Ports of NY-NJ & Philadelphia Closed by Snow Storm
The first day of spring was on Tuesday, and with it came winter storms. Yeah, that makes sense.
Snowstorms were big enough on the East Coast to affect port operations. In fact, the [...]
The first day of spring was on Tuesday, and with it came winter storms. Yeah, that makes sense.
Snowstorms were big enough on the East Coast to affect port operations. In fact, the [...]
Amazon has Maersk scared. And for shippers, that’s a good thing. Christian Wienberg and Alaric Nightingale reported in an article for Bloomberg that the [...]
U.S. East Coast ports are recovering this week from delays and shutdowns caused by severe winter weather last week. The East Coast was hit with what the Weather Channel called “one of the [...]
Good news is here for U.S. producers and exporters of consumer goods. Last year, the U.S. trade deficit with China was over 300 billion dollars. Here are the numbers from the U.S. Trade [...]
It’s back! The blog I know we’re all most thankful for… Universal Cargo’s Thanksgiving Turkey Blog! Yes, it’s become a Universal Cargo tradition that every year when [...]
China has beef with the U.S. again, and it’s worth billions of dollars. The Port of Oakland wants in on that money, and is spending $11 million to be a part of it. It was almost exactly a [...]
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 [...]
The U.S. hasn’t seen a hurricane as powerful as Hurricane Harvey hit in a decade. It came right through the Gulf of Mexico, making landfall as a category 4 hurricane, destroying homes, [...]
It’s actually happening. The International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) is extending its contract before the current one expires. This might be one of the most exciting news items [...]
It’s hard to believe it, but a year has already passed since the unveiling of the expanded Panama Canal. Plagued with delays and increases in costs, it once seemed the expansion project [...]
The Port of Virginia just had a very good fiscal year. In a press release from Port of Virginia Spokesman Joseph D. Harris, the port reported: The Port of Virginia® handled 231,675 twenty-foot [...]
Despite the reshuffling of ocean carriers into just three alliances–the 2M, Ocean Alliance, and THE Alliance–being described as a disaster, U.S. shippers have seen little impact on [...]
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, [...]
President Trump signed two executive orders last week to attack trade abuses and the United States’ trade deficit. The executive order going after trade abuses is focused on enforcement of [...]
On Thursday (March 23, 2017), legislation was introduced to stop labor slowdowns at U.S. ports. The legislation is aptly called the Prevent Labor Union Slowdowns Act (PLUS). It was introduced [...]
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 [...]
Global trade has been growing slowly over the last several years, but it might have just gotten a big shot in the arm. As of yesterday (February 22nd, 2017), the World Trade Organization’s [...]
Expect disruption of imports and exports through East and Gulf Coast ports next week as the International Longshoremen’s Association plans to flex its muscle. Chris Dupin reported in [...]
Americans for Affordable Products, that’s the name of a new organization formed to fight taxes on imports to the United States. Eric Johnson reported in American Shipper: A group of more [...]