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We have less than a month before the East and Gulf Coast ports could shut down from another International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) strike. The deadline for a new master contract to be [...]

Are you ready for a top 10?! 2024 is almost over! Some can't believe how fast it went while for others it couldn't end soon enough. Either way, we here at Universal Cargo are wishing for you to [...]

There's a big shakeup happening right now with the carrier alliances that dominate global ocean freight shipping, but the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) may throw a wrench in some of the major [...]

41 Days... Tuesday's blog had a positive tone regarding the situation with the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) at East and Gulf Coast ports. The union's praise for President Trump [...]

With less than a month and a half to go before the deal deadline to prevent another dockworker strike shutting down U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports, negotiations remain halted between the [...]

Importers are calling on President Biden, the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) to end or prevent major disruptions to their supply [...]

The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) broke off contract negotiations with the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), increasing the odds of another dockworker strike, which would [...]

Canada's West Coast ports are going to reopen. Not because negotiations between dockworkers and employers reached resolution or made progress. In fact, part of why they're reopening is because [...]

We've gone 4 days with British Columbian ports shut down, and there is no movement towards reopening them. In fact, multiple news outlets use the word "silence" when describing the situation and [...]

Ports shut down yesterday as a result of a union strike and lockout over contract negotiations. It sounds familiar, but we're not talking about the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) [...]

An interesting thing is happening right now. Despite some industry insiders prematurely calling 2024's international shipping peak season over and dead, there is still strong container shipping [...]

The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), representing dockworkers at America's East and Gulf Coast ports, and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), representing their employers, [...]

Shippers want to know when things will return to normal with the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Suez Canal. The situation there massively affects global supply chains for the worse, and shippers have [...]

Why is there an International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) Strike Watch 2025? Because if a new master contract isn't negotiated between now and January 15th, the ILA could be back on the [...]

It's been a little while since we've checked in on what's happening with freight rates. So let's check out current freight rate changes and trends for U.S. businesses that import goods. See [...]

You might have thought the drama at the ports and the disruption threat to U.S. supply chains was over, but it's not... After shutting down the East and Gulf Coast ports for three days last week [...]

The ILA Strike is over!

On Tuesday, the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) went on strike, shutting down all of America's East and Gulf Coast ports. Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su issued a brief and, [...]

The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) went on strike today, shutting down U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports. President Biden's words in response to the strike are not those of a [...]

The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) is officially on strike, shutting down ports all along the East and Gulf Coast ports. Read more in Universal Cargo's blog.