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What to Do When Bill of Lading Is Lost
What should you do if the Bill of Lading is lost? As is widely known, an ocean Bill of Lading is a document of title w...
Switching Freight Forwarders Like Dating
Why do you keep switching freight forwarders? Do you always feel like you cannot find the "right" forwarder? Price, tra...
Freight Forwarder vs Shipping Line: Pros & Cons
Want to ship goods but not sure whether to use a freight forwarder or go directly to a shipping line? Here's a 1minute b...
Which Country Wine Do You Prefer?
Friends, let us have a chat: which country's imported wine do you prefer to drink? Over the past decade or so, our te...
Import/Export Registration Process
The Complete Guide to Obtaining Import/Export Rights Clients often ask me: "Do you offer foreign trade agency service...
Chargeable Weight Calculation: Air, Sea & Rail
“Hello everyone! If you ship goods regularly, you’ve probably been confused by various ‘chargeable weight’ and ‘chargeab...
What Is Air Freight Palletization Fee?
"Today I ran into a pretty typical situation. A client asked me for an air freight export quote, then turned around and...
Cheap Price AND Good Space? Not Taking That Client
Want it cheap, want early space, and want long payment terms? I can't afford this kind of client! Honest truth from t...
Import Goods Out for Repair and Re-import
Hello everyone. Yesterday we discussed how to bring exported goods back for repair. Today, let's cover the "reverse oper...
Export Goods Return for Repair and Re-export Guide
Recently we have handled quite a few “return for repair” cases — where goods that were already exported are brought back...
Indonesia Customs Inspection Survival Guide
"Everyone, I recently dealt with an Indonesian import customs clearance case that I just have to share with you! Befo...
Agricultural Machinery Door-to-Door Import Process
Hello everyone! Today let's talk about how an imported large agricultural machine worth millions and weighing over ten t...