CN workers have expressed their support for a strike vote as negotiations for a contract involving approximately 3,000 Canadian employees continue. Unifor, the union representing the workers, announced on Sunday that Local 100 and Council 4000 voted 98% and 97%, respectively, in favour of a...
Unifor's CN workers, including freight-car mechanics and electricians, are currently negotiating a new contract with CN, as their previous agreements expired on December 31, 2022. Unifor is a national labor union representing over 4,000 workers in the Canadian transportation sector, including those working for CN,...
A bunch of Pakistan’s biggest companies have halted operations in the past months as they ran out of raw materials or foreign exchange, or both, compounding the troubles of an economy that’s trying to avert a debt default. The local unit of Suzuki Motor Corp. extended...
Foreign containerships calling at Chittagong are facing long delays before they can load containers at the port. Under the Bangladesh Flag Vessels Protection Act 2019, and more recently implemented rules, domestic ships get priority when carrying containers to and from Chittagong. Foreign ships can only carry Bangladeshi...
A significant slump in order volumes across US supply chains took the shine off a slight improvement in global trade activity in Q4-2022, according to the latest data from Tradeshift, the digital network for global trade. Tradeshift’s Index of Global Trade Health shows the total volume...
Now China’s Covid restrictions have been relaxed, worker shortages and factory closures, due to outbreaks of the virus, are the latest disruptions to hit the country’s supply chains. The sudden about-face on zero-Covid has led to soaring cases nationwide, with hospitals “struggling to cope”, according to...
Predictions that congestion at rail yards in Canada’s interior would ease this month and next are not playing out so far, prompting frustrated importers and forwarders to ask for government intervention. The problems are most pronounced at rail hubs around Toronto and Montreal. “The Montreal rail terminal...
Congestion at the Port of Montreal has declined, but low water levels have prompted a new surcharge. And on the West Coast, long wait time for vessels at the Port of Vancouver continues. In its weekly ports update, Maersk reports on vessel wait times at North...
We would like to inform you that the deep depression over East-Central Bay and adjoining area moved North-westwards and lay over the same area, about 780km South-Southwest of Chattogram Port, 715km South-Southwest of Cox’s Bazar Port, 730km South of Mongla Port, and 695km South of...
Ocean carriers are ramping up their vessel blanking programmes from Asia as export demand weakens, but last-minute cancellations are causing chaos in supply chains and confusion within liner offices. Moreover, shippers are having to navigate their way around ‘officially’ announced blank sailings and voyages pulled just...
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