Shippers have long complained about unfair detention and demurrage fees at the ports. A particular point of contention is getting charged for days when port terminals are closed, and it's [...]
Maersk doesn't believe any of the ocean freight carriers outside of itself and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) have the ability to stand alone. For this reason, the company doesn't believe [...]
On Thursday, Universal Cargo's blog was about MSC and Maersk announcing they're ending the 2M Alliance. The world's top two shipping lines said they're doing this to "pursue individual [...]
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s largest ocean freight carrier by capacity, has been making moves that could position itself to leave the 2M Alliance it has with Maersk, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Mediterranean Shipping Company, better known as MSC, is poised to surpass Maersk as the biggest ocean freight carrier in the world by capacity. And the shipping line could to do it soon. [...]
Cyber attack is back in international shipping news this week, as CMA CGM became the latest major ocean freight carrier to fall victim to this disturbing trend. All the Top Ocean Carriers [...]
From when the novel coronavirus outbreak in China first started registering in international shipping news, stories have been published about how ocean freight carriers could or would lose [...]
The apparent cyber attack on MSC spotlights the increased risk of fraud, cyber attack, and cargo theft during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the middle of all this highly increased working remotely [...]
You won't find a more complete roundup of how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting international shipping, specifically the ocean freight sector, right now than this blog post here. This [...]
This is a guest post by Jeremy Raynolds. In December 2018, we reached a new record level of carbon dioxide emissions. The global CO2 emissions for 2019 are still not in, but one thing is [...]
Before 2020 hits, let's take a look back at 2019. What happened in international shipping this year didn't happen in a bubble. Just like events of years past affected this year, the things [...]
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world's second largest ocean freight carrier by capacity for the moment, put out a press release on Monday concerning its executive leadership: MSC [...]
The outlook on shipping through the Arctic is changing. And I'm not just talking about the changes in climate making shipping through the North Pole possible. Ocean freight carriers are coming [...]
Maersk predicted, a couple years ago, that carrier competition would shrink to just 3 global companies. Of course, Maersk is at the top of the list of carriers expected to be left if its [...]
This is a guest post by David Fan. Get a perspective from a freight forwarder on what digitalization means for the future of the companies shippers import and export their goods through by [...]
What would happen if ocean freight carrier alliances were brought to an end?
Many shippers would cheer as they're currently seeking to make such an outcome a reality. But would it [...]
There are a number of stories about ocean freight carriers making headlines right now. So let's round up the top ones and put them all in one blog.
Read Universal Cargo's newest blog [...]
Maersk and IBM edged forward in the BlockChain race. However, don't let anyone fool you into thinking they'll be doing a victory lap anytime soon.
It was November the last time we [...]
