DGX Shipping Blog

Shipping ocean freight to or from Guam can be a complex situation for a variety of reasons. Only one carrier services Guam directly with a USA stop-off from the USA mainland – Matson Navigation Company (Matson). Matson’s transit time from Long Beach (SoCA), which includes a stop off in Hawaii, is 12 days from Long Beach to Guam, four days longer from Oakland and five days longer from Seattle. American President Lines (APL) also ships containers to Guam but their transit time is not less than 23 days from Los Angeles, and perhaps longer depending on the vessel the Guam container gets loaded on and the foreign port where unloaded before being loaded onto a feeder vessel into Guam. APL does not offer any alternative transit times for container shipping to Guam from Oakland or Seattle, but modern day trucking services will allow them to service those areas, although less timely than the Matson direct service. APL and Matson both have fully developed and integrated rail services to co...

The most important issue in shipping to, from or within India currently is the new India Tax reform scheduled to take effect July 1, 2017. This new tax structure will have a direct impact on logistics providers and cost structures. Whether shipping full container loads (FCL) to India, or shipping less than container load (LCL) shipments to Indi a, this new law will impact ultimate cargo and logistics costs. Currently, each of India’s 29 states taxes the goods that move across their borders at various rates. As a result, freight that moves across the country is taxed multiple times. The Indian government is about to roll out the new indirect tax program, GST, which has been in the works for over 12 years. The impact of the GST on the individual companies located in India: The consumer durables sector is expected to witness maximum drop in the logistics costs as a percentage of total sales, as their warehouses are built in certain specific states to avoid interstate tax. Consumer...

DGX - Dependable Global Express started shipping to Guam from the continental USA in 1981, when Founder, Ron Massman, bought a company that shipped to Guam for a grocery distributor. When current president Brad Dechter joined DGX - Dependable Global Express in 1982, the Guam trade lane became the first trade lane for which he was responsible. Since DGX was shipping from California to Guam at that time, Guam helped with the future direction of the company: helping to refine their mainland trucking network to cover more inland points. Also, it helped them to replace their delivery agent on the Island and realize they needed to begin shipping from Guam to California. Lessons learned in the microcosm of the Guam trade were eventually used across all services. As DGX listened to the needs of their Guam customers, they changed their name to help the local customers feel their specific needs were being addressed. In 1989, the company opened their trucking operation on Guam, which was so ...

Shipping to Australia from the USA has some unique requirements that a qualified freight forwarder such as DGX can easily help with. Specific Australian shipping rules include: Invasive species and their extermination Import permits required by Australia for certain items shipping to Australia from the USA General USA export rules regarding items permitted/not permitted to be shipped to various countries Title validations for certain machinery and vehicles The type of pallets that can be used The types of vehicles permitted entry Decontamination requirements DGX is experienced with all of the ins and outs of shipping to Australia , after all that's what you would expect and that's what you will get. There are also very specific rules when shipping from Australia to the USA which are not the same but just as important to be handled thoroughly. These rules include: Insuring that your cargo shipment to the USA from Australia is safe to come into the USA and does ...

DGX - Dependable Global Express , an air shipping company, has been in the air freight business now for 20 years. DGX’s air freight shipping started in 1997 as an experiment to determine if our ocean freight shipping customers had a need for air service too. Sure there were other air freight competitors — the largest air shipping company to Hawaii actually refused to do business with us because they viewed us as a potential competitor. In 20 years, we’ve come far in our quest to grow our air freight service. Our air cargo levels have risen steadily, and we’ve grown both the domestic and international portions of our business. Recognizing our 20 year anniversary of offering this service, we say a big THANK YOU to all the customers, management and associates who made it possible. Please visit DGX - Dependable Hawaiian Express to see our air freight capabilities .