of the Top 100 US Exporters, we know that trade demands...
New Research: Agricultural Exporters Hamstrung and Losing Money due to Changes to “Earliest Return Dates” by Ocean Shipping Carriers
A new research report shows that ocean carriers’ uncommunicated changes to “Earliest Return Date” are hitting bottom li...
Protected against cyber attacks - where are your gaps?
There is a 400% increase in attempted hacks coinciding with when maritime industry turned to greater use of technology; ...
Containers, containers, containers
The good news is that empty containers are coming into the US in record numbers.
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