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Here we go again. We have a government shutdown as Democrats, wanting to show strong opposition to the Trump Administration, refuse to pass the Republican-led spending bill that would keep the [...]

There’s some good news for shippers’ bottom lines where many were worried. Next month, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) will start collecting fees on China-built ships [...]

This is a guest post by Ellie Gabel. Ports play a critical role in global trade, managing the flow of goods and driving economic growth. Many are increasingly opting to run on electricity to meet [...]

International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) President Harold Daggett credited President Trump as "key to the union negotiating [Wednesday's] landmark agreement" that prevented a second ILA [...]

With less than a month and a half to go before the deal deadline to prevent another dockworker strike shutting down U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports, negotiations remain halted between the [...]

On Tuesday, the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) went on strike, shutting down all of America's East and Gulf Coast ports. Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su issued a brief and, [...]

20 days... That's all that's left before a new deal has to be reached between the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX). No deal by then, [...]

There's about one month until the master contract expires on September 30th for dockworkers in the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA). The ILA maintains it will go on strike, shutting [...]

Today's blog post is a little different. We put a pertinent international shipping story for shippers into a Star Wars parodying crawl. However, not everyone may enjoy reading about U.S. ports [...]

There’s a lot happening in international shipping right now. Rather than make shippers scramble from news site to news site to see what all is going on, we’ve rounded up the top [...]

Time is ticking... All the way back in November, the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) warned its members to prepare for a strike in October of this year. ILA's contract, which [...]

"How can it be a spy satellite if they announce on television that it's a spy satellite?" --George Carlin If you're ever at a major U.S. port, take a look at the cranes looming over the [...]

Sometimes bad news isn't as bad as it appears. This isn't one of those times. Last week, I wrote about the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) using the word shippers most fear [...]

As always, we here at Universal Cargo are keeping an eye on international shipping news, so you don't have to. Two big items in shipping news right now are the upcoming peak season and the fight [...]

A group of 238 state, local, and federal trade associations sent a letter to President Biden, imploring him and his administration to mediate the International Longshore & Warehouse Union [...]

Shippers may find themselves uneasy when they realize North American dockworker unions coast to coast will be negotiating contracts at the same time. As port disruption from labor slowdowns is [...]

More International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) disruption is happening at West Coast ports, particularly at the Port of Oakland, as contract negotiations don't appear to be getting [...]

By all reports, the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) are still far away from reaching terms on a new master contract. And now [...]

As shippers expected, more International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) slowdowns are happening at West Coast ports as contract negotiations lag on. Labor action is creating slowdowns at the [...]

Yesterday (Wednesday, July 14th), truckers began protesting Assembly Bill 5, aka AB 5 or the gig worker bill, at and around the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland. Not merely did [...]