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Have you been thinking about doing business in China? Did you know that Universal Cargo Management has white papers to help you successfully do business in China? Perhaps you have products you [...]

Guest Blog by Nathan Gladwin This short piece illustrates how clever foresight and business ingenuity combined, in this instance, with the right lifting equipment can be highly effective in [...]

“We all know that time is money. We are less aware that time is a historical invention of businessmen.” – The World that Trade Created by Kenneth Pomeranz and Steven Topik. You don’t have to be [...]

Inflation eats away at the very core of what you work for – your value.  We exchange our lives, our time, our energy and resources for a return; wage, salary, return on investment, profits [...]

We are just coming out of the peak season, as that traditionally starts late fall through early spring. Last year, most carriers in the westbound export market to Asia implemented numerous rate [...]

Inflation: Margin Killer Affects Cargo and International Shipping Part I Continuing to detail the effects of inflation on the American families who are the end client of those in the [...]

The Problem While many are now speaking about the fact that inflation is coming, due to the radical fed policy of hyper quantitative easing, few are detailing what happens to the people of a [...]

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) noted that the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been notified by many countries of proposed regulatory changes that may affect U.S. [...]

Right before the new year began, President Obama signed a piece of legislation that will ultimately change the way many food companies do business in the states and internationally. This is the [...]

This is a guest post by Juan Turcios. Smoothly navigating international trade requires mastering your approach to using Incoterms to define your shipping terms and responsibilities. Therefore, [...]

A group of 238 state, local, and federal trade associations sent a letter to President Biden, imploring him and his administration to mediate the International Longshore & Warehouse Union [...]

When the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) master contract expires, it tends to be bad news for U.S. shippers. Often, a great deal of the focus is on retailers importing from [...]

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 [...]

There's a bigger ship backup at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, with more than a score and a half of container ships anchored and waiting to birth off the coast of Southern California [...]

You won't find a more complete roundup of how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting international shipping, specifically the ocean freight sector, right now than this blog post here. This [...]

This is a guest post by Ofer Tirosh. Translation is involved in virtually every aspect of business for an international logistics company. For the domestic shipper, it is still likely that [...]

Are you unhappy with your current freight forwarder? It might be time to change your freight partner. To be sure you are changing a freight forwarder at the right time, look for these telltale [...]

Judging by President Trump's remarks, and of course that includes tweets, there's been a turn for the better in the potential trade war between the US and China. After tariff threats between [...]

Back by popular demand is the ICC Incoterms Update live webinar hosted by Lorman Education Services. The webinar will take place February 28th, 2018 from 4 to 5:30 pm (PST). Your teacher on all [...]

Here’s your chance to learn all about Incoterms from Universal Cargo’s General Manager Raymond Rau. When it comes to international business deals involving importing and exporting, [...]