FMCS, Cabinet Secretaries Played Key Roles SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 20, 2015) – The Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union today announced a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract...
Read MoreFrom The Loadstar: Aggressive scrapping, a dearth of newbuilds and port congestion has given the Panamax containership sector a welcome boost and pushed daily charter rates to their highest level in four years. Meanwhile, the...
Read MoreFrom the Maritime Union of Australia: Port privatisation will short-change Territorians and result in job losses, according to the Maritime Union of Australia. MUA Northern Territory Branch Secretary Thomas Mayor urged Adam...
Read MoreCiting safety concerns, Conapra, the Brazilian national pilots association, is pressing the Brazilian Navy to restrict longer and wider vessels requiring greater drafts Claudio Paulino, president of the Sao Paulo/Santos branch...
Read MoreMatson, the main ocean carrier of goods from the U.S. mainland to Guam, will miss one of its weekly deliveries to the island next week. The shipping delay isn’t caused by the labor dispute that’s affecting cargo...
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