Moving goods from one country to the next is the lifeblood of international freight shipping. People move goods for many reasons, but the main motivation is to increase their value. In previous [...]
While the tariff situation between the U.S. and China has been heating up, the tariff situation between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico has been cooling off.
On Friday (May 17th, 2019), [...]
As expected, China retaliated against the U.S. for the tariffs hike President Trump ordered on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. China announced its plan for tariff increases on $60 billion [...]
The share of shipments in the international shipping industry going to freight forwarders and Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carriers (NVOCC) is increasing.
Furthermore, it is not just [...]
Shippers need to be extra careful about the trucking companies they hire to transport their shipping containers to and from the ports. If not, shippers could find themselves liable in legal [...]
Shippers will start seeing random container inspections from Maersk on U.S. imports and exports.
Gavin van Marle reports in the Loadstar:
Maersk Line is set to begin [...]
This is a guest post by Florian Frese.
Demurrage and Detention quickly become a shipper’s nightmare and can result in thousands of dollars in per diem charges. Costs that arise [...]
This is a guest post by Mario Cummings.
Being able to sell products on a global scale is considered an achievement by many businesses. It’s a clear indication of a business’s growth and [...]
This is it! Universal Cargo's final blog of 2018!
It's become a tradition over the last couple years to make the last blog of the year a look back on the year's top 10 international [...]
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 [...]
This is a Guest Post by Alana Downer
Currency is somewhat unpredictable, and when you have transactions taking place in multiple countries using different currencies, keeping track [...]
In today's blog we're doing something new that we plan to continue doing intermittently from now on. Spotlighting members of our team, so you can get to know us a little [...]
It is a clichéd joke that Canadians are so polite they'll apologize to you if you insult them. It seems the U.S. tested that cliché's punchline on a national level.
The U.S. insulted [...]
We’ve talked a lot about the escalating tariffs and tariff threats between the U.S. and China in this blog, but Asia is not the only battle front for President Trump’s trade wars. [...]
In a statement on Monday, President Donald Trump announced plans to pursue a whopping additional $400 billion worth of tariffs to the $50 billion dollars worth already planned on imports from [...]
The numbers are in from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis for March, revealing a drop in the U.S. trade deficit after six consecutive months of [...]
There are two main questions I’m seeing among exporter companies to help them grow revenue.
1. How can I fine-tune my current processes to save costs and increase [...]
This is a Guest Post by Kate Thora
Shipping Containers at Port Importing ExportingImporting and exporting businesses can be relatively easy to run. On the end of imports, you don’t [...]
Guest Post by Dakota Murphey
Group of parcels with labelIf you create products and are interested in selling them abroad as well as at home, you will need to think about the best way [...]
From the election of President Trump, there have been worries about protectionist policies and a potential trade war with China because of Donald Trump's promises to decrease the U.S. trade [...]
| 
| 
