Ocean Update COPENHAGEN : On February 1, the Network of the Future, The new East-West network, has begun the phase in process via the Cape of Good Hope as previously announced. Since the start,
CALIFORNIA : Strikes at ports on the US East Coast and Gulf Coast, which would have caused an economic and supply chain crisis, have been called off – with ocean container freight rate growth now expected
HOUSTON : Union dockworkers and representatives for US Gulf and East Coast ports are expected to resume negotiations on a new master contract on 7 January, just more than a week ahead of the
WASHINGTON D.C. : The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) are set to resume contract talks on Jan. 7, according to a person familiar with the matter. Talks between
COPENHAGEN : Shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk has urged customers to pick up their laden containers and return the empty ones at the U.S. East and Gulf Coast Ports before Jan. 15 to mitigate potential
NEW JERSEY : Tens of thousands of dockworkers have gone on strike across the US East Coast, shutting down key ocean shipping routes – and raising concerns about shortages and inflation – in the
NEW YORK : A port strike on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico will go ahead starting on Tuesday, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) union said on Sunday, signaling action that could
NEW YORK : Thousands of dockworkers at every major in the US East and Gulf coast port are girding to strike starting early next week, threatening to close trade gateways that handle about half of all
HAMBURG : As the October 1 deadline for a potential Port strike of U.S. East Coast port nears, industries across the nation are bracing for significant disruptions. The labor impasse between the International Longshoremen’s