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How long will the log boom in Coos Bay last? A Jones Stevedoring rep said, "Fifty years, or it could be months." ILWU Local 12 President Marvin Caldera put his guess at five years. Last summer, the Paul Bunyan was the first log ship in five years China-bound from Coos Bay.The number [...]  A federal court in Puerto Rico agreed to reduce Horizon Lines’ $45 million fine for antitrust violations to $15 million, an action Horizon said lifts the threat that the company will default on its bonds next month. The Justice Department requested the reduced fine this week, saying the lower penalty was needed to save Horizon [...] A new era of stability and openness to women working at Canada’s west coast ports will be ushered in by the new agreement between the International Longshore Warehouse Union Canada and the BC Maritime Employers Association that has received wide support by ILWU Canada members. “Collective bargaining is alive and working well at Pacific Gateway [...] China Cosco said it expects a 32 percent drop in dry-bulk traffic this year. China Cosco Holdings Co., Asia’s largest shipping line by market value, reported … a net loss of 503 million yuan ($77 million). “There are too many ships and too much capacity,” said Johnson Leung, head of regional transport at Jefferies [...] Click on the image above to watch video footage from Chile. Dockworker Jose Lillo said: “In the morning when we came in for our shift, customs officials came to give us an information session and that is when we found out that there were cars that were suspected of having radioactivity.” The [...] |
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