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Long months ago, in a Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) office not so far, far away… Carriers filed Port Congestion Surcharges to be implemented in the case labor unrest significantly [...]

Don’t look now, but Black Friday is next week and so many shippers are thinking they’ll have to get lucky to receive their imports and have products on shelves for the holiday season. [...]

Congestion at West Coast ports, especially the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, has been a growing problem for shippers and everyone involved in the international shipping industry. The [...]

Today we take a break from blogging about all the things making the port congestion situation worse for shippers like ILWU job action, carriers’ congestion surcharges, and truckers strikes [...]

In yesterday’s blog we wrote how shippers feared pre-filed Port Congestion Surcharges (PCS) would be implemented by carriers as the ILWU has made a bad congestion situation worse with [...]

UPDATE: Carriers are implementing Port Congestion Surcharges. Retailers fear shelves being as empty during the Christmas and holiday season as the gates pictured right after International [...]

Things are not going well with the contract negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA). The ILWU is resorting to [...]

At Universal Cargo Management, we love furniture importers and sellers. And sometimes, we can’t believe what comes out of their mouths. More on that in a minute… UCM imports and [...]

“The International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) has initiated orchestrated slowdowns at the Pacific Northwest ports of Seattle and Tacoma, severely impacting many of the largest [...]