Happy World Trade Week! Never heard of it? You’re not alone. I’ve only peripherally heard of it, and I write a blog about international shipping. I don’t think we’ve ever [...]

This is a guest post by Luka Marin. Peak season can make overseas shipping feel less predictable. Rates move quickly. Space can tighten before many businesses expect it. Schedules can also change [...]

When I first started writing about international shipping more than 15 years ago, a rollercoaster was the best metaphor to describe the industry, with its volatile, up-and-down freight rates for [...]

Halted Strikes on Iran Today could have been a day of war escalation. President Trump posted on Truth Social that there was a military attack on Iran scheduled, but he held it off at the request [...]

Appeals Court Stays Ruling Against Trump’s 10% Tariff Last week, the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled against the Trump Administration’s usage of Section 122 of the Trade Act of [...]

Do you know what country is the number one trading partner for the U.S.? It’s not China. It’s not Canada…. 2026 marks the third consecutive year that Mexico is the United [...]

The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled against the Trump Administration’s usage of Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to implement a broad 10% tariff on imports to the U.S. President [...]

The Trump Administration is moving forward with a new 25% tariff on European Union (EU) automobiles. However, there are still some indications this tariff threat is to pressure the EU to follow [...]

U.S. Started Assisting Ships to Cross the Strait of Hormuz this Week While Star Wars nerds, like me, were saying “May the 4th be with you,” family and friends of crew members and [...]

IEEPA Tariff Refunds in Process In its filing with the Court of International Trade this week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) declared importers made 47,315 CAPE submissions for tariff [...]

Ocean freight rates have been elevated since the start of the Iran War. However, as we’ve covered in Universal Cargo’s blog, international shipping’s capacity is not stretched [...]

Now’s the time for shippers to get back the money they spent in IEEPA-related tariffs. All-Ways reported in an email blast that “more than $166 billion in tariff refunds are now [...]

While the Trump Administration was at its height of unleashing new tariffs and tariff hikes last year, the toy industry saw sales growth. The way the industry handled imports, tariffs, and their [...]

It’s estimated the government owes shippers somewhere between $166 billion and $182 billion in tariff refunds due to the Supreme Court ruling against the Trump Administration’s use of [...]

Last week, we blogged on the opening of the Hormuz Strait, but with the two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran feeling tenuous and Iran warning of possible mines in the water and [...]