We at Zepol are pleased to announce that we've added a new enhancement to TradeIQ™ that will improve your searching capabilities. Dubbed the "Master Carrier" search, our newest enhancment allows you to search by VOCC (vessel operating common carrier) and view accurate VOCC market share reports, excluding NVOCCs (non-vessel operating common carriers) and Frieght Forwarders from your analysis.

View the video below for more information on this enhancement and feel free to Contact Us if you have any questions.

Top logistics provider and long-time Zepol customer, Samuel Shapiro and Company, is hosting a half day seminar, Supply Chain Innovation: Find the Missing Efficiencies in Your Business Model, at the Sheraton Baltimore City Center in Baltimore, Maryland on August 12, 2010.

Topics covered at the seminar include:

• Supplier PO placement and negotiation
• Product sourcing and research
• Ocean and air market update
• Transportation options and cost analysis
• Supply chain security update

The seminar will be followed by one of the area's most popular industry events of the the year, the Annual Propeller Club Crab Feast.

Click here to sign up today to learn more about this event.

Click here to download this event's brochure.

Zepol has created a report on U.S. t-shirt imports in 2009. The report provides import information for each 10 digit HTS code for all of the related products under HTS code 6109 (t-shirts) and sheds light on key consignees, countries, and ports as they relate to U.S. t-shirt imports.

3 Key Insights Found in the Report:

1. 2009 value for women’s or girls’ cotton underwear imports dropped 43.5% from 2008
   
2. With $839,753,818 imported in 2009, the Port of Los Angeles, CA received the most t-shirt import shipments
3. T-shirt exports from China grew 59.2% from 2008 to 2009
   

To download the report, please click this link.

Zepol is pleased to provide this information to the public. Please let us know if you have any questions about the contents of our report by filling out our Contact Me form.

Apparently oil spill woes are not confined to the Gulf region this summer. On Monday, a burst pipeline near China’s Dalian port triggered a major offshore oil spill which necessitated closing the Port of Dalian.

Thankfully, no one was injured in the explosion, but it is estimated that the port could stay closed for 7 – 10 days. In light of this news, we thought we'd take a look at the United States' historical trading activity with this Chinese port.

Over the time period from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010, the Port of Dalian shipped 159,866 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) to the United States. The graph below shows which U.S. ports received these shipments.