by David Lorusso | Dec 1, 2021 | Ocean Freight, Air Freight, COVID-19, Fuel Surcharges, Shipping
Hickory Dickory Dock… Do you remember this nursery rhyme? Hickory Dickory Dock the mouse went up the clock. The clock struck one. The mouse went down. Hickory Dickory Dock… I know some of you are humming this in your mind – If you did, email me with a note and...
by David Lorusso | Oct 27, 2021 | Ocean Freight, Shipping
Question: How do we solve the shipping container nightmare-bottle neck- log jam- backlog…? Answer: We need a PhD. Piled Higher and Deeper that’s what PhD stands for! Well, President Biden said we should operate 24/7 to move these containers off the...
by David Lorusso | Sep 29, 2021 | Ocean Freight, Shipping
Well, believe it or not we’re in the Christmas Crunch peak season for the shipping industry. As consumer spending and online e-commerce orders increase the crunch only worsens. It’s like Chinese Checkers, you have to move the pieces to advance. The ships are...
by David Lorusso | Aug 13, 2021 | Ocean Freight, Air Freight, COVID-19, Shipping
Look at the 2 workers on this crane repair platform. We chose this picture because of the word (Bromma) located just above the 2 workers on the crane repair deck. The word BROMMA is very close to the word “broma” in Spanish. It means “tease or...
by David Lorusso | Jul 28, 2021 | Shipping, Air Freight, LTL Freight, Oversized Surcharges
Recently, 1,400 customers were left hanging in June when FedEx dropped their LTL Freight customers. If you were one of them then you probably got fed up and ended up with a bad taste in your palate. FedEx suspended over 1,400 LTL customers in its freight (LTL)...
by David Lorusso | May 31, 2021 | Air Freight, Fuel Surcharges, Infrastructure, Shipping
When the Colonial Pipeline got hacked everybody started running to fill up the tanks to get gas. Many felt the effects of it. With previously rising gas prices at the pump this hack and subsequent shut down not only exacerbated the situation but also makes us wonder...