In about two weeks, on April 2nd, President Trump’s reciprocal tariffs are set to hit. The Trump Administration is looking at each country and implementing tariffs to match duties and [...]
The trade war with Canada is escalating. Ontario Premier Doug Ford imposed a 25% tariff on electricity to the U.S., which Michigan, New York, and Minnesota import. We cover this, President [...]
President Trump announced today (March 6th), for products and services covered by the USMCA, he would pause the 25% tariffs on Mexico that went into effect on Tuesday (March 4th). Find out all [...]
President Trump's 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico went into effect today. Simultaneously, President Trump's 10% tariff on most goods from China and Hong Kong doubled to 20% [...]
In today's post we round up three international shipping news stories affecting U.S. importers and exporters... The ILA ratifies its new contract, the U.S. Trade Representative proposes big fees [...]
Air freight disruption and delays are happening in the U.S. and Canada because of winter storms and a Delta Airlines crash that happened at the Toronto airport last week. Eric Kulisch reports in [...]
Today's blog will answer questions about President Trump's tariffs in regards to China, Vietnam, and Indonesia. But first, an introduction... It's almost old news that the trade war with China [...]
There's been a criminal organization infilitrating the Port of Los Angeles. Its illegal operations have included stealing chassis from the port, refurbishing them, and selling them as new. [...]
Drama over the Panama Canal is escalating. Find out about all the drama by reading this full post in Universal Cargo's blog.
Those importing from Asia, China in particular, will see a dip in capacity from carriers here in February, according to maritime intelligence company eeSea. Blame is falling on carrier alliance [...]
25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada were supposed to hit today from an executive order by President Trump. However, President Trump put a pause on those tariffs. Find out all about it [...]
Is the U.S. going to take the Panama Canal back from Panama? President Trump has spoken on the topic at both his inauguration and a pre-inauguration media session a couple weeks ago at [...]
“China’s so-called ‘socialist market economy’ has evolved and turned decidedly predatory in nature" and "With China’s strong embrace of predatory behavior, it is apparent that the US strategy [...]
Is it over? We may have finally reached the end of the crisis in the Red Sea. Iran-backed Houthi rebels have been attacking ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden for over a year. It's caused [...]
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) updated its list of "Chinese military companies" for 2025 and added China Cosco Shipping Corporation Limited, which we usually just refer to as Cosco or COSCO [...]
International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) President Harold Daggett credited President Trump as "key to the union negotiating [Wednesday's] landmark agreement" that prevented a second ILA [...]
With only about a week before a new International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) strike could shut down East and Gulf Coast ports, the ILA returns to the negotiation table with the United [...]
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 [...]
