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Shippers importing goods from anywhere in the world – but especially China and other Asian countries – should expect to experience delays and fees. Right now, ports in Asia and the U.S. are [...]

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is increasing how often ocean freight carriers from the three major alliances that dominate global shipping must file trade data. Shipping lines from these [...]

Headlines about soaring freight rates are still prevalent in international shipping. In fact, just yesterday (November 18th), Marine Link published an article by Roslan Khasawneh called Container [...]

This is a guest post by Jonathan Miller. Given that as much as 90% of world cargo is transported by ships, it is curious that the general population knows so little about such a large and [...]

U.S. shippers and truckers are being hit with detention and demurrage fees for reasons beyond their control. Again. Or maybe I should say still. For those who are unsure or unaware of what these [...]

Check out the latest post in Universal Cargo's blog for an overview of what's happening with transpacific shipping from last month to the end of the year. This could help you decide the best [...]

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. [...]

Could freight rates from China to the US actually rise again in November? There are a couple indicators that make it look like a possibility. Find out what's happening right now with cargo [...]

There's a new 2020 doomsday word floating out there: shipageddon. NBC, New York Times, and the Washington Post – none of which is my favorite news source – have all been throwing the word into [...]

This blog will get into what's happening with freight rates, cargo volume behavior, and implications those have for shippers through the rest of the year and into 2021. But first – and I promise [...]

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 [...]

Transpacific shipping is strong right now. Despite predictions by experts earlier in the year that 2020 would see no international shipping peak season, we have had and are in a strong one. Will [...]

There are many reasons why you might need to ship heavy machinery. If you’re in construction, you might have a whole fleet of backhoes, excavators and other equipment that need to travel [...]

Online shopping is way up. Physical shops and stores around the country have reopened or are reopening. This is the time of year retail typically stocks for holiday shopping, and this year is no [...]

While it wasn't anywhere near as big as the devastating blast at the Port of Beirut a few weeks ago, a tragic explosion interrupted a U.S. port at the end of last week. On Friday, a dredging ship [...]

A month ago, Greg Miller reported in an American Shipper article that not only had freight rates finally stopped rising but they also had dropped a bit. He posed the question, "Is this a new [...]

Reporting is starting to come in on the first quarter of the financial year for carriers. Ocean Network Express (ONE), formed a few years ago when Japan's big three ocean carriers – K Line, MOL, [...]

Ocean freight rates have been high in 2020. Extremely high. Ocean carriers have managed to hike freight rates in the middle of a global crisis when demand has been lower than normal by [...]

No-roll premiums? What's that? Hopefully, as a shipper, you've never heard of a no-roll premium. Unfortunately, many shippers are finding out about them right now as they're being forced to [...]

We're fast approaching what's known as the peak season for international shipping. Traditionally, August and September are huge months for the international shipping industry as retailers stock [...]