When goods and materials are imported to a country for processing and the finished or processed goods re-exported, the Customs duty that has been paid at the time of the import of the goods and materials can be drawn back from the government. This is generally known as Duty drawback.

In international commercial transactions, the terms Delivery Duty Paid (DDP) and Delivery Duty Unpaid (DDU) are used to indicate two different types of sales and shipping transactions. Find out about their importance in the article.

Among the most commonly used terms in shipping are the two: consignee and consignor. While these two may be generally seen as ‘the one who receives’ and ‘the one who sends’ there is more to it. Let’s find out.

Warehouses are buildings and related infrastructure that are used for the storage of goods. Learn everything you wanted to know about different types of warehouses inside the article.

ETD is the abbreviated version of Expected or Estimated Time of Departure while ETA stands for Expected or Estimated Time of Arrival. Find out their meaning and importance inside the article.

What to know how the freight forwarding process works and everything else involved in it? Learn everything in the article inside.

GISIS (Global Integrated Shipping Information System) is aimed at allowing on-line access to the information and data supplied to the IMO Secretariat by Maritime Administrations, its member states and port authorities.

Who is a notify party and what significance does the field of notify party on a sea transport bill have? Let us take a look at these commonly asked questions.

Do you know what is Demurrage and Detention in shipping? Find out what do these shipping terms mean and their importance.