February at Argents generally means travel for the sales and leadership teams and this year was no different. Our participation in the WCA Worldwide Conference in Dubai and Intermodal South America in Brazil highlighted the start to a happily busy sales season–and right on the heels of a successful showing at Manifest in Las Vegas…. Read more »
The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, celebrated across several Asian countries, marks a period of festivity, family reunions, and shipping disruption for businesses worldwide. As we usher in the Year of the Dragon, an emblem of strength and prosperity, families worldwide will travel home to celebrate from February 10 through 24. As the legend… Read more »
A few years late, but Argents went to Cartagena The Global Affinity Alliance, one of several freight networks to which Argents belongs, held their annual conference earlier this month in Cartagena, Colombia. The city was the planned site of the 2020 conference but…yeah…we don’t have to finish that thought. With a robust attendance of nearly… Read more »
Our journey at Argents Express Group recently took us to the renowned transport logistic event in Munich, featuring a melting pot of logistics professionals from around the globe. There we were, amidst over 75,000 individuals representing 120 countries, connecting and learning from both current and future clients, as well as partners from all across the… Read more »
In recent months, the spotlight on forced labor has increased significantly due to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. To address this problematic issue, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have announced their plans to deploy innovative strategies, such as the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention measure, to better detect goods that are suspected of being… Read more »
Lunar New Year marks the beginning of the Chinese Zodiac’s new lunar calendar and is a time for celebration, renewal, and reflection. Starting January 21st, the Spring Festival will bring the Year of the Rabbit, a time of bounty, confidence, and continual forward movement. As the largest period of travel in the world, families come… Read more »
UPDATE: As of December 1st, 2022 the Chinese government has begun to ease some restrictions as a result of these protests. As China continues to grapple with the impacts of Covid-19 lockdowns, there have been a range of protests throughout the country. While this may be concerning on its own, it has also had a… Read more »
For the first time since 2019, the Global Affinity Alliance Annual Conference (GAA) took place from September 5-8 in Pattaya, Thailand. Representing Argents, Adam Sneed was one of almost a thousand attendees who came together for networking, meetings, a gala event, and an opening day team-building exercise that included dragon boat races by nine randomized… Read more »
Argents Express is happy to share that we will be attending WCAworld MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL CONFERENCE February 21-24 2022. Come join us February 21-24, 2022 at the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel. We’d be happy to set some time aside to meet with you on or around the show floor, please fill out the below contact form and we’ll schedule a time to meet. See you in Dubai!
While 2021 has been one heck of a year, from the Ever Given getting stuck in the Suez Canal at the beginning of the year to an increase in forced labor concerns as CBP issued many Xingang-originating Withhold Release Orders, it’s been a wild ride. We can’t forget that the Ever Given was the ship… Read more »
