Global Trade Alert: Additional Duty on Steel Articles from Turkey

Global Trade Alert: Additional Duty on Steel Articles from Turkey

GlobalTrade-Alert-MessageTrade Alert Message:

Sections 232 Tariffs for the country of origin of Turkey are effective as of August 13, 2018.

For the purposes of this proclamation, “steel articles” are defined at the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) 6 digit level as: 7206.10 through 7216.50, 7216.99 through 7301.10, 7302.10, 7302.40 through 7302.90, and 7304.10 through 7306.90, including any subsequent revisions to these HTS classifications.

For the purposes of this proclamation, “aluminum articles” are defined in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) as: (a) unwrought aluminum (HTS 7601); (b) aluminum bars, rods, and profiles (HTS 7604); (c) aluminum wire (HTS 7605); (d) aluminum plate, sheet, strip, and foil (flat rolled products) (HTS 7606 and 7607); (e) aluminum tubes and pipes and tube and pipe fitting (HTS 7608 and 7609); and (f) aluminum castings and forgings (HTS 7616.99.51.60 and 7616.99.51.70), including any subsequent revisions to these HTS classifications

You can read the full details in the CSMS message here: https://csms.cbp.gov/viewmssg.asp

Wind Turbine Generators to Antwerp, Belgium

Wind Turbine Generators to Antwerp, Belgium

The Logistics Plus Project Cargo division has been handling these wind turbine generators (5,70 x 5,70 x 2,85m, 30mt) for years and years, but we had 8 of them arriving in Antwerp, Belgium on a break bulk vessel last week and 4 more as break bulk on a container vessel over the weekend. So what do you do then? You shoot a little movie clip on how we handle those both in break bulk and on container vessels. ?

Inventory: 2nd Shift Supervisor – Ontario, California

Inventory: 2nd Shift Supervisor – Ontario, California

WarehousingJob Title: Inventory 2nd Shift Supervisor
Where: Inventory Bays in Ontario, California
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Family: Inventory & Warehousing

Description:
An Inventory Supervisor will investigate identified inventory discrepancies, consolidate bays to group products together and create free bays for new products, finalize outbound loading of late arriving carriers, finalize put-aways that were not completed during the day, and facilitate safety audits.

You Must:

  • Use CargoWise for Stocktake functionality.
  • Utilize CargoWise to identify prior transfers, adjustments, outbounds, or inbounds of material.
  • Update CargoWise to show bay movements to keep accurate inventory locations and amounts.
  • Notify WeWork Warehouse Operations Manager of excessive inventory issues and disorganization within bays due to staff negligence (Identify and resolve root causes)
  • Ensure bays are in proper order:
    • Partials in front
    • Location labels are visible and scannable
    • High pile storage areas are safely stacked

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: Logistics Plus is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and gender expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Interested candidates can send a cover letter and resume to:

Tom Kelly (Regional Director of Warehousing)
tom.kelly@logisticsplus.com

Logistics Plus Employee Spotlight Featuring Alysa Morris

Logistics Plus Employee Spotlight Featuring Alysa Morris

As a certified Great Place to Work®, we have some of the best employees in the industry. One of those employees is Alysa Morris, a Fulfillment Operations Manager who works from the Logistics Plus fulfillment center in Olean, New York.

This video is included in a series of new “Employee Spotlight” interviews over the coming weeks and months that will showcase many of our diverse employees from around the world. We hope you enjoy getting to know a little more about us and the “people who power the plus” at Logistics Plus.

A special thanks to Alysa for her participation in this interview. Stay tuned in the coming weeks to learn more about the employees at Logistics Plus.

Global Trade Alert: Additional Duty on Steel Articles from Turkey

Global Trade Alert: Additional Tariffs on Chinese Products

GlobalTrade-Alert-MessageTrade Alert Message:

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has announced an additional list of $16 billion worth of imports from China that is scheduled to go into effect on August 23rd. This list follows up a previous list of tariffs against China that went into effect on July 6th.

Click here to read the full USTR statement.

The list of additional tariffs can be seen by clicking here.