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Tuesday, December 3, 2024
ILA picketers wearing orange safety shirts and carrying ILA signs with port cranes in the background
Ports

ILA-USMX Port Automation Dispute Intensifies as January Deadline Looms

The clock is ticking toward a potential labor showdown that threatens to trigger another strike at East and Gulf Coast ports next month. The International

December 3, 2024
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Saturday, November 2, 2024
photo of vancouver canada with ships anchored in the distance
Ports

Vancouver Port Faces Lockout Showdown: Grain Exports Safe, But Trade Tensions Rise

By Ed White WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Port of Vancouver foremen will be locked out on Monday unless they scrap a proposed strike, employers at

November 2, 2024
Total Views: 971

Monday, September 30, 2024
Port of Montreal
Ports

Montreal Port Workers Begin Three-Day Strike at Container Terminals

Sept 30 (Reuters) – Unionized workers have begun a three-day strike at two terminals of the port of Montreal as talks over a new contract are yet

September 30, 2024
Total Views: 1702

Friday, September 27, 2024
The CMA CGM Marco Polo, an Explorer class container ship crosses under the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, to enter New York Harbor as seen from Brooklyn, New York, U.S., May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Shipping

Container Shipping Lines Fear Port Strike Will Paralyze Half of U.S. Trade

(Bloomberg) — The world’s top container carrier is urging customers to move US cargo through East and Gulf Coast ports before the planned start on

September 27, 2024
Total Views: 3187

Monday, August 26, 2024
Container terminal at Mumbai Port, India
Ports

Indian Port Unions, Officials to Meet in Attempt to Avert Strike

(Bloomberg) — Union representatives from India’s state-run ports are expected to meet government officials on Tuesday in a last-ditch attempt to stave

August 26, 2024
Total Views: 1035

Thursday, August 15, 2024
The Port of Savannah's Garden City Terminal courtesy Georgia Ports Authority
News

Possible U.S. Port Strike Could Back Up Goods for Months

LOS ANGELES, Aug 14 (Reuters) – A potential strike at U.S. seaports on the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico could back up cargo there for weeks or

August 15, 2024
Total Views: 1905

Monday, July 8, 2024
anoramic view city of Vancouver with the container port terminal and freight station with trains, oil-cars, tank-cars
News

Canada’s West Coast Port Strike Averted After Board Order

OTTAWA, July 8 (Reuters) – A strike planned for Monday by ship and dock foremen at west Canadian ports has been called off after the country’s

July 8, 2024
Total Views: 1048

Tuesday, September 5, 2023
An undated handout photo of the Gorgon LNG project located in Western Australia.
Offshore

Chevron Seeks to Head Off LNG Strikes as Clock Ticks Down

(Bloomberg) — Chevron Corp. liquefied natural gas workers in Australia threatened two weeks of 24-hour rolling outages at two major export plants from

September 5, 2023
Total Views: 1156

Friday, August 25, 2023
An LNG carrier at night
Shipping

Australian LNG Strike Threat Eases as Woodside Unions Endorse Offer

By Stephen Stapczynski and Ruth Liao (Bloomberg) — Liquefied natural gas unions in Australia endorsed an in-principle offer from Woodside Energy Group

August 25, 2023
Total Views: 964

Saturday, March 18, 2023
LNG Activities Resume At Dunkirk Terminal In France
Shipping

LNG Activities Resume At Dunkirk Terminal In France

PARIS,(Reuters) – Disruption at Fluxys’s FLUX.BR liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Dunkirk, northern France, ended on Friday morning, a

March 18, 2023
Total Views: 1704

Monday, January 9, 2023
Labor Disruptions at World’s Ports Quadrupled in 2022 as Discontent Grows
Shipping

Labor Disruptions at World’s Ports Quadrupled in 2022 as Discontent Grows

By Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — Labor unrest took an unusually heavy toll on ports around the world last year, and the outlook for continued economic

January 9, 2023
Total Views: 1198

Friday, July 29, 2022
Dock Strikes and Shippers Seeking Rate Renegotiations Add Pressure on Carriers
Shipping

Dock Strikes and Shippers Seeking Rate Renegotiations Add Pressure on Carriers

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The threat of dock strikes at Felixstowe and Liverpool next month, together with the potential resumption of

July 29, 2022
Total Views: 830

Sunday, July 24, 2022
World’s Key Workers Threaten To Hit Economy Where It Will Hurt
Shipping

World’s Key Workers Threaten To Hit Economy Where It Will Hurt

By Augusta Saraiva and Bryce Baschuk Jul 24, 2022 (Bloomberg) –The pandemic has put unprecedented strain on global supply chains -– and also

July 24, 2022
Total Views: 3724

Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Grain Port Worker Strike Delays Ships in Argentina
Ports

Grain Port Worker Strike Delays Ships in Argentina

By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES, Nov 11 (Reuters) – The loading of five cargo ships in different grains ports in Argentina has been stalled for days due

November 11, 2020
Total Views: 407

Thursday, May 30, 2019
port vancouver
Shipping News

Port of Vancouver Avoids Disruption as Longshoremen Reach Deal

By Rod Nickel and Kelsey Johnson WINNIPEG, Manitoba/OTTAWA, May 30 (Reuters) – A lockout of longshore workers at Canada’s biggest port, the Port of

May 30, 2019
Total Views: 27

Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Port of Durban south africa.File photo: Shutterstock/michaeljung
Shipping News

South Africa Transport Workers Threaten “Total Shutdown” from Thursday

CAPE TOWN, May 28 (Reuters) – South Africa’s transport workers union Satawu threatened a “total shutdown” at major ports across the

May 28, 2019
Total Views: 28

Thursday, February 14, 2019
ship at sunset
Shipping News

Finnish Seafarers Threaten to Strike From March 1

HELSINKI, Feb 14 (Reuters) – The Finnish Seafarers’ Union threatened on Thursday it would call its members out on strike from March 1, stopping all

February 14, 2019
Total Views: 22

Monday, August 7, 2017
jakarta port
News

Citing National Interests, Jakarta Port Workers End Strike Early

JAKARTA, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Workers at one of the operators of Indonesia’s busiest ports ended their strike on Monday, sooner than planned, out of

August 7, 2017
Total Views: 62

Friday, August 4, 2017
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Ports

Jakarta Port Strike Hits Biggest Terminal Operator

JAKARTA, Aug 4 (Reuters) – More than 600 workers at Jakarta’s Tanjung Priok port have gone on strike and could extend the action until Aug. 10,

August 4, 2017
Total Views: 105
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