The Port of Los Angeles handled 779,140 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units during May 2023, a 60% increase when compared to February 2023.

HMM's FIL port rotation now includes Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Jakarta, Singapore, Kattupalli, Santos, Paranaguá, Itapoá, Navegantes, Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Hong Kong.

President Joe Biden, in a statement released the evening of June 14, hailed the tentative agreement as proof that “collective bargaining works."

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union agreed to a new, six-year collective bargaining contract with the Pacific Maritime Association on June 14, 2023.

Over 99% of ILWU Canada members voted in favor of strike actions with the earliest possible start date reportedly being June 24, 2023.

Acting Labor secretary Julie Su is reportedly encouraging the union and port managers “to stay at the table and reach an agreement."

“We urge you to appoint an independent mediator to help the parties reach a voluntary agreement,” wrote Chamber president Suzanne Clark in a June 9 letter to President Biden.

The union decided to stage “concerted and disruptive work actions” after labor relations reportedly deteriorated between dockworkers and port managers during the week of June 2.

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency said it was investigating if the barge was involved in the looting of two WWII British shipwrecks in the South China Sea.

Most of the cancellations, which come on the busiest day for U.K. air travel since 2019, are for European and domestic flights.