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2011 was a good year in terms of ocean freight rates for shippers. Carriers have prepared to turn the 2012 freight rates in their favor. Recent Universal Cargo Management blogs highlighted [...]

The Federal Maritime Commission issued a Notice of Inquiry “to solicit the public’s views and information concerning factors that may cause or contribute to the shift of containerized cargo [...]

China manufacturing costs have been on the rise during the last several years. One of the biggest causes for this increase in manufacturing costs is a rise of labor rates in China. As [...]

Want to hear a container shipping horror story? Not the kind of horror story that involves a lunatic with a hook for a hand escaping from an asylum and his hook being found in your cargo. Scarier [...]

Occupy Strikes Back: 12.12.11—It reads like a movie poster. The people who wrote the slogan, probably going for an epic sound with the Star Wars title reference, probably wouldn’t compare the [...]

This is not a blog to make international shippers excitedly bust out their Bob Marley records. In the world of ocean freight transport, reefers are refrigerated shipping containers. The last blog [...]

Everyone loves lower freight rates. Right? Wrong. While they’re great for shippers doing international business and importing and exporting goods, lower freight rates mean smaller profit margins [...]