Essential operational briefings, regulatory breakdowns, and supply chain analysis written by practicing maritime and customs officers in Dubai. If you move cargo through the UAE — by sea or air — these dispatches are the intelligence your forwarder should already be giving you.
Freight rates, customs procedures, and maritime routing shift faster than most suppliers can track. Each dispatch in the journal addresses a decision importers and exporters actually face — whether that is choosing between FOB and CIF terms, claiming a MOIAT duty exemption, or weighing a Cape of Good Hope routing against convoy escorting through the Red Sea.
Every analysis is written by the same licensed brokers, marine surveyors, and operations officers who execute our clearances and book our vessels at Jebel Ali, Port Khalid, and DXB. New issues are published monthly; the archive below tracks the current edition and the issues that preceded it.
A strategic operational assessment of Cape of Good Hope rerouting vs. convoy escorting through the Bab-el-Mandeb, with updated bunker fuel index impact on Jebel Ali container freight rates.
How UAE manufacturing entities can legally claim 0% customs duty waiver on imported machinery and raw industrial materials prior to port gate pass release.
Why relying blindly on CIF terms can expose buyers to uncoordinated carrier detention charges at Jebel Ali Port, and how FOB booking provides total demurrage transparency.
A practical cost-per-kilo, transit-time, and cash-flow framework for choosing between sea freight and air freight into Dubai, Jebel Ali, and DWC — including when air is actually cheaper.
A plain-language guide to container types available at Jebel Ali and Port Khalid — 20' GP, 40' GP, 40' HC, reefer, flat rack, open top, and RoRo — with the cargo each is built for.
From bill of lading to Mirsal 2 declaration and gate pass release — the exact sequence UAE importers follow to clear ocean cargo at Jebel Ali, with the documents customs actually checks.
Directly to your inbox: fuel surcharges, port congestion indices, and UAE customs tariff notifications.
