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A's Want to Build a Ballpark in the Port of Oakland

The Oakland Athletics, lovingly known by their fans as the A's, don't want to play baseball at the Oakland Coliseum anymore. Their [...]

This is a guest post by Cory Levins.

If you are a manufacturer, the owner of a distribution company, or anyone else who ships freight on a regular basis, investing in a [...]

This is a guest post from Alexandra Reay.

Note from the editor: Universal Cargo has many great clients in the furniture industry, which is why we're at the High Point market every [...]

This is a guest post by Florian Frese.

Demurrage and Detention quickly become a shipper’s nightmare and can result in thousands of dollars in per diem charges. Costs that arise [...]

'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. [...]

China's Ministry of Transport announced a while back upcoming changes to the country's fuel regulations in regard to sulfur content and emissions. We're fast approaching the implementation of the [...]

Don't know what Universal Cargo's Annual Turkey Day Blog is all about? It can probably best be summed up in a poem. Here's how that poem starts:

Every year about this [...]

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, [...]

This is a guest blog post by Daniel Lummis

Though never introduced as a formal concept in business management until the 20th century, the supply chain has nevertheless been the [...]

The changes in fees at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will go into effect on November 19th.

Back in April we shared in a blog post sharing the good news that PierPass is [...]

You would think the trade war between the U.S. and China would be nothing but bad for transpacific shipping; however, it may have just saved the year for carriers.

Back in June, we [...]

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 [...]

For obvious reasons, U.S. shippers who import from China tend to be against the tariff increases President Trump is imposing on China. There have been hearings over items listed in the new tariff [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

By Cherry Chen

Are you an exporter or importer impacted by the trade war between China and the United States? Here is good news for you.


On July 6th, the United [...]

"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 [...]

This is a guest post by Jake Rheude

3PL WarehouseEveryone is looking for a leg up in their business, but we often focus too much internally to see how existing partners can help us [...]

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 [...]