China

2022 is nearly over, so it's time to look back on the year and digest what happened. Here at Universal Cargo, we like to count down the top international shipping news stories we covered from [...]

The people of China are standing up against the tyrannical Covid Zero a.k.a Zero Covid policies their government continues to enforce on them. These policies have disrupted supply chains through [...]

The big news of the day is China firing missiles around Taiwan in response to U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visiting the island nation over which China claims sovereignty. The story is a [...]

Shippers who import from China were likely relieved to hear the months-long "Covid Zero" lockdown in Shanghai had been lifted last Wednesday. However, they shouldn't expect the supply chain to [...]

U.S. ports are finally getting a period of time to recover from the unyielding demand and congestion that has plagued them since 2020. However, there are a few things that could make the relief [...]

Last week, there was an interesting exchange between President Biden and a reporter, during which the president said his administration is currently discussing dropping the tariffs that President [...]

There is still no end in sight to the horrific Shanghai lockdown, where the Chinese government has actually barricaded people inside their homes, worsening the struggle for citizens to get food [...]

China’s atrociously insane “Covid Zero” policies have Shanghai, a central hub for international shipping and the third most populous city in the world, in an indefinite [...]

One of the biggest, most technologically advanced cities in the history of the world has empty streets. Its people are locked in their homes. Screams fill the air as citizens, running out of [...]

Here we go again. Two weeks ago we were talking about China putting a whole province, millions and millions of people, on lockdown. This week, China put Shanghai on lockdown. Keith Wallis [...]

I've been getting emails about shipping to and from Russia through China. Naturally, reading them raises questions. Here are a few: Is China providing a way around sanctions? Are these for [...]

China’s insane Covid Zero policies strike again. The country has shut down an entire province due to a rise of Covid-19 cases. This has millions of people locked in their homes, major [...]

Several news stories in recent days report COVID cases discovered in China and worry about port shutdowns and more disruption rippling through global supply chains. There's plenty of reason for [...]

Air cargo delays, ocean shipping delays, and bad COVID policies. What's new? Beijing Olympics! Wait, didn't Beijing host the Olympics just a couple cycles ago? Well, not in combination with Covid [...]

If you're interested in prolonging the world's supply chain woes, follow China's example. With its Covid Zero policies, China won't allow crew changes for foreign crew on ships and imposes [...]

Over the last year and a half, shippers might have thought they'd seen it all. Astronomical freight rates, hundreds of blanked (cancelled) sailings, no-roll fees that basically amount to holding [...]

The Port of Ningbo – the third busiest container port in the world – was supposedly going to start a phased reopening yesterday (Wednesday, August 18th) after its Meidong Container Terminal [also [...]

Chinese authorities shut down a terminal at the third busiest container port in the world after a single positive COVID test. Yesterday, Eric Kulisch reported in American Shipper: Chinese [...]

It’s a classic case of good news, bad news. After Tuesday’s bad news blog about Yantian Port’s partial shutdown lingering and creating a “worse-than-Suez” level of [...]

Our last post was an excellent guest article by Jake Rheude about being ready for the next Suez-Canal-level-disruption to the global supply chain, and your business's supply chain in particular. [...]