The tagline, “membership has its privileges,” has been cemented into our minds by many a credit card company. Fact is it’s actually a very true statement, especially in regards to the Global Affinity Alliance and its many, un-matched member benefits! In our last post about the reasons you should choose to be part of our network, we discussed our insurance  Read more »

Eurogate announces that Wilhelmshaven, Germany’s only deep-water port, will welcome six further container shipping lines in April 2017 to include Hamburg Sud, Hyundai Merchant Marine, and the newly-formed shipping alliance OCEAN Alliance. Wilhelmshaven offers recognizable nautical advantages for the ever-larger vessels serving between Asia and Northern Europe, especially given the unprecedented scale of change due to intensifying consolidation between shipping  Read more »

The Global Affinity Alliance’s Las Vegas conference was a successful second meeting for some 109 delegates. Four days of valuable networking coupled with lots of great evening entertainment made for a meeting to remember. “I want to start by thanking all of the GAA members who attended our 2nd annual meeting in Las Vegas,” said Brian Majerus, Director of Global  Read more »

(VGM) requirement is in place and shippers are required to provide carriers with this information as required by the Safety of Life at Sea Act, or SOLAS. Country-by-country regulatory agencies and carriers have been attempting to reach workable solutions  Read more »