Shippers Beware: How to Avoid Fake Freight Forwarder Scams
We've noticed an uptick recently in international shipping scams by fraudulent individuals or companies impersonating freight forwarders.
We here at Universal Cargo hate to see [...]
We've noticed an uptick recently in international shipping scams by fraudulent individuals or companies impersonating freight forwarders.
We here at Universal Cargo hate to see [...]
This is a guest post by Alexandra Reay.
If you import from or export to Canada or Mexico, you may be closely monitoring the latest changes in the North American Free Trade Agreement [...]
In this blog we'll answer a frequently asked question (FAQ) dealing with Incoterms. Specifically, which Incoterm is the best to use when importing from China. As a bonus, we'll also tell you the [...]
Want to have an article you've written published in Universal Cargo's blog? This post will help you achieve that goal.
After spending years building our blog into a recognized, [...]
Big news hit in January when it was announced Maersk and IBM were forming a joint venture. The giants in international shipping and information technology, respectively, were introducing a [...]
This is a guest post by Dakota Murphy
Note from the editor: While this article breaks from Universal Cargo's traditional international shipping fare, it is still relevant for most of [...]
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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 [...]
Maersk announced that it is sending the first container ship from East Asia to Europe through the Arctic Ocean. Daniel Shane reports in CNN Money:
The newly built Venta Maersk is set [...]
I've seen a lot of headlines this year about various ocean freight carriers losing money. However, it all came to a head for me with Mike Wackett's article in the Loadstar last week with the [...]
"We're all going to go bust," MOL President and CEO Junichiro Ikeda said to the Financial Times about the near future of ocean carriers in the international shipping industry.
For [...]
Fuel costs have significantly increased this year, causing many carriers to post first-quarter losses for 2018.
At least, carriers are saying higher fuel bunker prices are the cause [...]
The Biden Administration took a page out of the Trump Administration handbook this week as it announced big tariff hikes on imports from China. Regular readers of Universal Cargo's blog won't be [...]
The last post was about how nobody knows anything about what will happen with the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) contract negotiations, with its potential to highly disrupt [...]
This is a guest post by Eric Laurence. Trade policies and tariffs significantly impact the global economy, affecting various industries, including shipping. Recent changes in tariffs can [...]
What's been happening with shipping on the East Coast since the tragic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge? I'm glad you asked. Let's get into the updates... There were close to 100 ships [...]
Early this morning, a container ship called the Dali left the Port of Baltimore for Sri Lanka, but things went horribly wrong. About a half hour later, the ship lost power and crashed into the [...]
CEO of Hapag-Lloyd Rolf Habben Jansen told CNBC that he thinks international shipping’s peak season is going to come early this year. Lori Ann LaRocco reported: “I would also expect that [...]
Even though the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA) was passed a couple years ago, I keep saying in these introductions that we're just beginning to see the legislation's results. Case in [...]