This is a guest post by Harrison Clarke. Recent changes in maritime law have ushered in a new era for those of you who import and export goods. The landscape of international trade is [...]

This is a guest post by Charlotte Sanders. The power of big data is driving a seismic shift in the logistics sector, which is the foundation of world trade. Logistics is embracing a data-driven [...]

Congestion at the Port of Singapore hit critical levels over these last couple weeks. Container ships are having to anchor and wait to dock, with wait-time estimates of up to seven days. This is [...]

It's not unprecedented, but we're looking at an early peak season for international shipping this year. Analyzing wide industry reporting, the demand side of ocean freight has picked up in April [...]

This is a guest post by Ellie Gabel. The Baltimore bridge collapse and the Taiwan earthquake are among the latest disruptions forcing businesses to adjust their management and tracking [...]

The Biden Administration took a page out of the Trump Administration handbook this week as it announced big tariff hikes on imports from China. Regular readers of Universal Cargo's blog won't be [...]

Yesterday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore used explosives on the part of the collapsed Francis Key Bridge that's been holding the giant container ship Dali trapped for over a [...]

If you're importing from Asia right now, there's a high chance you're experiencing or about to experience delays in getting your cargo. It's likely an increase in shipping costs is hitting this [...]

A couple weeks ago, I posted an article about what AI "thinks" about international shipping. It contained a "conversation" I had with AI, where I asked it questions about international shipping. [...]

The last post was about how nobody knows anything about what will happen with the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) contract negotiations, with its potential to highly disrupt [...]

"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 collar issues around the dinner table. But [...]

For today's blog, I thought we'd do something a little bit different. The artificial intelligence (AI) craze has hit. Despite all those warnings we got from movies in the 80's and 90's, everyone [...]

This is a guest post by Eric Laurence. Trade policies and tariffs significantly impact the global economy, affecting various industries, including shipping. Recent changes in tariffs can [...]

In a speech, yesterday, to union workers in Pennsylvania, President Biden called for U.S. trade representative Katherine Tai to consider tripling tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum if her [...]

Anti-Israel protests essentially shut down the Port of Oakland yesterday, and that’s only the tip of the iceberg. Such protests have taken aim at ports around the world, to varying degrees [...]