ILWU Canada said that it did not believe the recommendations proposed by mediators would sufficiently protect port workers’ jobs now or in the future.

A spokesperson said Russia would be suspending the Black Sea Grain Initiative until the country’s demands to export its goods to the rest of the world are met.

When water levels fall, it threatens to choke shipping on the waterways and raise transportation costs. 

The strike at ports that handle about a quarter of Canada’s total traded goods reduced arrivals of container ships and diverted vessels to U.S. facilities.

Labor disruptions during the first half of 2023 — which included strikes, layoffs and labor protests — grew by 136% year-on-year.

The biomass of bigeye, skipjack and yellowfin tuna species will increase by an average of 21% by mid-century in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a region targeted for deep-sea mining.

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 attackers reportedly torched five vehicles July 10 on the N4 highway that links the commercial hub of Gauteng to the Port of Maputo in neighboring Mozambique.

Between January 2021 and December 2022, 102 allegations of abuse were linked to Chinese companies’ overseas investments in the transition minerals sector

Vancouver, Canada’s busiest container port, and Prince Rupert together handle about $270 billion in trade annually.