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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 [...]

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 [...]

With the rise of a global pandemic, the world economies are on the verge of fall. By the world economy, we mean the countries that are major contributors to it. The United States is one of [...]

The following letter is being sent to Universal Cargo's customers. We're posting it here in our blog as well to make sure as many people as possible see it. Universal Cargo is committed to [...]

There's tension building with the dockworkers at West Coast ports.

Shippers have been feeling good about stability at the ports because of the contract extension and new contract the [...]

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 [...]

Hurricane Florence and Super Typhoon Mangkhat struck over the weekend, bringing tragedy with them. This article gives an update on the aftermath of these two devastating storms that took [...]

When it comes to international shipping in regards to the U.S. and China, trade war has been dominating the news. But as this week draws to a close, two huge, potentially deadly storms are [...]

Back in June, we blogged that the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) reached a dockworkers agreement that should bring stability to the East [...]

There's good news for shippers importing and exporting goods through the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. PierPass is overhauling its OffPeak program, significantly reducing fees at the [...]

Something has changed at U.S. ports. And it’s a good thing for shippers. The International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) agreed to an early contract extension in August that brings [...]

In light of digital technologies, big data, and the Internet of Things–yes, the 4th Industrial Revolution–the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company imagined what [...]

It’s actually happening. The International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) is extending its contract before the current one expires. This might be one of the most exciting news items [...]

The Port of Virginia just had a very good fiscal year. In a press release from Port of Virginia Spokesman Joseph D. Harris, the port reported: The Port of Virginia® handled 231,675 twenty-foot [...]