Hyundai Merchant Marine Keeps Afloat
Last week when we blogged on Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), South Korea’s second largest largest container carrier’s theme song was Queen’s “Another One Bites the [...]
Last week when we blogged on Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), South Korea’s second largest largest container carrier’s theme song was Queen’s “Another One Bites the [...]
When watching the carriers operating in the international shipping industry, the old Agatha Christie mystery, “Ten Little Indians” comes to mind. … And then there were [...]
All the rumors have led up to this… A big, new carrier alliance has been announced: The Ocean Alliance. After China Cosco Group and China Shipping Group merged to form China Cosco [...]
DUM DUM DA-DUM DUM DA-DUM DUM DA-DUM… Okay, it’s probably hard to tell I’m singing the Imperial March when I type it, but get ready for the oil empire to strike back. [...]
When it comes to carriers in the international shipping industry, Maersk is, and seems to have always been, the big dog on the porch, even with the newly merged China Costco Shipping Corporation [...]
International shipping is a complicated business. That’s why freight forwarders exist; they help shippers with all the international shipping details so shippers can focus on the details of [...]
Hellenic Shipping News reports Germany and Iceland are working together on a port for a new arctic shipping route. The port’s harbor is planned to be located in Finnafjörður on the [...]
In our last blog, What the ISF?!, we gave an overview of ISF filing. ISF is required for every cargo shipment imported to the United States. If not done correctly, importers can face [...]
East Coast ports saw a big increase in cargo shipments as shippers diverted their shipping containers from West Coast ports due to severe congestion during the long International Longshore & [...]
And then there were four. Four alliances of carriers fight for profitability and market share in the international shipping industry: 2M Ocean 3 CKYHE G6 In our last blog, we outlined the [...]
There’s always an element of uncertainty in the international shipping industry. There are always factors that make freight rates volatile, but the 2M, Ocean 3, G6, and CKYHE carrier [...]
Want to see what a world record looks like? Check out this Maersk Line video of the Mary Maersk leaving Algeciras, Spain with 17,603 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU)! This is crazy awesome! [...]
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 [...]
March Madness is over and you thought you were done with brackets. Wrong. As wrong as my NCAA bracket. To give you a carrier alliance overview, here comes the 2014 Carrier Craziness Bracket! [...]
Snow and ice aren’t the only things causing shipping delays this winter. Changes in the ownership and management of chassis has been creating significant problems and delays for truckers [...]
This blog is the third part in a series about the G6, P3, and CKYH carrier alliances. Check out Part 1: Hunger Games of the Sea: G6, P3, & CKYH Alliances Fight for Shipping Dominance and Part [...]
This is the follow up to last week’s blog, Hunger Games of the Sea: G6, P3, & CKYH Alliances Fight for Shipping Dominance. In an arena of oceans and seas, giant ships filled with [...]
It’s a chess match to stay alive. No, it’s not as dramatic or exciting to read about as Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games where Katniss Everdeen is placed in an arena with 23 [...]
Is it a further sign of the global economic turnaround? It could certainly be construed that way, but probably has more to do with incentives from China. The Wall Street Journal reports that [...]
Go back to 2011. Carriers experience losses in the billions of dollars. In 2012, those shipping companies put together strategies to raise freight rates and regain profitability. General Rate [...]