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Bob called and asked what kind of coffee I prefer – he wanted to see me and seemed to have an urgent question. “Now that I am responsible for our supply chain I really want to understand it all. So I went through our shipping documents of the recent months and noticed inconsistencies. Some commercial invoices and bills of lading show ‘Incoterms: EXW’, others read a three-letter code, such as ‘DAP’ without the word Incoterms. And I found documents without any of it. What does

Bob, my client, was back. After our conversation about international logistics he wanted to discover more. Bob’s company imports about 200 containers a month from Asia and they book their shipments directly with the ocean carriers. Bob is a smart man, but newer to his global transportation responsibilities. He wanted to learn more and get a better understanding of international shipping and logistics. His goal was to explore alternatives to the sentiment This is how we have

I recently had a conversation with Bob about the complexity of international logistics and transportation. Bob is one of my customers and it became apparent that he knew a lot about their business but was quite lost by tying together all the involved disciplines of international logistics. Bob is a smart and humble man and said: “Let’s start at the beginning. Please explain it to me in simple terms.” International logistics or global transportation (aka Freight Forwarding) is