October 3, 2024
A major union for U.S. dockworkers and the United States Maritime Alliance agreed on Thursday to a tentative deal on wages and have extended their existing contract through Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract.
October 1, 2024
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks.
October 1, 2024
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said during a 1 p.m. ET call with the trade today that its operations in the ports of entry impacted by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) East-Gulf Coast port work stoppage are “open for business.”
September 27, 2024
Two major terminals at Montreal Port operated by Terminal Termont Inc. will close next week as unionized dockworkers prepare for a three-day strike starting Sept. 30.
September 4, 2024
BMSB seasonal measures will apply to targeted goods manufactured in or shipped from target risk countries, that have been shipped between 1 September and 30 April (inclusive), and to vessels that berth, load, or tranship from target risk countries within the same period
August 27, 2024
Nearly 20,000 workers across major Indian ports, who had threatened to go on an indefinite strike from Wednesday, called off their walkout late on Tuesday, after agreeing to a new five-year deal.
August 22, 2024
The Canadian government will announce soon how it plans to tackle a nationwide freight rail stoppage, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday, stressing the need for a quick solution.
August 19, 2024
For the second time in approximately a month, one of CMA CGM’s large containerships, the newly inaugurated CMA CMG Belem (13,000 TEU) has lost boxes overboard in storms off South Africa. Industry observers had noted that the large boxships would encounter difficult weather on the Cape of Good Hope route as they divert from the normal routing through the Red Sea.
August 15, 2024
PSA BDP, a leading global logistics and supply chain solutions provider, has launched its new Carbon Dashboard data service today. This innovative platform equips shippers with a tool to measure their freight carbon emissions accurately using an industry-leading methodology and enables them to achieve their sustainability targets more effectively.
August 9, 2024
Taiwanese shipping firm Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp said one of its cargo ships caught fire on Friday at China's Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, one of the world's busiest.