[ENGLISH SUMMARY: Port workers in San Antonio, Chile, stopped work after talks broke down over pay for meal breaks. The local president of the Union of Dock Workers (FTP), Sergio Vargas, said, “If someone wants to force us...
Read MoreNicaragua’s government says the construction of the nation’s inter-ocean canal will start a year later than planned because the waterway’s path has yet to be defined. The president of the canal authority,...
Read MorePorts operator DP World will focus on expanding its presence in emerging markets in 2014 but is it unlikely to dilute holdings in assets as it did in 2012, according to an industry analyst. In 2012 DP World Australia, in which...
Read MoreShippers are concerned that the P3 Alliance of Maersk Line, CMA CGM, and MSC could end up hurting competition and pushing their costs up, Chris Welsh, secretary general of the Global Shippers Forum (GSF), told industry news site...
Read MoreSeven shipping lines are now calling at the Port of Everett. Austral Asia Line, a subsidiary of Schoeller Holdings, in November celebrated the inaugural call of its new liner service at the Port of Everett. The company, also...
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