The Loadstar Podcast | Transport Logistic and Air Cargo Europe 2025
Missed Munich? Or too many meetings to get out on the floor? In this episode ...
Whatever your instinct might tell you about container shipping’s prospects this year – and you might well think they have been looking pretty good in recent months – I believe headwinds are becoming increasingly apparent, posing another set of major challenges for the industry.
As these factors gather steam and combine, they leave carriers in a race against time to prepare for what is shaping up to be a perfect storm, principally comprised of rising oil prices and surging debt levels, ...
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John W James
January 23, 2018 at 10:25 pmE-commerce logistics: shopping and shipping .. very interesting article but where are import tariff requirements/rates included in commodity pricing. Most nations have a different tariff rate for each commodity and the party responsible for payment of the tariff is the buyer/consignee. In U.S.A. we have a national tariff and then each state with nation has a different sale tax.
Ale Pasetti
January 29, 2018 at 6:32 amHi JWJ,
Thanks, interesting point — that kind of information is not exactly easy to find in the 10k. Do you have thoughts/supporting material that could help me write another article?
You can reach me at alessandro@theloadstar.com.
Best,
Ale