by cargosnew | May 12, 2021 | News
Cargo Services worked with Inside Indiana Business, a statewide multi-platform news outlet, to provide perspective for manufacturing and supply chain leaders about the current situation at shipping ports. The article that appeared in May 2021 outlines why port...
by cargosnew | Feb 18, 2021 | News
Chinese New Year is the one-year mark. At this time last year, the national Chinese holiday was extended to keep people at home to stop COVID-19. Factories went idle and shipments sat on docks. The ripple effect impacting global freight forwarders over the last year...
by cargosnew | Jan 28, 2021 | News
Jefferson Clay Director, Global Sales (written on behalf of the business development team) I recall sitting in a meeting about a year ago. Communications to clients from late 2019 into 2020 had been challenging: COVID-19 in China, docks shuttered, shipment delays....
by cargosnew | Jan 18, 2021 | News
The surge of import shipments coming into the United States continues at an unprecedented pace creating ongoing chassis shortages. DCs are holding containers/chassis longer before unloading. It’s taking longer to move chassis back into the system. Broken chassis...
by cargosnew | Dec 9, 2020 | News
Port disruption continues to impact freight forwarding due to a variety of factors. Surging demand for goods being shipped from Asia to North America along with Asia to EU trade. Lack of vessel space Container shortages related to labor disputes, congestion and...
by cargosnew | Dec 3, 2020 | News
The last year has been an experience we’d all like to forget but will always remember. For supply chain professionals who depend on importing and exporting, the word unique just isn’t enough. COVID, port shutdowns, blank sailings, port congestion, container imbalances...
