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Holiday Schedule

GCA will be closed on December 24th at 12:00 pm resuming operations on Dec 26th and will be closed on December 31st at 12:00 pm resuming operations on January 2nd. GCA estará cerrado desde el 24 de diciembre a las 12:00 pm, retornando en diciembre 26. De igual forma, GCA estará cerrado desde el 31 de diciembre a las 12:00…

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Thanksgiving Schedule

Please note that GCA will be closed November 22nd, in observance of Thanksgiving. Incoming or outgoing shipments from our warehouse will be scheduled prior or after this holiday. GCA estará cerrado el 22 de Noviembre por la fiesta de Acción de Gracias. Cualquier envío o entrega desde nuestra bodega será programado para una fecha antes o después de la fiesta.

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Fuel Surcharge Increase

Jet fuel prices reached an average of $2.249/gallon. Therefore the fuel surcharge for cargo airlines and courier companies (FedEx, DHL, UPS) increased in an important way. Additional information about this increase can be found here https://www.iata.org/publications/economics/fuel-monitor/Pages/index.aspx

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Hurricane Michael impacting Logistics Services

Hurricane Michael has caused hazardous conditions in parts of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina. Logistics carriers such as LTL carriers and courier carriers (FedEx and UPS) are expecting some delays and disruptions at their hubs and terminals and inevitable delays in operations across the U.S. As weather conditions may affect transportation, we advise our customer to be fully…

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GCA Monitoring Hurricane Florence

GCA wants to notify you of the potential impact of Hurricane Florence, which is projected to make landfall along the east coast of the United States on Thursday, September 13th, affecting Carolinas mainly, therefore please take into account that this weather condition may affect the compliance of some services such as the guarantee services.

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New Tariffs from China

The following information is relevant for China imports into the USA. CNN News: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/07/politics/us-china-tariff-list/index.html Office of the United States Trade Representative: https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2018/august/ustr-finalizes-second-tranche Final Tariff List: https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/enforcement/301Investigations/Final%20Second%20Tranche.pdf

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UPS Small Packages New Regulations

Please have in mind new UPS regulations for audit dimensions. In order to avoid these extra charges, please make sure to include the accurate dimensions and weight into the system. UPS has established a new procedure for any audit assessment. This charge will be applied every time the information entered on the label does not match with the one verified by…

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March Newsletter

Possible weather related delays Our first priority at GCA is to ensure that your shipments arrive exactly when you need them. However, due to the recent weather related events that affected the east coast in the USA, which resulted in road closures, and floodings, there might be some delivery delays and missed pickups. A significant number of terminals are presenting…

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LCL and FCL Shipments to Colombia – Cartagena

Please consider that in observance of good Friday, the instructions for LCL and FCL shipments from Miami and Port Everglades to Cartagena must be received before Tuesday March 27th at noon to comply with the shipping lines cut offs. Please note that GCA will be closed on Friday March 30th.  Por favor tener en cuenta que para cumplir con el…

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IT Services Restored

Please note that our IT Services has been restored. Emails with the domain @gcargo.com has been reestablished and our voip server is in good standing now. If you sent us an email between Thursday 15th at 3:00 pm and Friday 16th 2:30 pm, please confirm with your Account Executive or Operations Associate if the email was received.

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