Workers at six grain terminals in Metro Vancouver walked off their jobs early today in a strike that will have what Canadian grain growers termed a “devastating” impact on the industry. More than 600 workers represented by Grain Workers Union Local 333 headed to the picket lines after negotiations collapsed with the Vancouver Terminal Elevators […]
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The U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX), which represents employers at U.S. East and Gulf ports, issued a statement today expressing regret that the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) refuses to meet to revive negotiations for a collective agreement set to expire on September 30th. Determined to notably counter the automaton of their jobs, about 45,000 dockworkers are
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Newfoundland and Labrador’s Port of Argentia has secured a significant contract to receive and store offshore wind turbine blades. These blades will be stored at a secure compound at Argentia and eventually transported and installed at Eastern United States offshore wind farms. The arrangement with Scan Global Logistics, a global transportation and logistics company headquartered in
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France’s CMA CGM shipping and logistics group has announced a significant expansion of its operations in South America with the signing a definitive agreement to acquire a 48% stake in Brazil’s leading terminal operator, Santos Brasil Participações S/A. “I am pleased that the CMA CGM Group has concluded this strategic agreement for the acquisition of
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The Amsterdam-based Spliethoff Group announced today it has acquired a majority interest in ForestWave, adding a seventh business unit to its large portfolio and expanding its fleet of commercially-operated vessels to 147. Effective September 30, the transaction at an undisclosed price creates a multi-purpose shipping giant. On behalf of the Executive Board of Spliethoff Group,
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Cuxhaven – MV BBC LEER, the first newbuilding of the “LakerMax”-series of fifteen DWT 13,000 multipurpose triple deckers, has made its first call at a German port, discharging a full load of windmill blades from Mexico. After its delivery from Taizhou Sanfu Heavy Industry, China the vessel had sailed on its maiden voyage from Nantong
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