Over the last month, I was fortunate to attend three different conferences where we met with international freight forwarders from all over the world. During these conferences, we have numerous opportunities to sit with our current partners and meet new ones. Each conference has multiple opportunities for connecting, from the one-on-one meetings that we do...Read More

One thing we are incredibly proud of at Edward J. Zarach & Associates is the number of associates, clients, friends, and family who have asked us for our advice on sending donations and support to the impacted communities of Syria and Turkey after a massive earthquake killed tens of thousands.    Transportation companies have been...Read More

Equipment imbalances can overcomplicate difficult situations, especially when ocean carriers have blanked sailings to adjust capacity due to falling demand. While the movement of ocean freight is, at its simplest definition, a way to move cargo and inventory between nations with trade relationships, the movement of equipment is another part of the equation. Anyone who...Read More

Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, is a major holiday in Asia and known to be the largest human migration period on the planet as families come together, exchange gifts, and celebrate the start of the new year according to the lunar calendar. Typically falling between January 21 and February 20, the exact date varies...Read More

A sharp reduction in demand has caused some Chinese factories to slow down production as the world rights itself from the breakneck pandemic shopping pace. A deep slump in China’s trade statistics comes as a warning to the world already trying to cope with plummeting rates and an about-face of record-breaking exports to the US....Read More

One thing you learn after being in business through the last few years, you’re only as strong as the people you can lean on. After a difficult pandemic, a rollercoaster of cargo disruption, and a shared season of losing people we loved, Zarach is reminded that we’re all in this together. The team we’ve built...Read More

Warnings of a possible rail strike starting December 4th ramped up again as the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) voted against the National Tentative Agreement. This contract came together in September after the initial cooling-off period passed, and the Presidential Advisory Board (PEB) stepped in to expedite progress on a resolution. Reiterating our earlier warnings...Read More

Based on the current stories that come up regarding the labor negotiations for both rail and ocean port workers, there might be a lesson buried in the situation that bears acknowledging. In all fairness, the pandemic was exceedingly difficult to navigate for everyone and nobody could have seen it coming.    To wit, a tidal...Read More

Cargo is being diverted away from Shanghai Pudong (PVG) and clogging up alternate airports as the fight against COVID-19 rages on in China. As congestion mounts in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, none have been hit as hard as Zhengzhou (CGO) where delays are causing a backlog of cargo compounded by the two-week lockdown that went...Read More

In the past couple of years, there have been massive shortages, congestion, limited space, and horrifying freight rates. But what will 2022 have to offer? The good news is that freight prices are expected to drop throughout 2022, though it is unlikely that they will drop back down to the 2019 levels.  There will be...Read More