THE Port of Montreal is back in business after longshore workers and employers agreed to a seven-month truce that will end an 11-day strike that had...
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Port of Montreal reopens after strike truce - Home Depot to opens three distribution centres near Atlanta
BIG BOX retailer Home Depot to has announced that it will open three distribution centres in Georgia over the next 18 months to support the growing...
- HK's appetite for scallops satisfied by charter services from Japan
DHL Global Forwarding (GH) has launched a thrice-weekly charter service from Chitose in Japan to Hong Kong in order to serve scallop producers in the...
- Ship operators spending more on Covid measures for crewing sector
IMPORTANT measures taken by ship operators to ensure the safety of seafarers around the globe are proving costly as well as tricky, warns Henrik...
- World faces food shortages if extreme weather ruins harvests amid Covid-19
SUPPLY chains that produce and transport the world's food are being squeezed amid the coronavirus pandemic
- CEVA Logistics flies urgently needed medical gear to UK hospitals
CEVA Logistics has brought in shipments bound for the UK's National Health Service (NHS) on a specialist flight from Shanghai to London in...
- HMM ends 2M link, now to inject 100,000 TEU capacity to new VSA
HYUNDAI Merchant Marine (HMM) is to take back nine ships that Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) sub-chartered in March 2017 as...
- Covid-19 outbreak could delay annual ocean shipping contracts
WITH the fallout from the Chinese factory shutdown, unknown consumer demand effects from the coronavirus, volatile fuel costs due to the IMO 2020...
- CMA CGM liftings up in 2019, but ends up with a net deficit of US$229m
FRENCH shipping giant CMA CGM Group has posted a net loss of US$229 million for 2019, compared with a profit of $34 million in 2018
- Zimbabwe ends ban on genetically modified corn imports to avoid famine
ZIMBABWE has removed a ban on the import of genetically modified corn for the first time in 12 years as countries in southern African take steps to...
- US Postal Service ends delivery guarantee for mainland, HK express
THE US Postal Service has suspended the delivery guarantee on Priority Mail Express International shipments destined for China and Hong Kong,...
- WorldACD's December data ends year with 1.7pc fall in cargo volume
THERE is little to cheer about in the WorldACD (Air Cargo Data) report about the impact of 2019's challenging political economic conditions...
- UP ends Oakland service to Kansas City, St Louis and Marion, Arkansas
THE US class 1 railway Union Pacific Railroad has discontinued their service from Oakland to Kansas City, Missouri; St Louis' Dupo terminal and...
- Port of Virginia ends 2019 on high with record box throughput of 2.9m TEU
THE US port of Virginia handled a record-breaking 2
- New Silk rail route may yet surpass Maritime Silk Road in importance
PUBLIC discussion surrounding the New Silk Road rail route has become more focused since it may serve as a 'high-speed internet for the transport...
- South Carolina Ports ends 2019 well, having lifted 2.25 million TEU
SOUTH Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) experienced steady growth across multiple business segments in 2019, handling 2
- Box shipping ends year on a high with contracted rates up
XENETA says that the year has ended on a high note for container shipping lines despite the lack of sulphur surcharge transparency stoking market...
- LATAM ends deal with American and codeshares with Delta
SOUTH American carrier LATAM Airlines Group has signed new codeshare agreements with pending-equity owner Delta Air Lines as the Santiago-based...
- FAA ends old practice of letting Boeing judge quality of its own work
SMARTING from criticism that allowed Boeing personnel to conduct safety checks for which the Federal Aviation Administration was responsible, the US...
- Canadian National Railway strike ends, membership still to ratify deal
THE weeklong Canadian National Railway strike that halted shipments across Canada and into the United States, is over, reports Bloomberg