Great Lakes legislators played a key role in yesterday’s vote in the House of Representatives to increase the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ national budget by nearly $58 million. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.), along with Rep. Janice Hahn (D-Calif…
France has received EU backing for a new decree allowing the government to block foreign takeovers of French companies in strategic industries, Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg said on Thursday.In a surprise move, the government widened…
FMCS Statement on Labor Negotiations Between the ILWU and Pacific Northwest Grain Handlers.The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service issued the following statement (PM / 9 July) on the labor negotiations between the International Longshore…
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) reminds that all existing passenger ships > 500 gross tonnes and all new cargo ships > 3,000 gross tonnes are required to carry ECDIS from their first survey after 1 July 2014. In 12 months time…
Port workers in Chile have been on strike since the afternoon of Tuesday, July 8 in respect of a dispute over a new law which affects workers' lunch and rest breaks, Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) advises.The strike, organized by the Union Portuaria…
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Wednesday he would take steps 'within hours' to end blockades of ports in Marseille and Corsica by workers of the SNCM ferry operator, who are striking over the firm's restructuring plans.Workers…
The U.S. pressed China to implement structural reforms in its exchange rate and to modify its 'aggressive behaviour' in disputed waters during a preliminary round of bilateral talks, senior U.S. officials said.The United States, led by U…
China failed to overturn a U.S. law targeting unfair trade subsidies on Monday, when the World Trade Organization's Appellate Body said it did not have enough information to uphold China's appeal against an earlier WTO ruling.China had claimed that the U…
The U.S. Census Bureau announced the selection of Dale Kelly as the new Foreign Trade Division (FTD) Chief.Kelly is responsible for directing the plans and programs that provide the infrastructure for producing the monthly U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services (FT-900) Report…
Irving Shipbuilding today officially welcomed four Mi’kmaq tradesmen to Halifax Shipyard as part of the contract awarded to Flynn Canada Ltd. for siding, cladding and roofing of its new shipbuilding facilities underway. The shipbuilding company…
World shares close to peaks, bond yields creep higher ADP report fuels hopes for upbeat non-farm payrolls ECB keeps rates at record low, Draghi expected to stay dovishWorld shares dipped from a record high and the dollar and U…
The British Government has once again thrust its weight behind London International Shipping Week with an official visit to the LISW2015 stand at Posidonia in Greece by the British Ambassador in Athens followed by public shows of support at…
The proposed container ship P3 alliance between the 255-ship fleets of Maersk, Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. and CMA CGM was turned down by China's Anti-monopoly Bureau at the Ministry of Commerce, because the P3 alliance intended to set…
IMO informs that new requirements under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) to require all ships to have plans and procedures to recover persons from the water are among a set of SOLAS amendments that came into force on 1 July 2014…
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., co-chair of the Senate Great Lakes Task Force, and four colleagues introduced legislation requiring a federal assessment of Great Lakes waters with significant cultural, historic or archaeological value for possible preservation as federal marine sanctuaries…