In the wake of surging shipping demand from China to the U.S., Chinese ports are experiencing congestion. That should push transpacific freight rates, which are already climbing fast, to go even [...]

This is a guest post by Jessica Lane. When your cargo vanishes into limbo, you feel the silence loud and sharp. You check your tracking number for the third time in an hour. Still no update. [...]

SHIPPER ALERT: The Trump Administration is dropping tariffs on Chinese goods by more than 100% for 90 days of negotiation. In fact, reciprocal tariffs between the U.S. and China are dropping to [...]

The Trump Administration announced the first big trade deal in the wake of its reciprocal tariffs and their 90-day pause for trade negotiations. The deal is with the UK. The framework for the [...]

This is a guest post by Ellie Gabel. People planning to ship dangerous goods internationally must understand the packaging-related requirements they must meet. The shipper bears the [...]

Warning: there are tempting deals offered to importers right now that might look good for businesses' bottom lines but could result in serious legal trouble. Find out all about it in Universal [...]

International shipping questions concerning freight rates, shipping demand, and tariffs. Find out about it by reading in Universal Cargo's blog.

China is feeling the effects of the Trump Administration's tariff hikes, which have reached 145% on Chinese goods. While tariff retaliation has been President Xi Jinping's response, the [...]

This is a guest post by Ellie Gabel. When natural disasters occur, a domino impact reverberates throughout the supply chain, and the disruptions can be pricey for companies. While defense [...]

This is a guest post by Josh Broswick. There’s a certain kind of invisible architecture hiding beneath every shipment, behind every crate, below every container – an architecture made of [...]

With uncertainty about what the tariff levels on goods from other countries will become, shippers are using the 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs as a window to import goods, at least on goods [...]

Tariffs have dominated international shipping headlines lately, as well as Universal Cargo's blog. However, they are not the only action the Trump Administration is taking in relation to global [...]

After about ten hours and twenty minutes of reciprocal tariffs being put in place, the Trump Administration paused them, returning to the 10% baseline tariff on countries' goods. Except for [...]

President Trump's reciprocal tariffs are set to go into effect tomorrow (or tonight at midnight, depending on how you look at it). We've had about a week since "Liberation Day" and the Trump [...]

On Wednesday April 2nd – the Trump Administration's "Liberation Day" – President Trump announced the reciprocal tariffs the U.S. would impose on goods from various countries around the world. [...]