freight forwarders

This is a guest post by Jake Herrera. During each year, shipping volume swings wildly. It only takes weeks for freight availability to go from comfortable to tight. This often happens when [...]

This is a guest post by James Burk. U.S. businesses import products to scale operations, but the border presents significant challenges. U.S. Customs and Border Protection enforces strict rules. [...]

Universal has an acronym that spells out our core values: C.A.R.E. Those values are Customers, Available, Resourceful, and Evolving. In the spirit of evolving to be even more available to serve [...]

Barely more than a week ago, Universal Cargo’s blog post was about falling freight rates. Freight rates had seen 16 consecutive weeks of decline and were at their lowest since January of [...]

This is a guest post by Richard Newsom. Shipping goods across borders isn’t just about loading containers. One document, in particular, can throw everything off if you mess it up. That’s the [...]

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 [...]

Many shippers feel like ocean freight carriers are unfairly taking advantage of recent global events for financial gain. In particular, many believe the Red Sea-related surcharges carriers are [...]

This is a guest post by Moyofade Ipadeola. Your business can't do without shipping, yes. But who says you have to do the shipping yourself? Let’s face it; the complexities of import and export [...]

This is a guest post by Naveen Kumar. Managing the supply chain and logistics work for any business is not an easy task. It can easily make or break any new business. Being a global business, if [...]

We're still only beginning to see how the changes to U.S. shipping law will affect businesses' imports and exports as well as carriers and other stakeholders operations within in the maritime [...]

It's no secret that the international shipping industry, even for all the supply chain disruptions and bottlenecks, did very well during the pandemic. There was a shipping demand boom, but now [...]

This is a guest post from Anthony Mwangi. In this post, Anthony from Ameritrans shares 10 things to look for when engaging an international shipping company. 1. Delivery Speed The most crucial [...]

This is a guest post by Geoff Whiting. Freight rates can fluctuate wildly, and those fluctuations can have a significant impact on your bottom line. For manufacturers, these are even more [...]

This is a guest post by James Harrow. On paper, choosing a freight carrier to cooperate with might seem almost simple. After all, so long as you prioritize something with lower rates, you can [...]

This is a guest post by Marcus Dokken. International trade was, and still is, one of the main drivers of economic expansion. We might even say that it's directly responsible for shaping the [...]

This is a guest post by Nick Jones. It's a well-known fact that most supply chains can benefit from improving their processes. However, as a logistics manager, you need to be careful. Finding [...]

This is a guest post by Jake Rheude. The final days of 2020 ended with some of China's highest container rates in recent memory coupled with port congestion, space demands, and other metrics [...]

This is a guest post by Paul Zhang. The epidemic made the entirety of 2020 beyond all expectations. Global trade stirred by the "black swan" of the epidemic ushered in a great recession and fell [...]

For many, today couldn't get here quickly enough. At midnight tonight, we say goodbye to 2020 and hello to 2021, hoping for a better year. Traditionally, Universal Cargo has said goodbye to years [...]

In Part 1 of this series, we looked at the incredible opportunity presented to furniture importers and sellers by spiking demand that is predicted to stay strong over the next few years. In Part [...]