by David Lorusso | Feb 3, 2024 | Ocean Freight, Air Freight, Fuel Surcharges, Shipping, Shipping Delays
Well, it’s that time of the year again and in one week from today on February 10th, the Chinese New Year will start ! The Year of the Dragon 2024 Here are some interesting things to know about the Chinese New Year About 20% of the whole world will...
by David Lorusso | Jan 31, 2024 | Ocean Freight, Air Freight, Fuel Surcharges, Shipping, Shipping Delays, Terrorism
You’ve probably heard by now about the Houthi rebels from Yemen. They are reminding us to the time in 2018 when a couple of very large tankers were hit. They were the Ghawar and Arsan tankers operated by the Saudi’s Bahri, in retaliation for supporting the...
by David Lorusso | Mar 28, 2022 | Ocean Freight, Air Freight, COVID-19, Fuel Surcharges, Shipping
Lock stock and barrel – read on. Lock downs, Stock up (food) and barrels of oil -that’s what’s really happening. Ukraine, Russia (aka Magog), Europe, Israel and the USA will all feel the pain as the proverbial barrel rolls over us. The oil producing nations will...
by David Lorusso | Feb 12, 2022 | Ocean Freight, Air Freight, COVID-19, Fuel Surcharges, Shipping
The Freedom Convoy and the truckers’ protests against Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate is crippling businesses and causing a trickledown effect on the supply chain for automotive manufacturers in both Canada and the USA. The Ambassador Bridge connecting Canada...
by David Lorusso | Jan 31, 2022 | Ocean Freight, Air Freight, Fuel Surcharges, Shipping
If you haven’t heard Israel and Iran been in the news regarding the Iranian nuclear facilities and whether or not there will be an outbreak of war. The shipping experts all say that this could cause further delays in international shipping. From a shipping...
by David Lorusso | Dec 27, 2021 | Ocean Freight, Air Freight, COVID-19, Fuel Surcharges, Shipping
When I studied Latin we learned this famous phrase Veni Vidi Vici. Julius Caesar sent these words back to the Roman Senate when he had a rapid victory in a battle that only lasted five days. He later said Et Tu, Brute meaning And You (too), Brutus (while being...
