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As a friend to your business, Universal Cargo Management wants to provide you with the information you need to succeed in the international shipping business. One of the ways we reach our goals [...]

ILA Strike Watch 2012 The Federal Mediation & Concillaitor Service (FMCS) Director George H. Cohen has just announced that “…the parties have agreed to extend the collective [...]

ILA Strike Watch 2012 The possible ILA strike has brought some interesting issues to the surface: union vs. big business, innovation vs. job security, and ethical responsibility in the midst of [...]

BREAKING NEWS – ILA Strike Postponed – Click Here for Full Story ILA Strike Watch 2012 East Coast vs. West Coast – sounds like something to do with the Notorius B.I.G. and Tupac, [...]

ILA Strike Watch 2012 If we look to the past we can learn many things.  Most specifically, we can learn what is causing theInternational Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) to threaten strike [...]

One factor hindering ocean freight international shipping to and from Africa is piracy. Could Ghana’s new president help give African import and export business new life by fighting piracy? [...]

ILA Strike Watch 2012 The International Longshoreman Association (ILA) has threatened to strike after the expiration of their current contract at the end of September with the U.S. Maritime [...]