Sexy is not a word typically used to describe international shipping. Boring. Yeah, that’s a more typical description. Of course, boring isn’t exactly the type of description to [...]
When you see a story about a woman who spent years traveling the world inside a shipping container, you know it can only mean one thing: Universal Bizargo! That’s right, Universal [...]
In light of digital technologies, big data, and the Internet of Things–yes, the 4th Industrial Revolution–the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company imagined what [...]
Big, bold letters reading, “Fourth Industrial Revolution will disrupt shipping” headline an article Wolfgang Lehmacher wrote for the Journal of Commerce (JOC). Is this just a [...]
Is international shipping manipulating weather? Controlling the weather has often captured our imagination in popular fiction. Examples include the upcoming movie Geostorm about weather [...]
The worst is over with Hurricane Irma; however, Florida and Georgia took pretty big hits. Millions are without power. Homes and businesses were damaged. Worse, ABC reported the death toll in the [...]
The biggest news to hit U.S. Shippers and international shipping last week was also the biggest hurricane to hit the U.S. in a decade. We shared how Hurricane Harvey hurt the supply chain last [...]
A container ship crossing the Pacific Ocean sounds like nothing new. Importers and exporters know that carriers have ships sailing goods between Asia and America every day. However, a ship Nippon [...]
Maersk is the biggest name in international shipping. It is the largest ocean carrier by capacity and sets industry trends with the moves it makes. Another advantage Maersk has over its [...]
Read to the end for a tip that could make your business stand out from the competition and increase your profits. For those of you who don’t know, Universal Cargo’s headquarters is [...]
Imagine you’re a port security guard, walking up and down rows of stacked shipping containers when you hear cries for help. You investigate. Getting closer to the sounds, unsure exactly [...]
For years now, we’ve talked about overcapacity plaguing carriers in the international shipping industry and putting downward pressure on freight rates. Over the last couple years, freight [...]
Now that international shipping is dominated by three carrier alliances, the 2M, OCEAN Alliance, and THE Alliance, many shippers are worried about freight rate collusion between the shipping [...]
Guest Blog by Chris Compton Time is money, and nowhere is that more apparent than in freight shipping. When you combine fuel, insurance, driver wages, permits, tolls and other related costs, the [...]
It’s official. People are obsolete. Okay, not really. But by watching the video above that was posted on Youtube by James Vincent, you can see how technology is taking over shipping. [...]
We talk about how volatile the international shipping industry is in terms of freight rates all the time. But international shipping news can be quite volatile too, with stories taking twists and [...]
Truckers are some of the most important, and possibly most under-appreciated, people in the international shipping industry. Economies all over the world depend on truckers to get imports and [...]