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Seven details that let us answer with options instead of questions.

A short checklist to have ready before you book an import shipment.

From the Ideal X in 1956 to ships of 20,000 TEU: how the shipping container works and what it means when you plan an import.

The ISPM 15 mark on a wooden pallet says the wood was treated against pests. Here is what it means and what happens when it is missing.

A receipt, a contract and a title to the goods in one paper. How bills of lading work, where they go wrong, and a checklist for importers.

The canal runs on lake water, not pumps. How the 2023 drought cut draft and daily transits, and what it meant for importers.

Step by step through the canal: booking a slot, the locks, Gatun Lake, the 2016 expansion, and what the 8 to 10 hour passage means for cargo schedules.

A plain guide to the eleven Incoterms 2020 rules, what they settle between buyer and seller, and the mistakes importers make most often.

Ships queue, schedules slip and containers wait in yards. How to build buffer, read free time and get paperwork ready before arrival.