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Day: November 17, 2009

Strike costs Farstad Shipping $4 million

Farstad Shipping can expect to lose up to $4 million in revenue as a result of a 48-hour stop work plan by the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA). “The Maritime Union of Australia has chosen direct action instead of voluntary...

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Tide may be changing at Port of L.A.

Exports were up at the Port of Los Angeles in October for the first time this year, as Chinese consumers led a drive to buy U.S. products and factories stocked up on raw materials. … These glimmers of hope at the...

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Figures confirm dismal year at Port of Tacoma

This year, the port’s container volume – the bulk of the organization’s business – is down 16 percent to 1.2 million TEUs or twenty-foot-equivalent units, the standard measure of a container. The number of imported cars and...

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