Is everyone having fun keeping track of the tariffs that the Trump Administration has implemented since April? The uncertainty that has been with us since Jan. 20th when President Trump was sworn in as President has not gone away. The tariff announcements have been like a merry-go-round of starts and stops. The pause on the […]
The day that the additional higher reciprocal tariffs are effective has arrived. We had sent out the list of additional tariffs last week that would be effective April 9th at 12:01 AM. The stunning news prior to the tariffs being effective was that President Trump was adding an additional 50% tariff from China due to […]
“Liberation Day” has come and gone and global trade looks a lot different now. What happened on April 2nd was a day that shocked the world. The full scope and how the tariffs will be implemented has not been finalized by U.S. Customs. The Government is still working on it. We expect to see a […]
March 4, 2024 Today is the day that new tariffs from Canada, Mexico and China are in effect. All imports from Canada will now have an additional 25% tariff with the exception of energy imports which will be at 10%. Imports from Mexico will have an additional 25% tariff on all imports with no exceptions. […]
December 30,2024 The year is ending the way it began with lots of uncertainty in the shipping world. The Houthi’s in Yemen are still attacking vessels in the Southern Red Sea. This is causing most ocean carriers to divert vessels around the Cape of Good Hope. An ILA (International Longshoreman’s Association) strike along USA East […]
August 20,2024 We are now in what we call the dog days of August. Summer holidays are ending, school is about to start, football in Europe has just begun their season and the NFL is going to start in early September. The word of the day/week/year is disruption. Here is the definition of disruption. Disturbance […]
The year is ending in a turbulent way in the world of shipping. War in the Middle East and Europe along with drought conditions in Panama have drastically impacted the maritime industry. 2024 is going to start off with a lot of uncertainty with the ocean carriers, especially on trade routes that utilize the Suez […]
Thunderbolt Director Jim Shapiro attended the 12th Annual Summit of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) that took place at The Royal Cliff Hotel in Pattaya, Thailand, from November 12th to 14th. 185 people from 60 countries attended the meeting. PCN knows how to organize a great meeting. Thanks to Rachel, Judith and the Team in […]
Hemisphere Freight Services and Thunderbolt Global Logistics, LLC teamed up together to coordinate a sensitive Art Sculpture Delivery from Queenstown, New Zealand to Dillon, Montana. The strength and value of the CLC Project Network was exhibited in this transaction.
Thunderbolt Global Logistics Director Jim Shapiro attended the 11th Annual Meeting of PCN (Project Cargo Network) from Nov. 27-29,2022 in Dubai. There were over 185 CEO’s and Senior Managers from 95 countries. He had a great time seeing old friends he hadn’t seen in 3 years and making new ones that I met while at […]