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Southern California ports intend to win back business
Ports on the West Coast have lost significant chunks of their usual business following unprecedented backlog and work… Read more
As Panama and Suez Canal projects near completion, the former recaptures lost traffic
Briefly, in late 2014, the Panama Canal ceded some of its control over the all-water shipping route between… Read more
IATA study: Air freight growth rates continue slowdown
The global air freight growth rate continued slowing down through May 2015.
Effects of West Coast congestion force shippers to consider options
Unprecedented port congestion during the lengthy negotiations between West Cost shipping managers and union members certainly did its… Read more
Panama Canal expansion set to alter U.S. coastal power balance
The Panama Canal will soon be large enough to host post-Panamax ships, and that change could be enough… Read more
Suez Canal expansion set to be completed soon
The largest expansion project in the Suez Canal's history has a completion deadline.
PMA-ILWU contract ratified, but ports not out of the woods yet
Although the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) settled on contract terms months… Read more
Senate overwhelmingly passes GSP
In a vote of 97 in favor and only one against, the U.S. Senate voted to reauthorize Generalized… Read more
High volume, swift traffic at Port of Montreal last year
In the United States, what many consider to be the hub of the world's trading ports, contract negotiations… Read more
Backlog gradually clearing along West Coast as vote looms
Three months removed from a tentative contractual agreement between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore… Read more