US RETAIL IMPORTS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 2022 U.S. ports are seeing a rise in import cargo volume after a near three-year low in February, according to the Global Port Tracker report released on Monday by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. However, the report also forecasts that import volumes will remain well below …
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CROWLEY TO LAUNCH NEW OCEAN-RAIL SERVICE CONNECTING MEXICO, U.S. MIDWEST, AND CANADA US-based maritime and logistics solutions provider Crowley is set to introduce an integrated ocean and rail service linking Mexico, the U.S. Midwest, and Canada. The new service will incorporate Crowley’s new ocean route in the Gulf of Mexico and capitalize on the highly …
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PORTS OF SINGAPORE, LONG BEACH, AND LOS ANGELES SIGN GREEN SHIPPING CORRIDOR PACT The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), Port of Long Beach, and Port of Los Angeles, along with support from C40 Cities, signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a green and digital shipping corridor. The purpose of the corridor is …
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SUPREME COURT RULES IN NJ’S FAVOR OVER EXIT FROM PORT WATCHDOG AGENCY New Jersey will be able to take over policing of longshore workers at its container facilities after the US Supreme Court ruled the state can exit a 70-year-old compact with New York that established a bistate police force to oversee labour at their …
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ILWU ACTION SHUTS DOWN US WEST COAST GIANT CONTAINER PORTS International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), a labour union which primarily represents dock workers on the West Coast of the United States, Hawaii, and in British Columbia, Canada, has taken a concerted action to withhold labour at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, …
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NWSA TERMINALS, AG EXPORTERS IN TALKS TO ENSURE EFFICIENT CARGO FLOW Marine terminals at the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) of Seattle and Tacoma are looking to adjust their receiving hours and gate closures to better accommodate the handling of Asia-bound cargo for agricultural exporters who are facing declining backhaul vessel capacity amid falling import volumes. …
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US AG EXPORTERS FEEL PINCH OF WORK SHIFT CUTS AT WEST COAST TERMINALS Marine terminal operators on the US West Coast are cancelling at least one work shift per week because of declining cargo volumes that are linked directly to the impasse in contract negotiations between employers and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). Longshore …
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ILWU JOB ACTION CAUSING TERMINAL GATE DELAYS IN LOS ANGELES-LONG BEACH: PMA “Significant delays” have hit some marine terminals at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach since the middle of last week PMA, which represents terminal employers in the talks that have dragged on for more than 10 months, said longshore workers represented …
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WAN HAI FACES $950,000 FINE UNDER REVISED FMC SETTLEMENT OVER DETENTION CHARGES Ocean carrier Wan Hai would pay a $950,000 fine under a proposed settlement involving claims it wrongfully charged US shippers detention penalties on 21 occasions in the spring of 2021, according to a revised agreement submitted to the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC). The …
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TRUCKER GROUP OPPOSES BIDEN’S LABOUR SECRETARY PICK OVER AB5 SUPPORT A trucker group has come out against the White House’s secretary of labour because of her support of the controversial California worker classification legislation AB5 while she was the state’s labour chief. “Make no mistake, if were to advance the same policies that they championed in …
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