Beat the congestion – use consolidations
Since the beginning of the pandemic, air cargo shippers have faced greatly diminished supply and greatly increased pricing. As the summer continues, we are not seeing a return of passenger flights from either US or European airlines. For shippers this means continued constrained belly capacity and any significant return to rates of summers prior will […]
Bestway’s scheduler makes shipping easier
You may have noticed an update to our home page where you can search vessel schedules in real-time via our scheduler to identify a sailing, routing, and transit time that makes the most sense for your cargo. Powered by Qwyk, shippers can enter a few simple pieces of data and we’ll return a list of […]
Blanked sailings tank May port numbers
Blanked sailings are in the logistics news a lot lately as more carriers release their numbers for the third quarter, showing more blanked sailings are coming to balance supply and demand to maintain rates. Ports around the country are showing severe reductions in throughput during the month of May, compared to the same time in […]
Jack McDonough drives growth for Bestway Intl Import Solutions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Bestway International, exclusive agents for Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, congratulates Jack McDonough Kansas City, Missouri, USA – June 1, 2020 – Jack McDonough, an accomplished transportation professional, has assumed the role of Director, Import Solutions, for Bestway International. Jack has spent the last year in an advisory role supporting both the sales and […]
Container imbalances require creative solutions
As blanked sailings increase, the container imbalance impacting ocean freight continues to grow. The outbreak of COVID-19 and subsequent stay-at-home orders crippled consumer demand for essential goods, leaving non-essential products lingering on shelves and in warehouses. This imbalance had eaten into the available warehouse capacity and doubled the turnaround time for inbound containers in both […]
Thousands of N95 Masks Headed to KC-Area First Responders
Tremendously proud to facilitate the delivery of N95 masks headed for our hometown first responders. Our clients are the best and expertise and round-the-clock management of our team is second to none. The supply chain is running and more much-needed personal protection equipment is on the way. https://fox4kc.com/news/thousands-of-n95-masks-delivered-to-kcfop-being-distributed-to-first-responders/
CBP announces 90-day duty postponement for select importers, entries, in March and April
The White House issued an Executive Order on Sunday deferring the payment of certain duties, taxes and fees during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their announcement left most of the details to CBP who in the evening published CSMS message number 42423171 entitled “COVID-19 – 90 Day Postponement of Payment for the Deposit of Certain Estimated Duties, […]
Kansas Global : COVID-19 roundup
We recently contributed to this roundup on COVID-19 and global trade by our friends and partners at Kansas Global Trade Services. It’s full of helpful insights and advice for companies on how to navigate global trade for a stronger recovery. Check it out: https://www.kansasglobal.org/covid-19-global-trade-roundup/
Hellmann Corona Crisis Global Operations Center
Our Partners at Hellmann Worldwide Logistics are managing a country-by-country Global Operations update site. Let’s talk about your lanes and how we can help. https://www.hellmann-journal.com/corona-crisis-global-operations
NEW: COVID-19 Information Page
April 2, 2020: Decision to defer duties rests with White House Reporting this week from Bloomberg and other outlets indicates that following CBP’s short-lived, ad hoc approach that allowed importers to email the agency and request relief for duty, the President has signaled that duty deferral is acceptable, but only for the column one Most […]
