With just over a week to go before some 45,000 dockers at ports on the East and Gulf Coast are due to launch what would be a devastating strike, informed sources cited in media outlets have indicated that negotiations between the U.S. Maritime Alliance ((USMX) and the International Longshoremen’s Association are set to resume tomorrow. […]
CN has announced plans to build a new intermodal terminal in the Chicago area to meet growing demand for consumer goods in the Midwest. Its location would be near the communities of Minooka and Channahon in Grundy County, Illinois. To seek community acceptance, the railway will host a public open house on Jan. 14, from
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The MSC Shannon containership was the first ocean vessel to arrive in the territorial waters of the Port of Montreal at Sorel at 1.07 am on January 1. And in keeping with a tradition that goes back 186 years, Julie Gascon, President and CEO of the Montreal Port Authority, presented the Gold-headed Cane award to
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St. Catharines, ON – After taking on water and partially sinking earlier this week, the Theodore TOO was re-floated Thursday afternoon, reported Breakwater Financial, the replica tugboat’s owners. “Today, Theodore TOO was safely righted and refloated,” the owners said. “We still have a lot of work to do, but with that being said, we want
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By Leo Ryan, Editor The Jones Act, the longest-surviving protectionist legislation in the industrialized world, looks guaranteed of continuing support from the White Office once President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20. This, at least, seems the logical conclusion to draw after he shared this week on his Truth Social platform an article published
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With a month left in his mandate before Donald Trump moves into the White House, U.S. President Joe Biden has taken a significant step towards strengthening global marine protection by transmitting the High Seas Treaty to the Senate for ratification. Known as the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas
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The World Shipping Council (WSC) Board of Directors has elected Soren Toft, CEO of MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, as the new Chair of the World Shipping Council Board. Randy Chen, Vice Chairman of Wan Hai Lines, has been elected Vice Chair. Soren Toft and Randy Chen will serve a two-year term, effective immediately. The new
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Canadian Pacific Kansas City announced it has completed construction of the new international railway bridge span over the Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas, to Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. “Completion of this internationally important project more than doubles our capacity to move freight through the border at the largest international trade port of entry in North
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The California State Lands Commission and the ports of Long Beach and Humboldt have announced an agreement to advance floating offshore wind energy development off the California coast, through a comprehensive framework founded on coordination and collaboration to facilitate critical port infrastructure upgrades needed to support offshore wind. Offshore wind energy is poised to transform the way
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