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The West Coast does not hold a monopoly on port congestion. Congestion problems on the West Coast, especially at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, have been extremely costly for truckers, [...]

Remember the 2012/2013 ILA Strike Watch? Wouldn’t it be nice to never have one of those again? Wouldn’t it be nice not to be trying to recover from the port slowdowns and congestion [...]

Q:  What’s worse than standing in an elevator for 10 hours listening to elevator music? A:  Waiting for the PMA and ILWU to come to a contract agreement! BAZINGA! Everyone in the USA is [...]

The 6 episode first season of Super Shipping received about 150,000 views. Season 2 is coming soon and your business could take advantage of the views it gets for free advertising! Imagine your [...]

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) have been in contract negotiations for months. For the first several months, negotiations seemed [...]

Today’s blog is a special, exclusive interview with ILWU member David A. Griffen. The ILWU contract negotiations drag on while shippers, businesses, and international shipping industry [...]

We’ve been talking about it for a little while now. The Los Angeles Times calls it a “logistical nightmare”. Claims Journal calls it the Ports of Los Angeles and Long [...]

יָטַב – yatab – yä·tav’ And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city of my [...]

The Port of Los Angeles, along with its sister port of Long Beach, is congested. Badly congested. No Vicks or Sudafed is going to take care of it. Frustrations over the congestion are running [...]

Are we talking about the holiday season already? Of course we are! When it comes to international shipping and importing products for what is the most lucrative time of year for many, many [...]

עֲזָאזֵל – Azazel (az-aw-zale’) ‘Bind Azazel hand and foot, and cast him into the darkness: and make an opening in the desert, which is in Dudael, and cast him therein. And [...]

I’ll miss you, P3 Network, if only for your ability to give me a dependable topic to write blogs about (the P3 Network was prominently featured in at least 10 blogs here on the UCM [...]

China Customs is implementing China Advance Manifest (CCAM) for all import shipments to China. Could we fit one more “China” into that opening sentence? If you export cargo to [...]

Perhaps having a main character who is a New York hedge fund manager is what drew so many Wall Street investors to the book The Shipping Man. According to an article from Bloomberg: In recent [...]

 זָרַע – (zä·rah’) In the morning sow your seed, And in the evening do not withhold your hand; For you do not know which will prosper, Either this or that, Or whether both alike will [...]

If you follow our blog, you probably know about UCM’s most recent contest giveaway, “The Box”, where the winner could pick a tablet of their choice as the prize. In January, we [...]

by Jared Vineyard The Asian Exporters Index from eBay revealed many Chinese exporters are making over a million dollars annually selling on eBay. What’s happening is many businesses and [...]