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Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) made headlines this week for doing something all businesses should do — focusing on customers. Correction: HMM made headlines for saying it would focus on [...]

Shippers need to be extra careful about the trucking companies they hire to transport their shipping containers to and from the ports. If not, shippers could find themselves liable in legal [...]

It's coming: the cleaner fuel mandate. The International Maritime Organization's (IMO) o.5% sulfur cap hits in 2020. Carriers know their fuel costs are about to jump. Shippers know they'll in [...]

International shipping spot rates are, not surprisingly, falling at the moment. But they have been falling massively.

Freight rate pricing tends to fall after the Chinese New Year as [...]

A combination container and RORO ship called the Grande America caught fire and sunk.

Read the blog for all the details.

There's tension building with the dockworkers at West Coast ports.

Shippers have been feeling good about stability at the ports because of the contract extension and new contract the [...]

Are you unhappy with your current freight forwarder? It might be time to change your freight partner. To be sure you are changing a freight forwarder at the right time, look for these telltale [...]

We've noticed an uptick recently in international shipping scams by fraudulent individuals or companies impersonating freight forwarders.

We here at Universal Cargo hate to see [...]

This is a Guest Post by Grant Polachek.

Note from the editor: While this article is not directly about international shipping, as is our normal fare, it could be very useful for [...]