“Nobody knows anything.” If I were Joe Biden, I’d make up a story about my father or grandpop telling me that when I was a kid as we all discussed blue ...

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

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, ...

International shipping in 2021 continues right where 2020 left off. That sentence sounds obvious, but what it means is an abnormal start to the year when ...

Transpacific freight rates, and freight rates in general, were astronomical in 2020, rising and rising until, at last, they reached a plateau around the ...

This is a guest post by Paul Zhang. The epidemic made the entirety of 2020 beyond all expectations. Global trade stirred by the “black swan” of the ...

What’s happening with freight rates, and shipping costs in general, in 2021? Are they finally coming down after soaring to record highs in 2020, staying ...