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Despite slow, even what some would call stagnant, growth in international trade over the last several years, the air freight sector saw healthy growth in cargo demand during 2016. In fact, it was [...]

Carriers could finally get some freight rate stability going in 2017. Traditionally, freight rates are a very volatile thing in the international shipping industry. In the last few years, [...]

Some of you have been coming around here for a while now and most of you know who we are and what we do. What many of you may not know is that Universal Cargo can continue to help with your [...]

Guest Post By Kevin Hill The freight management industry witnessed some massive changes in 2016 and some of these are likely to last beyond 2017. Shipping services and logistics providers are now [...]

This year has seen record low freight rates. While freight rate pricing has been increasing, shippers are still paying significantly less than in previous years. World Maritime News reported a [...]

It’s a showdown for the ages. The two heavyweights of the international shipping industry facing off. In one corner: Air Freight. In the other corner: Ocean Freight. This is like Ali vs. [...]

You can talk about the motion of the ocean all day, but we all know that size matters in international shipping. And bigger is better, right? Well, it turns out the big shippers’ size has [...]

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Ship only the most important items, pack in as small of a box, crate or pallet as possible. If you can route from/to a major hub (JFK, LUH, BJS) instead of a smaller airport, this may help to [...]

Most freight payments are done with a Company check. However you can also pay with wire transfer or credit card (subject to administrative fee). Payment is sent right around the time the freight [...]

“Freight forwarding is a service used by companies that deal in international or multi-national import and export. While the freight forwarder doesn’t actually move the freight [...]

It has begun. Amazon is launching air freight service. The rumors have been circulating for a while that Amazon was planning to lease Boeing jets and take over shipping that the e-commerce giant [...]

The actions of the world’s #1 sea freight forwarder, Kuehne + Nagel (K+N), during World War II are being called “a form of corpse robbing” by Frank Bajohr of the Munich Centre [...]

Things have seemed a little “doom and gloom” lately with blogs about a decade-long recession for the international shipping industry, China shipbuilding struggles, and even an aground [...]

So as not to “bury the lead” as they say in journalism, let me start this blog by stating that Amazon is entering the international shipping game as a freight forwarder. I seem [...]

There has been a hard push in recent years, and rightfully so, to decrease pollution in ocean freight shipping. Great strides in decreasing CO2 emissions are being made. While ocean shipping [...]

Guest Blog by Greg Thompson If you have ever had the pleasure of working on international freight shipping, then you know how many details one must keep track of for it to go smoothly. The [...]