No-Roll Premiums Are Like Holding Cargo for Ransom
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 [...]
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 [...]
This is a guest post by Helvis Smoteks. Cryptocurrencies keep growing in popularity as we cross the second quarter of 2020. By now everyone has at least heard about Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin [...]
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 [...]
This is a guest post by Darren Hann. Traditionally, managing a supply chain was a simple concept that predominately manufactured identical bulk products and made them available to market. Over [...]
Ocean freight carriers are supposed to lose billions of dollars in 2020, right? Wrong. They're going to make billions. Probably. As long as things continue the way they're going. Wait. [...]
Did you know Universal Cargo has a sister company, Banah Trading, that specializes in sourcing personal protective equipment (PPE) for businesses? Sister company is a particularly good term in [...]
This is a guest post by Darren Hann. Warehouse and distribution operations are not only complicated but highly challenging on a day-to-day basis due to the multiple processes and risks [...]
With the first half of 2020 marked by COVID-19 shutdowns around the world, first in China and eventually in the U.S., ocean carriers' biggest strategy for dealing with decreased shipping demand [...]
This is a guest post by Jake Rheude. It may feel like time is meaningless and we’ve lived through 329 Mondays in a row at this point, but for supply chains, this time is more crucial than [...]
Importers and exporters are on their way to getting a stronger voice with the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC). By its own description, the FMC "is the independent federal agency [...]
This is a guest post by Derek Jones. Toilet paper hardly makes the news. But save for handwash and hand sanitizer, no other commercial product better signifies the degree of anxiety the [...]
This is a guest post by Melissa Sorano. Cutting healthcare costs is an ever-present goal that hospitals and physician practices are striving hard to reach. One of the strategies that might [...]
This is a guest post by Darren Hann. Every supply chain is unique in its own way and ideally includes a series of well-defined and tightly managed operations. Factors such as a lack of [...]
From when the novel coronavirus outbreak in China first started registering in international shipping news, stories have been published about how ocean freight carriers could or would lose [...]
With the rise of a global pandemic, the world economies are on the verge of fall. By the world economy, we mean the countries that are major contributors to it. The United States is one of [...]
The United States Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued rule changes to two sets of export laws and a proposal to change a third. The changes that are now final rules will go into effect [...]
This blog is the publishing of a letter from Universal Cargo's house customs broker concerning the duty deferment for importers whose businesses are suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic. It [...]
This is a guest post by Arslan Hassan. The COVID-19 pandemic has presented new challenges not just to the health and economic sectors but has completely changed the demand and supply scenario [...]
President Trump signed an executive order on Friday, April 17th that includes a 90-day duty deferment on goods imported in March and April because of the COVID-19 crisis the country, along with [...]
The apparent cyber attack on MSC spotlights the increased risk of fraud, cyber attack, and cargo theft during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the middle of all this highly increased working remotely [...]