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This book deals with 10 trends shaping China and how it effects all of us. The Author, Bill Dodson, makes a very good case to back up his statement that these trends are irreversible, which is a [...]

China has long been the worst example of going green, as they are now a much larger pollutant to the environment than the U.S. as they plunge headlong into the future with the aggressive goal of [...]

What is a rare earth metal? Group of 17 atomic elements on the periodic table that includes the 15 lanthanoids plus scandium and yttrium. Why are they rare? Not actually rare since they are found [...]

China has announced that it will cut down the amount rare earth metals that it will export during the first half of 2011. The cut is estimated to be more than 10%. This decision could in turn [...]

Where once low-tech factories and scant wages were welcomed in a China eager to escape isolation and poverty, workers are now demanding a bigger share of the profits. The government in China is [...]

In a speech, yesterday, to union workers in Pennsylvania, President Biden called for U.S. trade representative Katherine Tai to consider tripling tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum if her [...]

The situation in the Gulf of Aden and Red Sea, forcing ocean freight carriers to route ships away from the Suez Canal, got worse yesterday (Wednesday, March 6th). Antisemitic, Iran-backed Houthi [...]

"How can it be a spy satellite if they announce on television that it's a spy satellite?" --George Carlin If you're ever at a major U.S. port, take a look at the cranes looming over the [...]

You wouldn't know it by watching the news, but the water conditions at the Panama Canal have improved. More ships can transit the canal than restrictions had been and were planning to allow. With [...]

Anti-Israel, Iranian-backed Houthi rebel attacks on container ships in the Red Sea. Freight rates spiking. Cargo delays. That's what has dominated international shipping news over the last few [...]

The Departement of Homeland Security just added three companies in China to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List: COFCO Sugar Holding Co. Ltd, Sichuan Jingweida Technology [...]

Two of the world's most important international shipping route connections are being disrupted simultaneously: the Panama Canal and the Suez Canal. When one important international shipping hub [...]

We’re still only beginning to see how the recent and ongoing changes to U.S. shipping law will affect businesses’ imports and exports as well as carriers’ and other industry stakeholders’ [...]

I admit it. I write about ocean freight shipping in Universal Cargo's blog a whole lot more than air freight. Perhaps I have a bias in the ocean freight vs. air freight debate. The last time I [...]

Did you know that most U.S. port terminals are owned and operated by foreign entities? Do you find that a concerning fact about these important access points to the country? If that seems like a [...]

Controversy continues to swirl around the Federal Maritime Commission's (FMC's) proposed rules on "unreasonable refusal to deal or negotiate with respect to vessel space accommodations provided [...]

So some have deemed to tell you there is no peak season this year? Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. There is, indeed, a peak [...]

The International Longshore & Warehouse Union Canada (ILWU Canada) strike ended with a tentative deal last week. Chris Helgren reported in Reuters: "Dock workers at ports along Canada's Pacific [...]

Both the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) said they will not work containerships diverted to U.S. ports because of the ILWU [...]

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 [...]