Could This Contract Stop Cargo Rollovers & No-Shows?
Gavin van Marle reported in the Loadstar about a new contract arrangement between shippers and carriers designed to prevent both cargo shipment delays from carriers and cargo no-shows from [...]
Gavin van Marle reported in the Loadstar about a new contract arrangement between shippers and carriers designed to prevent both cargo shipment delays from carriers and cargo no-shows from [...]
In December of 2015, we unveiled our company’s Core Values. We asked our team to describe our company culture and values. Their input was used to create C.A.R.E. Now that it’s been in [...]
Freight forwarders and non-vessel operators (NVOs) have been under a great deal of scrutiny for their lack of automation lately. For anything consumers want, they can go online and with a [...]
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 [...]
If you haven’t heard yet, the Californian fire season has gotten off to a hot and unfortunate start with what’s been dubbed the Blue Cut Fire. To get a feel for just how bad this fire [...]
Blue Cut Fire Photo by Jim Smith, San Bernardino CHP If you haven’t heard yet, the Californian fire season has gotten off to a hot and unfortunate start with what’s been dubbed the Blue Cut Fire. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“Why do I need cargo insurance?” I’ve heard this question asked. The short answer is: “Because you’re a shipper.” If that isn’t enough for you, keep [...]
The big item in the news today is that U.S. District Court Judge Richard Berman ruled to overturn Tom Brady’s four game suspension from the NFL. New England Patriots fans are celebrating. [...]
Panama Canal Nearing Completion I can hear the choirs singing, “Soon and very soon…!” Rather than singing about seeing the King, they’re singing about seeing the completed [...]
When we asked last week what you–shippers, our blog readers, our social media followers, or general internet perusers–would like to read about in Universal Cargo Management’s [...]