Lorie Dodson
Lorie is a fulltime writer and editor with a background in logistics management and freight forwarding, covering a variety of topics and news within the industry.
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NewsAir Cargo Sanctions Screening Beyond Names: Rotate and the Fracht Case
Rotate's new air cargo sanctions screening reads routings and descriptions, and OFAC's Fracht case shows what happens when an existing review is skipped.
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InsightShipping Finance: Where Owners Borrow Beyond the Banks
Shipping finance now runs on leasing houses, funds and bonds as well as bank loans. See who lends, at what loan-to-value, and what Hanjin's 2016 collapse showed.
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InsightConsignor vs Consignee: What the Bill of Lading Decides
Consignor vs consignee on a bill of lading: who gets delivery, what the Incoterms rule leaves open and how damage notice to the carrier works.
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InsightShipping From China to the UK: Transit Time and Import Tax
Shipping from China to the UK: why freight and surcharges raise UK duty and import VAT, how transit runs 25 to 51 days by loop, and what an importer needs for customs.
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InsightTrimming the Fat: Smarter Ways to Move Heavy Freight
How to reduce freight costs on heavy loads: compare carrier quotes, fill the container, mix transport modes and use routing tech to cut idle time and delays.
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NewsAir Cargo Status Codes: RCF and NFD Mean Different Things in Different Guides
Air cargo status codes read differently from guide to guide. Where RCF, NFD and DLV diverge on an AWB, and what to confirm before you tell a customer.
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InsightShipping Heavy Equipment: A Practical Guide
A practical guide to shipping heavy equipment: how LoLo, flat rack, RoRo and container moves compare, what drives the cost, and what to tell the carrier first.
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InsightContainer tracking API vs MCP: how AI agents track ocean freight
A REST tracking API makes your code do the work. An MCP server lets an AI agent do it in one tool-call. Here is the real difference for anyone wiring ocean-freight visibility into an assistant.
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InsightHow to track a container by Bill of Lading number
You have a Bill of Lading number and no idea where the box is. Here is what a B/L, a booking and a container number each are, which one to track with, and the milestone flow you should expect from booking to delivery.
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InsightPacking to the CTU Code, not by eye
Most container loading is done from experience and a tape measure. The rules cargo actually ships under, CTU, IMDG, axle and CoG, belong in the plan, before the doors close.