Twenty-five year old company joins Sobel with focus on bolstering exports ROCKVILLE CENTRE AND JAMAICA, NY – APRIL 15, 2021 Sobel Network Shipping Co., Inc., a customs broker and freight forwarder headquartered in New York with locations in Miami, Orlando and Chicago announces the acquisition of Sunshine Services International., Inc. an airline GSA with an […]
O navio Ever Given, que bloqueou o Canal de Suez por quase uma semana em março, impediu a passagem em uma das rotas comerciais mais importantes do mundo, que liga o Mar Vermelho ao Mar Mediterrâneo, na Europa. Agora, as autoridades do canal querem $916 milhões em indenização contra o proprietário japonês do navio. O […]
While Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the most visible and well-known enforcement presence for imported goods, they work in tandem with multiple regulatory agencies. Those agencies are called “Participating Government Agencies,” or PGA for short. When Sobel transmits information about an arriving shipment on behalf of an importer, we are providing not just the […]
We talked two weeks ago about forced labor as a priority trade issue for Customs and how the agency is stepping up enforcement and issuance of Withhold Release Orders. While most attention has been focused on China and the Xinjiang region’s efforts, the agency last week took action against one of the largest such companies. In July 2020, […]
A week ago Monday, nobody outside of cargo owners and logistics professionals who knew the name “Ever Given” had the slightest clue that TEU means “Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit” and likely couldn’t find the Suez Canal on a map. But last Tuesday, the grounding of the 20,000 TEU ship captured the world’s attention, drove up oil […]
Desde 2015, quando foi aprovado o Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act (TFTEA), as agências governamentais americanas passaram a dar mais atenção a diversas questões ligadas ao comércio internacional. O combate ao trabalho forçado (Forced labor) passou a ser uma das prioridades pelo U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Tanto na administração anterior quanto agora, […]
In 2015, the passage of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act (TFTEA) brought a renewed interest and focused by Customs and other government agencies on many issues. Forced labor was a key area the agency cited that would receive greater attention, and since passage, the agency has taken several significant steps in this area. In both the previous […]
The shipping and supply of food and beverage is a complicated process that involves a lot of moving pieces and changing variables. Companies that are looking to improve the shipping and logistics processes of their food and beverage products should consider outsourcing their operations to a third-party logistics provider (3PL). Finding the perfect requires a […]
For logistics managers and supply chain officers responsible for their company’s overall transportation spend, 2020 and 2021 have proven to be difficult to highly impossible. Whether port congestion, astronomical rates, or lack of equipment, the ability to move cargo at forecast landed costs has evaporated. Added to these costs are additional duties for trade remedy […]
Desde o fim de novembro, uma série de incidentes ocorridos com navios de carga levaram à perda de milhares de contêineres. A maior parte deles estava em trânsito entre os Estados Unidos e a Ásia. Recentemente, um outro navio que estava seguindo rumo ao Oeste perdeu dezenas de contêineres vazios, que estavam sendo enviados para […]
