Are your ocean transportation service contracts price competitive
and secure enough to meet your transportation requirements?

The uncertainty in today’s ocean transportation market requires constant monitoring of your current service contracts. Ocean freight rates and surcharges are being adjusted at a dizzying pace. Carriers are implementing new surcharges in an effort to restore revenues. Adjustments to carriers’ services, alliances, and port rotations are constantly being made to position them for greater profits.

Ask yourself these questions:

• Are we familiar with all the ocean carriers that serve our origins and destinations?
• Do we communicate with our current contract carriers on a monthly basis to be aware of any changes in rates, surcharges, and service adjustments that may affect our contract?
• Are we doing a regular “gut check” on our current contracts to make sure that the rates, services and boilerplate issues meet our current requirements?
• How are we about staying on top of carrier GRI and surcharge adjustments to ensure that they don’t affect our current contracts? How do we minimize the impact of any increases?
• Do we have the staff and time to accomplish all the above issues on a regular basis?

If the answer to any of the above is “no”, then let Horton Global Strategies assist you. We can support your efforts to find, negotiate and manage the absolute best ocean service contracts. With over 20 years of experience in negotiating contracts on behalf of major ocean carriers, we are experts in service contracts and tariff language.

We recently saved one customer over $400,000 in incremental costs by reviewing their current ocean contracts, suggesting adjustments, and supporting their efforts with all of the ocean carriers involved. In fact, we’ve saved every single one of our customers’ significant money on their ocean transportation spend. No exceptions. We always keep your best interests in mind.

Our client portfolio consists of companies that ship as few as 200 FEU per year and others that have volumes in excess more than 25,000 FEUs. We will offer you an unbiased review of your ocean transportation program.

Email us at steve@hortonglobal.net, or call us toll free at 1-877-486-9001. To learn more about us, visit our website at www.hortonglobal.net. We are here to help you succeed.

Very truly yours,

Steve Horton
Principal
Horton Global Strategies, LLC
Tel 404- 486-9000
Cell 404- 451-1114
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Email steve@hortonglobal.net
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