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Most of us don’t like to be behind big-rig trucks on the road. Okay, maybe I’m projecting. I don’t like being stuck behind a big-rig truck; however, I want to see more truck [...]

I’ll miss you, P3 Network, if only for your ability to give me a dependable topic to write blogs about (the P3 Network was prominently featured in at least 10 blogs here on the UCM [...]

The ILA and USMX will be meeting again before the contract ends and an ILA strike shuts down East Coast and Gulf ports. Merry Christmas! Well, it’s not as good of a Christmas gift as the ILA and [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

It's almost like the old firing/quitting cliché, eh, Canada? "You can't go on strike; you're locked out!" "You can't lock me out; I'm going on strike!" Sorry. That would almost be funny if the [...]

It's been over two weeks since the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) abruptly cancelled contract negotiations on the day they were to finally resume. There has been no sign of the [...]

Yang Ming is one of the world's major ocean freight carriers. It's Taiwan's second largest ocean carrier. It's the 10th largest ocean freight carrier in the world. According to a Journal of [...]

A couple weeks ago, I posted an article about what AI "thinks" about international shipping. It contained a "conversation" I had with AI, where I asked it questions about international shipping. [...]

Time is ticking... All the way back in November, the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) warned its members to prepare for a strike in October of this year. ILA's contract, which [...]

Big changes are happening in the international shipping landscape, or waterscape (?), as the 2M, Ocean, and THE carrier alliances are reshuffling. These three carrier alliances, tying all of [...]

Anti-Israel, Iranian-backed Houthi rebel attacks on container ships in the Red Sea. Freight rates spiking. Cargo delays. That's what has dominated international shipping news over the last few [...]

This is a guest post by Dylan Jacobson. Container ships are the unsung heroes of global trade, transforming the movement of goods worldwide. Their role is vital, as these colossal vessels serve [...]

Panama's drought, affecting the water level of the Panama Canal, continued in October. According to the Weather Channel, "The driest October since at least 1950 has left the Panama Canal with too [...]

We’re still only beginning to see how the recent and ongoing changes to U.S. shipping law will affect businesses’ imports and exports as well as carriers’ and other industry stakeholders’ [...]

Chain reaction. Noun. A series of events where one event causes another, then another, and so on. Example: there's a drought happening in Panama. The drought lowers the water level of Gatun Lake. [...]

The International Longshore & Warehouse Union Canada (ILWU Canada) strike ended with a tentative deal last week. Chris Helgren reported in Reuters: "Dock workers at ports along Canada's Pacific [...]

Both the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) said they will not work containerships diverted to U.S. ports because of the ILWU [...]

As always, we here at Universal Cargo are keeping an eye on international shipping news, so you don't have to. Two big items in shipping news right now are the upcoming peak season and the fight [...]