This is a Guest Post by John from Anster Special Vehicles When you import or export heavy equipment or oversized equipment, getting it to your destination is always a big challenge. Heavy lift [...]
Maersk announced that it is sending the first container ship from East Asia to Europe through the Arctic Ocean. Daniel Shane reports in CNN Money:
The newly built Venta Maersk is set [...]
Back in June, we blogged that the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) reached a dockworkers agreement that should bring stability to the East [...]
Don't look now, but peak season is upon us. Yes, those big volume shipping months when importers are bringing in products to line store shelves for the back to school and holiday seasons are [...]
Whether you’re new to Universal Cargo’s blog or a regular reader, this post will help you navigate through to the most useful and popular articles we’ve posted here over the [...]
This is a Guest Post from Betty White of Moving Offices San Diego.
If you need your goods transported overseas but are worried about handling the process, you need to hire a reliable [...]
Fuel costs have significantly increased this year, causing many carriers to post first-quarter losses for 2018.
At least, carriers are saying higher fuel bunker prices are the cause [...]
There's good news for shippers importing and exporting goods through the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. PierPass is overhauling its OffPeak program, significantly reducing fees at the [...]
Guest Post by Ryan Hoek The standard shipping container is a widely used medium for loading, unloading and transporting goods from one international port to a distribution center across the [...]
The first day of spring was on Tuesday, and with it came winter storms. Yeah, that makes sense.
Snowstorms were big enough on the East Coast to affect port operations. In fact, the [...]
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Collisions and incidents with cargo ships are not uncommon; however, it's not every day one is caught on video. But that's exactly what happened at South Asia Pakistan [...]
There's good news for shippers and the supply chain. The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) are resuming labor contract negotiations for [...]
On Tuesday, a tragic fire broke out on one of Maersk's new megaships. If Maersk is right about the fire's cause, this will be a quintessential example of why the international shipping industry [...]
U.S. East Coast ports are recovering this week from delays and shutdowns caused by severe winter weather last week. The East Coast was hit with what the Weather Channel called “one of the [...]
This is it! Universal Cargo’s final blog of 2017. This year certainly seems to have gone by fast. Last year, we began a new tradition of ending the year in the blog with a look back at the [...]
Guest Post by William Mckeen. When moving goods, one of the greatest challenges is providing security to those shipments and being able to both notice and deter tampering or theft. This can be [...]
The leviathan just ate the top dog. Perhaps that’s a bit overdramatic, but China Cosco Shipping Corporation (Cosco), China’s international shipping leviathan, is now the world’s [...]
Guest Post by Kevin Hill Do you transport goods or commodities by sea? If yes, then you must be aware of the various challenges that come with transporting the containers safely. You can adopt [...]
It’s no secret that pollution in China is bad. If you ever visit the country, you’ll probably notice some people walking around wearing surgical masks because of the haze from [...]
The biggest news to hit U.S. Shippers and international shipping last week was also the biggest hurricane to hit the U.S. in a decade. We shared how Hurricane Harvey hurt the supply chain last [...]
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