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Continuing Education For Licensed Customs Brokers

MTS Logistics

As a Licensed Customs Broker, our role is protecting revenue and facilitating the movement of compliant cargo. CBP will allow customs brokers to complete fewer than 36 hours to meet the requirement for the initial 2024-2027 triennial status period. MTS Logistics is proud to be a Licensed Customs Broker. In June 2023, U.S. trade laws.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 4-8, 2017)

Talking Logistics

My exercise plans for the weekend are set. The challenge, of course, is finding the right balance — that is, figuring out how to meet peak demand volumes without building out a network that goes under-utilized the remaining 11 months of the year. Rake today, shovel tomorrow. Maybe they’ll do better in 2018.

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Transportation’s Tricky Balancing Act

247 Customs Broker

Of course, that would be hard to do if the business in question needs to pile on costs just in order to increase its market share. This means businesses must plan in advance for a certain scale of operation and, once achieved, they have to live with the consequences until, in the long run, the plan can be revised to meet new market realities.

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Supply Chain & Logistics Education: Ask the Professors

The Logistics Academy

Darren Prokop, University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA): As in the academic world in general, there is a trend to online course delivery. We also provide frameworks for effective interactions with others in courses such as purchasing, negotiation, professional selling, and team-based assignments. This gives students a chance to network.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] How to Become a Freight Broker: Your Ultimate Guide

GlobalTranz

Besides earning well – freight brokers can make up to $90,000 per year – they’re also indispensable for the transportation of goods and cargo. They negotiate good shipping rates and fast deliveries from transportation companies, and connect them with the businesses that need to transport goods or cargo, so carriers can maximize their loads.

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Russia’s low-cost influence strategy finds success in Serbia

247 Customs Broker

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, left, meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in May. Many Serbian Orthodox priests meet frequently with senior Russian political leaders. But Brussels officials, watching Russian actions in Serbia with alarm, say the country’s Western course is hardly guaranteed.

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Battling a perfect storm

Automotive Logistics

Claussen admitted that congestion was increasing because the port infrastructure coping with multiple types of cargo had limited capacity, including the landside road and rail links, which took decades to expand. Kirk Claussen, port finance agent in the Office of Ports and Waterways at the US Maritime Administration (Marad). Trade wars.