This is a guest post by Dylan Jacobson. Container ships are the unsung heroes of global trade, transforming the movement of goods worldwide. Their role is vital, as these colossal vessels serve [...]
Expect trucking to become even more expensive in California. Since about 40% of U.S. containerized imports and approximately 30% of all U.S. exports go through the Golden State's ports, this [...]
Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels continue to attack ships in the Red Sea. They hit the Liberian-flagged cargo ship Al Jasrah today, which set the ship on fire, as reported by Jon Gambrell in [...]
This is a guest post by Ellie Gabel. Extended producer responsibility laws are creating ripples of change in international supply chains, from packaging to product design. Over the past several [...]
This is a guest post by Evelyn Thistlewood. Navigating the complexities of international trade requires a strategic approach to handling unexpected ocean freight issues. In a world where global [...]
Two of the world's most important international shipping route connections are being disrupted simultaneously: the Panama Canal and the Suez Canal. When one important international shipping hub [...]
In case you were worried the government isn't upping its involvement enough in international shipping and the supply chain with recent legislation, including the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 [...]
This is a guest post by Evelina Thorne. Air freight regulations, often intricate and dynamic, demand unwavering attention from U.S. business professionals involved in import and export. [...]
We’re still only beginning to see how the recent and ongoing changes to U.S. shipping law will affect businesses’ imports and exports as well as carriers’ and other industry stakeholders’ [...]
If there's one word shippers hate to hear in relation to the dockworkers and their unions that control the jobs up and down the U.S. coasts, it's strike. We're a little under a year away from the [...]
Panama's drought, affecting the water level of the Panama Canal, continued in October. According to the Weather Channel, "The driest October since at least 1950 has left the Panama Canal with too [...]
We’re still only beginning to see how the recent and ongoing changes to U.S. shipping law will affect businesses’ imports and exports as well as carriers’ and other industry stakeholders’ [...]
This is a guest post by Samuel Davis. In the dynamic world of importing and exporting, ensuring the safe storage of your goods in transit is paramount. Every step, from packing to [...]
I admit it. I write about ocean freight shipping in Universal Cargo's blog a whole lot more than air freight. Perhaps I have a bias in the ocean freight vs. air freight debate. The last time I [...]
We’re still only beginning to see how the recent and ongoing changes to U.S. shipping law will affect businesses’ imports and exports as well as carriers’ and other industry stakeholders’ [...]
The Future of Ocean and Air Freight: Ensuring the Longevity of Your Logistics Strategy This is a guest post by Cris Mark Baroro. Today's intricate global trade system demands efficient and [...]
It seems like every week there's an international shipping news story about shippers' filed complaints against carriers and rulings on them. We’re still only beginning to see how the recent and [...]
The International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU), which represents approximately 40,000 dockworkers up and down the West Coast, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Saturday night, according to a [...]
Can you hear that voice that sounds suspiciously like Chicken Little? "Freight rates are falling! Freight rates are falling!" For shippers, those words are like music to their ears. And as often [...]
We’re still only beginning to see how the recent and ongoing changes to U.S. shipping law will affect businesses’ imports and exports as well as carriers’ and other industry stakeholders’ [...]