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Panama Canal signs first East Coast agreement

Panama Canal meets Alabama: Executives plan to increase shipping from Asia to the East Coast, bypassing West Coast ports.

Panama Canal and Alabama port executives have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly help foster commercial activity between the two entities … and help boost trade along the increasingly important “All-Water Route,” the [...]

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Overcapacity to Last Years, says OOCL Chief

OOIL Group Chairman CC Tung said Tuesday that it could take three to four years before the container industry works its way out of the glut of vessel capacity that hangs over the market.

“We are pleased to see that after a very tough year for the container shipping industry in 2009, demand seems to [...]

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Estimado Presidente Barack Obama: Salvemos la democracia, salvemos SINTRAJAP

22 de abril de 2010

Honorable Sr. Barack Obama Presidente de los Estados Unidos de América La Casa Blanca 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500

Sr. Presidente Obama:

Me tomo la libertad de dirigirme a usted sobre un asunto que es motivo de gran inquietud para el Sindicato Internacional de Trabajadores Portuarios y Almacenistas (ILWU) [...]

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