Two executives of a Florida-based furniture company face federal charges for allegedly evading antidumping duties on imports from China. They were indicted earlier this month.
Their [...]
Shippers will start seeing random container inspections from Maersk on U.S. imports and exports.
Gavin van Marle reports in the Loadstar:
Maersk Line is set to begin [...]
'Tis the season for congestion. No, I'm not talking about whatever bug your kid brought home from school, although there is plenty of that. I'm talking port congestion. [...]
Transpacific freight rates are soaring high right now and not just because it's peak season.
Shippers have been rushing to beat tariff increase dates on imports from China, [...]
Not only do we work hard at Universal Cargo (UC), but we also like to have a good time. And everyone knows Halloween provides an opportunity for a good time.
So while UC employees [...]
This is a guest post by Kristin Savage.
It hit the scene as that mysterious technology behind Bitcoin. No one paid much attention at first. A digital currency that its founders said [...]
In today's blog we're doing something new that we plan to continue doing intermittently from now on. Spotlighting members of our team, so you can get to know us a little [...]
The Trade Expansion Act of 1962 gives President Trump the legal right to impose tariffs at his discretion if he determines there's a national security threat to justify it. Therefore, when the [...]
I was recently asked to contribute my top 3 tips about importing from China for a big list of advice to help new shippers to, well, import from China.
Since at Universal Cargo we [...]
There's good news for shippers importing and exporting goods through the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. PierPass is overhauling its OffPeak program, significantly reducing fees at the [...]
Guest Post by Dakota Murphey
Group of parcels with labelIf you create products and are interested in selling them abroad as well as at home, you will need to think about the best way [...]
The first day of spring was on Tuesday, and with it came winter storms. Yeah, that makes sense.
Snowstorms were big enough on the East Coast to affect port operations. In fact, the [...]
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Collisions and incidents with cargo ships are not uncommon; however, it's not every day one is caught on video. But that's exactly what happened at South Asia Pakistan [...]
Amazon has Maersk scared. And for shippers, that’s a good thing. Christian Wienberg and Alaric Nightingale reported in an article for Bloomberg that the [...]
Japan’s “Big 3” shipping companies—K Line, MOL, and NYK— joined forces to form the joint venture Ocean Network Express (ONE). And starting today (February 1st, 2018) you can [...]
Ebay Infographic from Webmastersjury and 16Best.net. Note from the editor: As a freight forwarder, we here at Universal Cargo help people be financially independent by importing goods they sell [...]
Decarbonization is one of the top priorities of the ocean freight industry in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fight global warming. But apparently, emissions from all those ships out [...]
Back in November, we blogged about Maersk no longer being the number one carrier. Today’s blog headlines with Maersk still being number one. So what gives? The previous blog was about who [...]
U.S. East Coast ports are recovering this week from delays and shutdowns caused by severe winter weather last week. The East Coast was hit with what the Weather Channel called “one of the [...]
This is a Guest Post from Wendy Manning. Editor’s Note: While this is not a blog specifically about international shipping, we thought it would still provide value to our core readership of [...]