5 Things Successful International Shippers Know & Do
Importing or exporting goods can be very lucrative business. It can also be very costly if you don’t know what you’re doing. But what makes the difference between a thriving business [...]
Importing or exporting goods can be very lucrative business. It can also be very costly if you don’t know what you’re doing. But what makes the difference between a thriving business [...]
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, [...]
Every week, we post inquiries on Universal Cargo Management’s Facebook and Twitter pages asking what you want to read about in our international shipping blog. Yesterday–Monday, March [...]
A federal judge has ordered the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) to pay $60,000 to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for violating a court order to return operations [...]
Congestion at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is not new news. During the months of contract negotiations between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and International Longshore & [...]
2.5 billion dollars a day. That huge dollar amount is what long-term work stoppages at the ports cost the U.S. economy according to a study commissioned by the National Association of [...]
There’s a lot happening in the world of international shipping which affects shippers. In today’s blog we bring together the three top stories affecting shippers right now. Mayor [...]
Congestion at West Coast ports, especially the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, has been a growing problem for shippers and everyone involved in the international shipping industry. The [...]
There’s an old idiom, “The captain goes down with the ship,” that refers to the maritime tradition that a sea captain is responsible for his or her ship and everyone, the [...]
International shipping is an industry with many moving parts. In order for international shipping to run smoothly for importers and exporters, all those parts have to be coordinated and clicking [...]
UPDATE: 9/23 @ 9:45 am PST – Most of Los Angeles Terminals are closed today due to the heavy smog from Pasha Facility Fire last night at APL Terminal. Port of Los Angeles West Basin: [...]
Most of us don’t like to be behind big-rig trucks on the road. Okay, maybe I’m projecting. I don’t like being stuck behind a big-rig truck; however, I want to see more truck [...]
“Suddenly beneath you swims the biggest creature there’s ever been. He sings a booming, lonely song into the empty blue.” My two-year-old son likes to say these words, quoting one of his [...]
Goodbye P3, hello 2M. It didn’t take long after China halted plans for the P3 Network, what would have been an operational alliance between the three biggest carriers in the international [...]
The P3 approval saga continues. The P3 Network—yes, the triumvirate of Maersk, Mediterranean Shipping Co., and CMA CGM combining their operational forces to dominate the world of international [...]
Go West, young man. Rarely have words carried such weight as what some would call the most influential sentence of the 19th century, adding that it affected the course of the United States’ [...]
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 [...]
The truckers’ strike at Port Metro Vancouver is being felt by Canadian businesses. Import and export cargo is being interrupted by the unionized and non-union truckers refusing to work over pay [...]
Guest Blog by Anna Jennifer International shipping is an incredibly important aspect of a country’s growing economy. Cargo control measures, safe passage and other factors contribute to [...]
UPDATE FROM GLOBAL NEWS: “Unifor says agreement has been reached. It will be taking the agreement to members no later than Saturday. Protests will remain in place until then. Non-union [...]