Operational Insights
What Goes Wrong in Brazil, and Why
Most delays we see in Brazilian ports were avoidable. A rule nobody flagged, a document nobody asked for, or an instruction that reached the vendor by three different routes. We write these down as they happen.
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World of Shipping
Customs
Tanker Spare Parts Customs: 5 Critical Traps
Five ways spare parts get stuck at the border under a Time Charter, and what to settle before the box leaves the supplier.
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SuapeThe Strategic Hub: Suape Port
Why Suape sits at the centre of how we run calls in the Northeast.
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RecifeRecife Port: A Historical Legacy
How Recife became the port it is today, and what it handles now.
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World of ShippingFreight Forwarder Liability
What David Glass's work on multimodal contracts says about where a forwarder's liability begins and ends.
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Behind the Articles
Where This Comes From
These notes come out of the day to day work Costa Maritime does in Brazilian ports. Here is what sits behind them:
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