This is a guest news release submitted to Universal Cargo by James Ellerington of Fourteen Forty Communications. Note from the editor: We don’t ordinarily publish releases announcing [...]

2026 started as a promising year for shippers when it came to freight rates. A combination of severe overcapacity and decreased demand plummeted massively bloated 2025 freight rates. Then [...]

This is a guest post by Talya Turgeman. For a U.S. importer, port congestion is more than an inconvenient delay. A container that arrives several days later than expected can leave inventory [...]

Just a week ago, it looked like a tariff hike on Canadian goods was averted with a last minute trade deal between the U.S. and Canada. But, suddenly, the deal was called off. Now, we’re in [...]

This is a guest post by Harper Lane. A container lands at the wrong port. Suddenly, nothing moves the way it should. Supply chains buckle, budgets bleed, and timelines collapse faster than most [...]

After experiencing setbacks to his tariff agenda in court, President Trump was excited to announce last week that the Court of International Trade (CIT) upheld his striking down of the de minimis [...]

This is a guest post by Brittney Reed. TL;DR: AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude can compress weeks of freight forwarder research into an afternoon if you ask them the right way. They are [...]

“Peak season is fraud season.” It’s a catchy slogan, and one shippers would do well to heed. Fraud spikes every year during peak season, and this year is no different. [...]

Introduction: The Post-Tariff Shipping Paradox Demand is supposed to be dropping this week, but freight rates are rising. What’s happening in the international shipping market right now? [...]

This seems like a here-we-go-again moment as 25 states jointly filed a lawsuit yesterday against President Trump’s newest tariffs. But could this actually be different? Similar lawsuits [...]

Universal Cargo CEO Devin Burke gave a candid interview at a coffee shop about the international shipping market, covering topics like how companies survive tough times in this business and an [...]

As expected, President Trump’s sweeping new tariffs arrived last week to replace his struck-down IEEPA ones. On Thursday, the Trump Administration announced the U.S. would impose tariffs [...]

Last Thursday, we posted a candid interview with Universal Cargo CEO Devin Burke. He sat down at a coffee house and spoke about the international shipping industry and how businesses – both [...]

Shipping surge, new tariffs on the way, 50% tariff on specific Canadian goods announced, subdued peak season predicted, and a new reciprocal trade deal with Jordan… Wow. That’s a lot [...]

Last Thursday, Universal Cargo CEO Devin Burke sat down at a coffee house and gave a great candid interview, which includes an outlook of the international shipping industry and how businesses – [...]