Shippers, get ready for the freight rate war saga of the ocean carriers to continue. Perhaps the biggest reason for shippers to pay attention to what's happening with carriers is because it [...]
At the beginning of August, we shared a story in Universal Cargo's blog about a U.S. shipper, MCS Industries, filing an official complaint with the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) that accused [...]
While shippers have been complaining and accusing ocean freight carriers of profiteering and unfair practices since the pandemic hit (and for years before that as well), there have not been major [...]
Soaring freight rates for the last year plus have significantly cut into shippers' profits. Not surprisingly, these sky-high freight rates have had the opposite effect for carriers. But just how [...]
There is so much potential for what blockchain technology can bring to the international shipping industry. So much potential, in fact, there's a fight for who can successfully bring blockchain [...]
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 November, we blogged about Maersk no longer being the number one carrier. Today’s blog headlines with Maersk still being number one. So what gives? The previous blog was about who [...]
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 [...]
Last month, Maersk said it expects carrier competition to shrink to only three global companies. It’s possible that Maersk is wrong, but it’s hard not to take the words and [...]
Maersk is the largest carrier by capacity in international shipping and clearly the leader of the industry. We’ve talked about this before in Universal Cargo’s blog: The moves Maersk [...]
On Sunday (July 9th, 2017), Cosco Shipping Holdings Co., Ltd. (Cosco); Shanghai International Port Group Co., Ltd (SIPG); and Orient Overseas International Limited (OOIL) announced jointly that [...]
This is it! Universal Cargo’s last blog of 2016. What better way to close out the year than with a look back on the top international shipping stories of 2016. Below you’ll find a [...]
The news out of Beijing at the end of last week on mp.weixin.qq.com is that the carriers of the OCEAN Alliance signed a document laying out the vessel sharing agreement’s planned network of [...]
News broke this weekend that Japan’s three biggest shipping companies are merging. On October 31st, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. (MOL), Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), and Kawasaki Kisen [...]
As of Monday, the OCEAN Alliance has been cleared for business–at least as far as the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is concerned. However, the vessel sharing agreement between CMA CGM, [...]
It’s not as catchy as, “Heeere’s Johnny!” But here comes China Cosco Shipping Corporation Limited, the result of the merger between China Cosco Group and [...]
