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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

International shipping, with its ocean freight sector in particular, is a volatile industry. Freight rates go up and down like a roller coaster. But not ...

One of the top stories in the Journal of Commerce (JOC) yesterday (January 31st, 2022) was CMA CGM acquiring “a majority stake in European last-mile ...

Ocean freight carriers, which have been in the driver’s seat for the last couple years when it comes to freight rates, are utilizing their leverage right ...

To help shippers improve their international shipping, Universal Cargo’s blog often points out problems with, risks to, and likely disruptions in the ...

On Tuesday (March 15th, 2022), the Biden Administration put out a “fact sheet” in announcing a freight data exchange program with the intention of ...

On Friday, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) served its initial decision, fining Hapag-Lloyd over $800,000 for violating the Shipping Act by ...

In the last blog, we looked at how – with the slowing economy – retailers and shippers are decreasing their imports and expected to keep doing so in ...

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s largest ocean freight carrier by capacity, has been making moves that could position itself to leave ...