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. ...

“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 ...

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 ...

There’s a bigger ship backup at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, with more than a score and a half of container ships anchored and waiting to ...

We continue today with a series taking a deep dive into the outlook of international shipping in 2021. Part 1 focused on high ocean freight rates, cargo ...

Happy Chinese New Year! This year, the Chinese New Year falls on February 12th, and though it is still February 11th here as I’m typing these words, it ...

We’re not completely bereft of signs that port congestion, which is so costly to shippers, could start easing soon; however, congestion is at ...

It’s early to talk about the 2021 peak season for the international shipping industry; however, with severe congestion at U.S. ports expected to last at ...

Some shippers are looking at Gulf Coast ports like the Port of Houston as possible alternatives to the severely congested ports along the East and West ...

Photo: Container Ship ‘Ever Given’ stuck in the Suez Canal, Egypt – March 24th, 2021 by flickr user Pierre Markuse You thought port congestion at U.S. ...

She’s afloat once again. The Ever Given, which was stuck sideways in the Suez Canal, has been freed. Yahoo Finance posted a Youtube video, showing the ...