Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

From January 28 to February 4, a Chinese-operated high-altitude balloon was seen in North American airspace, including Alaska, western Canada, and the contiguous United States. The average contract cost of shipping a container from China to the U.S. A big story earlier this month was the reported Chinese spy balloon. That’s down 28.4%

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The GRI shipping term refers to the usual increase in fees that are applied to container shipping rates. To help your company keep total costs in check, this blog will dig into the fundamentals behind GRI shipping increases, what a GRI surcharge is and a few other things to know. What GRI Stands for in Shipping.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Holiday shipping schedules for parcel carriers, FedEx , UPS, and USPS are now available. The dates are near mirror images of shipping deadlines for the 2019 and 2020 peak seasons. Holiday Shipping Deadlines for UPS. The shipping deadline for delivery by December 24, 2021, delivery depends on the service level.

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Ware2Go

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Similar to sales tax and economic nexus, inventory tax requirements vary by state and can vary based on how long the inventory is stored there, whether it is being shipped out of state or being stored in a 3PL or other third party warehouse , and in some cases may even include work in process (WIP) inventory. Is There a Federal Inventory Tax?

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NC State SCRC

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

One example of this is the case of autonomous vehicles and the unlocking of the resources for thinking about how to adopt these to our society. The Alberta government asked the Van Horne Institute to examine the case for building a railway from the Oil Sands fields of Fort McMurray to the Delta junction in Alaska.

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QAD

MARCH 21, 2019

The last two states added were Alaska and Hawaii in 1959. The climate is mostly temperate, but Alaska is arctic, Florida and Hawaii are tropical, and the Great Plains are mostly arid or semi-arid. In 1776, 13 British colonies declared their independence and formed the United States. Manufacturing in the U.S. billion mt-km in 2015.

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