As logisticians, we coordinate and arrange containers’ deliveries every day from one point to another point around the world. However, containers can become a business store, our living shelters, [...]
A Russian weapons company, Morinformsistema-Agat, is marketing a cruise missile system that is hidden inside an ordinary 40’ cargo shipping container and can be launched from inside the container [...]
Freight shipping volume has been picking up in 2010 and while that is great news for the world economy it has caused an unexpected shortage of containers. According to the July cover article [...]
Worried about the environmental impact of your ocean shipping containers? An article in the June 2010 issue of America Shipper details a variety of companies that are taking on the challenge of [...]
Global Port tracker is predicting a 16% year-to-year rise in shipping container imports to the 10 busiest ports in the US. This comes after a 20% and 22% increase in year over year growth seen in [...]
Container volume moving through West Coast ports increased 14 percent in the first five months of the year. Growth was relatively balanced between imports and exports and across the regional [...]
For today's blog, I thought we'd do something a little bit different. The artificial intelligence (AI) craze has hit. Despite all those warnings we got from movies in the 80's and 90's, everyone [...]
There’s a lot happening in international shipping right now. Rather than make shippers scramble from news site to news site to see what all is going on, we’ve rounded up the top [...]
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 [...]
Embarking on the global trade journey brings unparalleled opportunities, but it's not without its challenges. International shipping comes with its own set of risks that can jeopardize your [...]
This is a guest post by James Raussen, Eaint Hmue Htut, and Ye Yint Zaw Win. Myanmar's maritime landscape boasts seven major ports, each playing a vital role in the nation's international trade. [...]
What were Universal Cargo's top blog posts of 2023? Every year, we like to count it down from 10 to 1, classic David Letterman style. Sometimes we do the top 10 international shipping news [...]
This is a guest post by Dylan Jacobson. Container ships are the unsung heroes of global trade, transforming the movement of goods worldwide. Their role is vital, as these colossal vessels serve [...]
Importers can thank goodness that their freight rates and international shipping costs are generally on par with pre-COVID levels and behaviors. To say the astronomically high freight rates and [...]
Freight rates, particularly Asia to U.S. West Coast (USWC) freight rates, have increased by more than 100% since June. That's not too surprising, since we're in the peak season, and freight rates [...]
Introduction What exactly does the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA) say and do? This blog series goes through it section by section, so you can see exactly what our lawmakers changed in [...]
It's no secret that the international shipping industry, even for all the supply chain disruptions and bottlenecks, did very well during the pandemic. There was a shipping demand boom, but now [...]
As always, we here at Universal Cargo are keeping an eye on international shipping news, so you don't have to. Two big items in shipping news right now are the upcoming peak season and the fight [...]
Want to know what's happening with international shipping right now? You're in the right place. Today's post hits top international shipping news stories affecting shippers' import and export [...]
This is a guest post from Anthony Mwangi. In this post, Anthony from Ameritrans shares 10 things to look for when engaging an international shipping company. 1. Delivery Speed The most crucial [...]