Truckers Strike Over AB 5!
Yesterday (Wednesday, July 14th), truckers began protesting Assembly Bill 5, aka AB 5 or the gig worker bill, at and around the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland. Not merely did [...]
Yesterday (Wednesday, July 14th), truckers began protesting Assembly Bill 5, aka AB 5 or the gig worker bill, at and around the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland. Not merely did [...]
Shippers who import from China were likely relieved to hear the months-long "Covid Zero" lockdown in Shanghai had been lifted last Wednesday. However, they shouldn't expect the supply chain to [...]
U.S. ports are finally getting a period of time to recover from the unyielding demand and congestion that has plagued them since 2020. However, there are a few things that could make the relief [...]
Ocean freight rates are falling. Yes, they're still extremely high, but they're moving in the right direction. Greg Miller reported this week in Freight Waves that global spot rates for ocean [...]
There is still no end in sight to the horrific Shanghai lockdown, where the Chinese government has actually barricaded people inside their homes, worsening the struggle for citizens to get food [...]
On Friday, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) served its initial decision, fining Hapag-Lloyd over $800,000 for violating the Shipping Act by assessing unfair detention fees against a drayage [...]
It seems like every time you turn around there's a new fee announced at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Sometimes those fees are merely threats in a less-than-successful attempt to speed [...]
Here we go again. Two weeks ago we were talking about China putting a whole province, millions and millions of people, on lockdown. This week, China put Shanghai on lockdown. Keith Wallis [...]
On Tuesday (March 15th, 2022), the Biden Administration put out a "fact sheet" in announcing a freight data exchange program with the intention of improving the still badly congested supply [...]
To help shippers improve their international shipping, Universal Cargo’s blog often points out problems with, risks to, and likely disruptions in the supply chain. The goal of making [...]
There are many world events affecting current and upcoming ocean freight rates. Sanctions on Russia with its aggression on Ukraine obviously affects cargo movement to and from that region, and [...]
We may have seen a full shift in U.S. import patterns for 2022, particularly with an increase in cargo volumes through East Coast ports. Bill Mongelluzzo reports in the Journal of [...]
You know all that bragging the Biden Administration has done over the last four months about getting the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to go 24/7 to fight congestion? Yeah, the ports are [...]
Three-month-plus transit times for sailings goods across the Pacific? After more than a year of severe congestion at U.S. ports, especially at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and along [...]
This is a guest post by Gregory Steele. When considering logistics, we usually tend to think of the bright future. The development of AI and the full automation of supply chains seem like [...]
This will be the last blog I post in 2021, so I can spend the holidays with family. What better time to do a look back at the year's top international shipping news stories? This year, stories [...]
The peak season is often a time of particular danger for shippers' cargo from cargo theft. For the last 18 months, it has felt like a continuous peak season, with near-record to record high [...]
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg went on a press tour, where he talked about the port congestion we're seeing right now. The Biden Administration has been talking about the ports and the [...]
Speaking in the East Room on Wednesday (October 13th), President Biden announced: "After weeks of negotiation and working with my team and with the major union and retailers and freight movers, [...]
When will it end? There are plenty of things people could be saying that about nowadays, but for U.S. shippers, unbelievably high freight rates; terribly congested ports; and disrupted, [...]