The construction deal will reportedly be divided between Nihon Shipyard, a joint venture between Japan Marine United Corporation and Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI).

For every day that the strike goes on, supply chains will need an additional three to five days to recover, the Railway Association of Canada estimates.

The BCMEA introduced a revised proposal aimed at resolving skilled trade shortages while also addressing ILWU Canada’s hope to expand its jurisdiction over regular terminal maintenance workers.

The International Maritime Organization's initially unclear target date implies a divide within the ocean shipping sector on net-zero emission goals, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The stance signals a tougher line for negotiations covering ports from Texas to Maine, as West Coast dockworkers prepare to vote on a tentative agreement.

Less-than-containerload (LCL) shipping has played a key role in ocean services for decades, but it gained even greater prominence during the pandemic.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada “has run out of options at the bargaining table,” it said in a June 28 statement on its website.

Importers that struggled with tight carrier capacity and soaring freight rates during the COVID-19 pandemic are finally seeing some relief on the service side.

The new feature eliminates the need for a lengthy letter of authorization process as well as separate transactions for ocean and rail freight tracking.

Shipowners and charterers are adjusting operations to meet the lighter-load requirements, and weighing the costs of routing shipments elsewhere.