by sidoman | Mar 29, 2019 | Customs & Clearing
The cargo is cleared. The duty is paid. The truck has delivered and the goods are on your shelves. Then, a week later, an invoice arrives like a guest who missed the wedding but still expects to be fed. It says demurrage. Or detention. Sometimes both. These charges...
by sidoman | Apr 5, 2018 | Customs & Clearing
The global supply chain is an extremely complex network that requires the involvement of so many parties for everything to work smoothly and efficiently. In the shipping game, clearing agents and freight forwarders are both important. However, each of them plays...
by sidoman | Jan 29, 2018 | Customs & Clearing
Tips to Avoid Costly Customs Mistakes From wrongly written addresses to ambiguous item descriptions, simple mistakes in the world of logistics can cost companies a pretty penny in terms of both time and money when moving international shipments. Various technological...
by sidoman | Mar 14, 2017 | Customs & Clearing
Cargo does not move on diesel alone. It moves on paper. A container can sit at Mombasa long after its ship has sailed, its goods in perfect condition and its owner pacing the corridor at the CFS, all because one page says 120 cartons and another says 112. Our guide to...
by sidoman | Feb 25, 2017 | Customs & Clearing
Your goods have left the factory. The supplier has sent a cheerful photo of cartons on a pallet. Somewhere in the Indian Ocean a ship is carrying your money in a steel box, and you have one question: what actually happens between that warehouse and my door? Plenty, it...
by sidoman | Feb 9, 2017 | Customs & Clearing
The first quote a new importer receives can look like a bowl of alphabet soup that has been left out overnight. FOB. CIF. CBM. W/M. IDF. CoC. Each set of letters is quietly deciding who pays for what, and where your money goes if something goes wrong at sea. This...
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