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  The month-long labour conflict at British Columbia’s ports may be finally ending following a late night breakthrough on Sunday announcing a new (and third) tentative collective agreement between the docker union and maritime employers. In a joint statement, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada and the BC Maritime Employers Association said the new

  In a development that took industry observers by surprise, the Montreal Port Authority (MPA) today announced that its President and CEO, Martin Imbleau, will be stepping down on September 8, 2023, to take on a new challenge.  He had occupied the post at Canada’s second biggest port since January 2021, succeeding Sylvie Vachon. A separate

  Virtually defying their union bargaining team’s recommendation, more than 7,400 dockers in British Columbia have rejected a mediated offer from maritime employers on July 24 for a new four-year collective agreement. The move sparks revived uncertainty for Canadian supply chains and the key ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert which had just begun to

  CN rail service which provides the Port of Halifax with a vital link to the rest of Canada and US Midwest markets has been restored nearly a week after being cut off by devastating floods in Nova Scotia. “We continue to work closely with PSA Halifax and CN to efficiently resume moving cargo by

  The UK and France this week unveiled a new charter calling for broader protections in the global shipping industry for seafarers. The voluntary program had already received commitments from four major operators – DFDS Ferries, Condor Ferries, Brittany Ferries, and Stena. The UK government had previously promised to take a series of measures following

  The Dutch Coast Guard has been leading crew rescue efforts after a car carrier caught fire off the northern coast of The Netherlands around midnight yesterday. As 23 seafarers were evacuated, latest reports indicate one crewmember was killed and several others injured and taken to hospitals in the Netherlands. The distressed vessel is the Fremantle

  The Panama Canal Authority is reducing daily vessel transits to help conserve water due to an ongoing drought. Effective July 30, the daily transit capacity of the international waterway will be adjusted to an average of 32 ocean-going vessels per day, with 10 vessels in the Neopanamax locks and 22 vessels in the Panamax