Dock workers in Philadelphia, New York and New Jersey walked off the job yesterday to protest plans by Del Monte Fresh Produce Co. to move its operations [to Gloucester Terminal], which would result in a loss of union jobs. Both...
Read MoreNext year’s calendar already has 57 ships planning to dock in San Francisco, port officials say. That would be a 39 percent increase from this year. … The revival is part of a broader recovery for the industry. Some of the...
Read MoreLongshoremen remain on strike at ports in New York and New Jersey despite a judge ordering them back to work. Twelve ships waited to be unloaded in the local ports including one at the New York Container Terminal on Staten...
Read MoreContainerization may have cut the number of longshoremen on the waterfront, but union dockworkers issued a stinging reminder of their importance to the shipping trade with a wildcat strike Tuesday that shut down the Port of New...
Read MoreTWO small west coast Canadian cities are vying to become key players for China’s North American logistic needs. Over the past few years under the Asia Pacific Gateway and Corridor program, a US$2.8 billion initiative...
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