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We’ve been talking about it for a little while now. The Los Angeles Times calls it a “logistical nightmare”. Claims Journal calls it the Ports of Los Angeles and Long [...]

There’s an old idiom, “The captain goes down with the ship,” that refers to the maritime tradition that a sea captain is responsible for his or her ship and everyone, the [...]

There’s a lot happening in the international shipping industry right now. Isn’t there always? How do you keep up with it all?Let today’s Universal Cargo Management blog help. [...]

There are several factors contributing to the terrible congestion at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which is proving costly for shippers. Read about 5 Factors Causing Congestion at the [...]

International shipping is an industry with many moving parts. In order for international shipping to run smoothly for importers and exporters, all those parts have to be coordinated and clicking [...]

Struggles continue between the ILWU and Terminal 6 at the Port of Portland. An ILWU walk-off has closed the terminal. ILWU Local 40 Clerks walked off the job at 9:30 am PST, effectively [...]

Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) have received approval from the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) for their 2M Vessel Sharing Agreement (VSA) and now await approval from China. [...]

“The port congestion is not getting better but worse,” Daphne Chang, Operations Manager at the Los Angeles office of Universal Cargo Management, wrote as the opener of a company-wide [...]