With numerous bodies and organisations speculating, pre-selling courses and providing information on fake incoterms, TFG gets behind incoterms 2020, why there are rumours, what’s fake, and what’s true.
Exporting is great, but growing your business outside of the homeland faces significant challenges. With geopolitical challenges, trade wars, and a constant need to keep your finger on the pulse in terms of margins and P&L, taking a more strategic approach to growing your export business is critical.
Perhaps you’re an experienced truck driver. Maybe you’ve just got your HGV licence having spent years in the logistics business.
A Bill of Lading (abbreviated to B/L) is one of the most important documents in the global trade transactions. A B/L has 3 basic purposes or roles: Evidence of Contract of Carriage… read more →
The logistics industry is a crucial player in the commercial and industrial landscape. Sure enough, the sector will reach a global value of a whopping $15 trillion by 2023, according to CIPS.org.
The growth of e-commerce has seen an increase in the volume of delivery orders. The pervasiveness of smartphone technology and effortless internet access has given a boost to the online… read more →
A judgment handed down by the English Commercial Court in 2018 illustrates how trade finance banks can find themselves facing unexpected risks when things go wrong in their customers’ trading… read more →
Even though shipping and containerised shipments have been happening for a long time, there is still a lack of basic understanding of the weights used in a container, transport requirements… read more →
We spoke to Hariesh Manaadiar, author of Shipping and Freight Resource on Bills of Lading. It’s important to remember that Commercial/trade information may be important to a buyer or a seller,… read more →
Bunkering – What is it? The definition of bunkering has changed over the years, what once was a term describing steam power is now generally synonymous with fuel. TFG investigates… read more →
With the imminent threat of trade wars, uncertainty around trade tariffs and rise of disruptive technology, freight forwarding is an increasing concern for business owners. Freight is a huge industry,… read more →
I had the pleasure of interviewing marketing manager, Stephanie Munn, who has worked at PALLITE® for just over a year and who has always worked in and around the logistics… read more →
Shawn Chow Wins TFG Accelerate Scholarship For International Trade London, UK — Shawn Chow, an Economics undergraduate at the University of Warwick, is the winner and recipient of the 2018… read more →
The Transatlantic trade relationship has deteriorated. The Trump administration imposed steel and aluminium tariffs that generated a response from the EU, and the US has yet to react. How has… read more →
The Republic of South Africa is considering strict restrictions on the transport of raw materials in order to boost domestic value-adding operations. The Republic of South Africa, ranked 61 by… read more →
