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Press Release Asset-Based Forwarder UWL Secures European AEO Certification CLEVELAND, OH (November 18, 2016) – Global 3PL Provider of NVOCC & Freight Forwarding Services, UWL, has secured its European Union Authorized Economic Operator (EU AEO) certification. The EU AEO is comparable to the US Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program. With over 50 years […]

Press Release Asset-based Forwarder UWL Coordinates Customs Brokerage Services with Great Lakes Vessel Husbandry Business of World Shipping, Inc. CLEVELAND, OH (November 2, 2016) – UWL, LLC, an asset-based global forwarder, continues to quickly accelerate their growing portfolio since coordinating their customs brokerage services with parent company, World Shipping, Inc. A customs house broker (CHB), […]

Chinese National Holidays
August 19, 2016

Chinese National Holidays Due to the Chinese National Holidays, we will not accept bookings for hazardous/reefer/out-of-gauge cargoes with discharge schedule in China from October 1st through October 7th in the Transpacific westbound trade.  In case of transshipment, bookings for these cargoes with arrival at transshipment port from September 24th through October 14th will not be […]

August Holidays
July 29, 2016

August 1st New South Wales Bank Holiday: Australia Northern Territory Picnic Day: Australia Emancipation Day: Barbados Kadooment Day: Barbados Independence Day: Benin Emancipation Day: The Bahamas Heritage Day in Alberta: Canada Civic/Provincial Day: Canada Terry Fox Day: Canada New Brunswick Day: Canada British Columbia Day: Canada Natal Day: Canada Parents’ Day: Congo Democratic Republic Swiss National Day: […]

Important Changes to ISF Regulations
July 18, 2016

The interim final rule that became effective on January, 26, 2009 has now become the final rule as to a great many ISF filings. However, for some time the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the trade have been discussing an urgent need for limited changes to Part 149 of the Customs Regulations, primarily to […]

Importer Security Filing (ISF) Update
July 5, 2016

Importer Security Filings (ISF) enforcement may increase next month when U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ports will no longer be required to request liquidated damages (LD) from headquarters. The “three-strikes” approach to LD claims against importers’ bonds will also end. As in the past, CBP ports may hold cargo for untimely or inaccurate ISF filings.  This new phase of ISF […]

In a Federal Register Notice (FRN) published on June 28, 2016 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) announced an interim rule has been issued revising the civil procedure regulations, which assess civil penalties when violations of laws or regulations have occurred. According to the notice, The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of […]

Press Release UWL Expands Warehouse Network with Opening of Brand New Facility in Savannah, Georgia Next to the Port of Savannah CLEVELAND, OH (June 8, 2016) – UWL is proud to announce the opening of their new facility close to the Gateway of American Commerce, the Port of Savannah, in Savannah, Georgia. The expansion in Savannah adds to […]

May 2016 Holidays
April 29, 2016

1-May Easter Sunday (Orthodox): Albania, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, Canada, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia,Greece, Jordan, Lebanon, Moldova, Montenegro, Macedonia, Republic of, Romania, Serbia, Russia,Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States Friday Holiday: Venezuela International Labour Day: Kosovo International Workers’ Day: Eritrea Labor and Solidarity Day: Turkey Labor Day: Aruba, Cote d’Ivoire, Martinique, Slovakia, Suriname, Serbia, Burkina Faso, […]