How about a positive headline for 2020? It’s a great year for ocean freight carriers in the international shipping industry. Transpacific cargo volume ...

The peak season continues to be strong, especially for transpacific ocean freight shipping. And surprise, surprise, equipment shortages are reported to ...

Transpacific shipping is strong right now. Despite predictions by experts earlier in the year that 2020 would see no international shipping peak season, ...

U.S. shippers and truckers are being hit with detention and demurrage fees for reasons beyond their control. Again. Or maybe I should say still. ...

This is a guest post by Jonathan Miller. Given that as much as 90% of world cargo is transported by ships, it is curious that the general ...

U.S. agricultural exporters are getting screwed. All the international shipping attention in the U.S. seems focused on importing rather than ...

On Monday night, a violent storm hit an Ocean Network Express (ONE) containership on its way to the Port of Long Beach. A large number of shipping ...

It’s the time of year when international shipping tends to slow down. However, international shipping, especially on transpacific routes, is not slowing ...

On November 30th, the MV One Apus had a massive shipping container collapse as it was hit by a storm and massive waves in the Pacific Ocean on its way to ...

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

I’ve typed the words “ocean freight carriers are notoriously unreliable” so many times over the last decade of writing in Universal Cargo’s blog that I ...

For many, today couldn’t get here quickly enough. At midnight tonight, we say goodbye to 2020 and hello to 2021, hoping for a better year. Traditionally, ...