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 […]
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/
Bestway In Compliance with Stay-At-Home Order in Kansas City
March 21, 2020 Dear Valued Clients and Partners, I hope this finds you and your loved ones well and making the best of our unusual situation. A few hours ago, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas issued a “Stay at Home” Order, requiring Kansas Citians to stay at home except for “essential activities” as the community […]
Union Pacific adds new origin and destination for domestic trains from the West Coast to Kansas City.
Los Angeles and Long Beach in Southern California represent the largest ports for sea freight arriving into the United States. In addition to the millions of containers which terminate and remain in area, millions more make their way across the country to New York, north into Canada and into the Midwest. The Union Pacific operates […]
