2024 Trade Compliance Outlook and Strategies

2024 Trade Compliance Outlook and Strategies

Trade compliance will only become more challenging for global businesses in 2024 as supply chains continue to undergo transformative change. Companies are revamping their sourcing strategies to become more resilient; technological advancements by regulators are...
Trade Based Money Laundering: Why Shippers Should Care

Trade Based Money Laundering: Why Shippers Should Care

Trade-based money laundering (TBML) occurs when criminals disguise the profits from their illegal activities as legitimate trade. In simple terms, money laundering takes dirty money and cleans it. TBML comes in many different forms, including the movement of illegal...
Shipping Lithium Ion Batteries Internationally: A Primer

Shipping Lithium Ion Batteries Internationally: A Primer

There’s much attention on lithium ion batteries these days. They power smart phones, tablets, and the electric vehicles we’ll all be driving someday. They are also considered dangerous goods (DG) from a shipping perspective and, therefore, require specialized...