Sixteen cruise ships carrying nearly 30,000 total estimated passengers are scheduled to stop at the Port of Astoria in 2014. “It’s serious money to our community,” said Bruce Conner, who uses the Cruise Lines International...
Read MoreThe Spanish-led construction consortium leading the expansion of the Panama Canal has formally extended its deadline for a work stoppage until Feb. 1 while it negotiates a $1.6 billion cost overrun with the canal administrator....
Read MoreWorkers say the government gives military support to private concessionaire’s strikebreakers It’s been nearly two weeks that ports across Chile have been paralyzed over a demand for back pay. HispanTV was in San Antonio, the...
Read More[English translation available here] Trabajadores: “Gobierno da apoyo militar a los rompehuelgas de las concesionarias privadas” Casi dos semanas lleva la paralización portuaria en todo Chile, en demanda del pago...
Read MoreAn Auckland port worker is in intensive care after he fell from a container ship. The Maritime Union says the stevedore was on the bow of a ship docked at the Waitemata Harbour port when the accident happened at about 8pm on...
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