Canada’s Freight Forwarding Magazine
Advocacy remains the most important item that we deliver, and this fall issue of the Forwarder magazine, dedicated to the topic of Advocacy, aims to display for the membership more of what makes CIFFA your Trusted Advisor. In this issue we cover ongoing efforts CIFFA has made over the past few very busy years on […]
MARINE BILLS OF LADING How would you describe a bill of lading? It’s rather like trying to describe an elephant-it is far easier to recognize than to describe. A bill of lading can be issued by a vessel operating carrier (VOC), but also by a freight forwarder. By issuing a bill of lading, the forwarder […]
TORONTO, July 11, 2023 – The Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFFA) is proud to announce the launch of TraversEd, its new educational arm designed to meet the needs of freight forwarding organizations and learners outside of Canada. Building on CIFFA’s 40-year legacy of successfully educating Canadians in Freight Forwarding and Logistics, TraversEd aims to […]
Maritime June 1: Vancouver Fraser Port Authority Announces Leadership Transition for CEO – VFPA press release Vancouver Fraser Port Authority CEO Robin Silvester has announced that he will be leaving the port authority after more than 14 years leading the organization. Robin will be staying on to support a leadership transition, with more details to […]
From the CIFFA Secretariat office, the latest in our advocacy work: Release of Commercial Goods regs, CIFFA’s request for changes In the fall of 2022 CIFFA initiated a request to the CBSA to implement a change to the Release of Commercial Goods regulations, which CIFFA felt would improve fluidity and increase efficiencies for the movement […]
By Pedro Antunes Central bankers in Canada, the United States and many other developed economies are nervous, anxious to see if the rapid increase in interest rates over the past year will have the intended outcome—slow economic activity and douse inflation. The U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of Canada have increased their key lending […]
Maritime May 4: Maersk: Downturn on Predicted Course, Liners Acting ‘Rationally’ – American Shipper Pain during shipping downturns is often self-inflicted by the industry itself. A scramble for market share spurs a rate spiral; too many ship orders compound the losses. Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc maintained on a May 4 conference call that liners are […]