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Since Universal Cargo Management posts a blog every Tuesday and Thursday, I find myself writing an International Shipping Thanksgiving Day Blog every year. As you can imagine with such a perfect [...]

Go back to 2011. Carriers experience losses in the billions of dollars. In 2012, those shipping companies put together strategies to raise freight rates and regain profitability. General Rate [...]

Guest Blog by Gareth Collins When it comes to moving your home, office, or anything else really, there are many elements to the whole process. That may seem a bit strange to those who have never [...]

Guest Blog by John Collings Shipping containers are the best cost-efficient way of intercontinental and international transport. They are cheap, large-scaled, and completely protected from the [...]

by Jared Vineyard On August 1st, 2013, China’s Value Added Tax (VAT) reform went into effect throughout China. As August approached, Universal Cargo Management shared the effect of China’s VAT on [...]

A barge appears on the water with a structure built on it of shipping containers stacked four stories tall. Then another. One in San Francisco floating near Treasure Island. The other in the [...]