The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is increasing how often ocean freight carriers from the three major alliances that dominate global shipping must ...

Shippers importing goods from anywhere in the world – but especially China and other Asian countries – should expect to experience delays and fees. ...

As the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach hit record volumes of imports for March and freight rates reached a new peak, experts are telling us that the ...

Soaring freight rates for the last year plus have significantly cut into shippers’ profits. Not surprisingly, these sky-high freight rates have had the ...

Maritime research firm Drewry is predicting the same thing we’ve been saying here in Universal Cargo’s blog for a while: high freight rates aren’t going ...

An intriguing story broke in the international shipping industry at the start of this week. A shipper made a move that has the potential to be disruptive ...

Mike Wackett wrote an article in the Loadstar that might make shippers consider ocean freight spot rate indices and the fees ocean freight carriers have ...

Check out the Ships Gonna Happen Podcast. Shipping professionals Tony B., David B., and Timmy D. do a great job with the show. On Saturday’s episode, ...

It appears the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and their partners think they can climb out of congestion by charging hefty fines on cargo containers ...

The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach announced another postponement in the assessment of the enormous fees they originally announced were going into ...

In July, I went out on a limb as seemingly the only one in the shipping industry to predict ocean freight rates could fall by the end of the year. I ...

Over $80 Million in Price-Fixing Fines Keith Wallis reported in a Journal of Commerce article this week that South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission ...