Trump’s June 3 Executive Order Imposes Tougher Requirements on Customs Enforcement and Compliance: Here’s What We Know
President Trump’s June 3 executive order on mandates and compliance for importers will impose new challenges for importers and import brokers, but will also provide an opportunity to separate the solid performers from the rest.
IEEPA Tariff Refund Update: System Mostly Smooth, Some Partial Refunds Arriving Early, ACE Account Setup is Causing Problems for Some
As we’ve moved through the early weeks of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s CAPE system for issuing tariff refunds, Bestway has been helping customers work through the system and get things in order to receive their refunds as quickly as possible. For the most part, the system has worked well – even better than […]
Team Member Profile: Ian Kilburn
Many people find it appealing when a company is direct and to the point in how it conducts business. But as Ian Kilburn of Bestway’s North America department points out, direct and to the point is not always enough. That’s one of the reasons he joined Bestway in March 2025. “Bestway is very straight to […]
Announcing Bestway’s New Website, and Why It’s Good News For You
A months long effort culminated in May when Bestway International launched its brand new website. It’s an upgrade that better represents where our company is today – and offers much more effective tools for our customers to connect with us.
Overheard at the Broker Carrier Summit: The Industry’s View on AI is Taking Some Intriguing Turns
Is the logistics industry making significant steps in understanding and implementing artificial intelligence? The talk at a recent industry conference suggests that is definitely the trend. Managing Partner Riley Wiles and Head of North America Services Ryan Shannon recently attended the Spring 2026 Broker Carrier Summit in Overland Park, Kansas – not far from our […]
Supreme Court Rules Brokers Can Be Sued for Hiring Bad Carriers: Here’s How Bestway Approaches Vetting
The challenges associated with vetting carriers are widely recognized in today’s supply chain/logistics industry. But the issue became all the more urgent on Thursday, May 14, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that companies can sue brokers for hiring bad carriers. The stakes were always high for our clients. Now they’re high for us in […]
CBP Says IEEPA Refunds to Start May 11; CAPE System Progress Report Coming May 12
Last week U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that issuing of refunds for IEEPA tariffs are expected to begin on May 11. That announcement was followed by this: The next update on Phase 1 progress of the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) system is expected Tuesday, May 12, at 11 a.m. Central. While […]
Team Member Profile: Patrick Meyer
Bestway International’s director of finance came to the company in August 2025 with a diversity of experiences that few could match. It might be a stretch to say that Patrick Meyer did everything in finance before joining Bestway. But just consider some of the many different ventures for which he provided financial management: And before […]
Bestway Team Puts on the Ritz to Help Raise a Half Million For Children’s Place
Our team can clean up pretty nice when we want to, and we especially want to when it’s for a really good cause. That was the case on the evening of Friday, April 17, when a group from Bestway dressed to the nines for Party for the Place – a major fundraiser for Children’s Place. […]
New and Improved Company Values: An Essential Driver of Bestway’s Steady Pace Forward
By Jay Devers It’s one thing for a leader to have company values in his mind. It’s another thing to make them both visible and active – and it’s astonishing how values can impact an organization when you do the latter. Coming in fresh from Corporate America, I was quick to establish a mission statement, […]
