Many returned to work yesterday (February 10th) in China after the Spring Festival Holiday (Chinese New Year) shutdown was extended by the novel coronavirus that quickly spread from its epicenter [...]
This post could be thought of as an update to both last week's post about how the coronavirus is affecting international trade with China and our three part series going through the Phase One [...]
Though it seemed overshadowed in media coverage by shiny Nancy Pelosi pens, last week was a big news week for international trade. On Wednesday, January 15th, President Trump and China's chief [...]
Growing businesses are continuously looking for ways to lower costs and streamline operations while reaching a wider market base. With the rapid expansion of global commerce, savvy businesses [...]
Being able to source high-quality, affordable products to sell to your customers is the lifeblood of all commerce. Without the ability to source products from a variety of reputable suppliers, [...]
This is a guest post by Jeremy Raynolds. In December 2018, we reached a new record level of carbon dioxide emissions. The global CO2 emissions for 2019 are still not in, but one thing is [...]
This is a guest post by Phil Edwards. Note from the editor: While this article is not directly about international shipping itself, as most of our posts are, global packaging trends affect [...]
This is a guest post by Cory Levins. A marathon runner might run a great race, but if they fall behind in the final lap, competitors can often overtake them. For companies who are determined [...]
There's good news for U.S. retailers and shippers who import from China, and probably U.S. consumers too, as they prepare for the 2019 holiday season. Many, many items from list 4 of the Section [...]
This is a guest post by Keith Coppersmith.
Even though your brand and your supply chain seem like two completely unrelated aspects of your business, they are in fact two inextricable [...]
As expected, China retaliated against the U.S. for the tariffs hike President Trump ordered on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. China announced its plan for tariff increases on $60 billion [...]
One of the biggest issues of our time is global warming. The ocean freight sector of the international shipping industry, in particular, faces an incredible challenge of reducing its greenhouse [...]
Growing your business to the global market is the single most important step you can ever make as a business owner or manager. I mean, globalization enables you to tap [...]
Many shippers are concerned, and rightfully so, about how the partial government shutdown will affect their international shipping.
You probably already know the standoff between [...]
Want to have an article you've written published in Universal Cargo's blog? This post will help you achieve that goal.
After spending years building our blog into a recognized, [...]
This is a guest post by Dakota Murphy
Note from the editor: While this article breaks from Universal Cargo's traditional international shipping fare, it is still relevant for most of [...]
Right now, shipping containers are being used to violate the basic human rights of thousands of people.
We've posted before about uses of shipping containers for purposes other than [...]
At Universal Cargo, we're always happy to provide shipping quotes; however, today's quotes are of a completely different kind than we normally dispense.
Instead of freight rate [...]
For those of you who don't know, Universal Cargo's CEO Devin Burke and President Shirley Burke have a son who is a pro golfer. Micah Burke, who put off joining the family shipping business to [...]