On September 9, 2025, the Port of Long Beach witnessed a dramatic disruption when 67 shipping containers fell from the cargo vessel Mississippi into the harbor at Pier G. The vessel, arriving from Shenzhen, China, was mid-unloading when the collapse occurred—damaging a clean air barge and halting terminal operations. A Unified Command was quickly established,...
Drop shipment transactions involve a retailer facilitating the sale of goods to a customer without physically handling the merchandise. In the first scenario, the customer places an order with the retailer, who then orders the product from a supplier and instructs the supplier to ship directly to the customer. The supplier invoices the retailer, and...Continue reading