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Sundet blasts Port of Portland's plan to make $4.7 million payment to ICTSI

From the Oregonian:

The Port of Portland proposes to pay as much as $4.7 million to the operator of its container terminal to cover losses from longshore labor problems, though the Port boss calls it “a complete waste” and a longshore union leader describes it as an abuse of public funds.

But Port managers [...]

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Commodity Carrier Rates Plunge as Glut Overwhelms Cargo Supply

Daily rates for Panamax vessels, that typically haul coal and grains, plunged to the lowest in more than eight weeks as a glut of ships swamps the number of cargoes available for loading.

Returns for Panamaxes, the largest size able to navigate the Panama Canal, lost 2.2 percent, sliding to $7,096 a day, the lowest [...]

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