Grains inspectors who began a strike on Wednesday in Argentina's pivotal Rosario export hub will extend it for a second day if there is no progress on their demand for higher salaries, a senior union official said.Other unions are also threatening labor actions…
TT Club is continuing its sponsorship of FIATA’s Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award. The relationship between the two organizations in relation to this training and development award is now in its sixteenth year and is aimed at identifying…
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has appointed Henrique Schlaepfer as its new Managing Director Brazil. Based in Rio de Janeiro, Henrique will report directly to regional Executive Vice President, Jaime Otero.Commencing his maritime career in 1984…
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…
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…
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has entered into a joint venture with Myanmar-based Carrier King Logistics that makes it the first independent company in the country to provide modern automobile distribution from port to consumer.With the rapid and ongoing democratisation of Myanmar…
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) announced it supported the Sailors’ Society again by entering two teams in the “3 Peaks Challenge 2014”.Both teams were made up of volunteers from around ISS’ global network, and included representatives from Dubai…
Djibouti said it had started legal action against DP World, seeking to rescind the Dubai-owned port operator's concession in Africa's largest container terminal in a row over how the contract was awarded.'The resulting agreement unfairly favoured DP World…
Pilot program will mean better shelf life for citrus, grapes, blueberries.South American citrus, grapes and blueberries will arrive sooner and last longer for consumers in the Southeastern U.S. thanks to the Georgia Ports Authority’s participation in a USDA pilot program…
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 Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) announced that Michael Phoon has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the SSA as a result of the forthcoming retirement of Mr Daniel Tan after 29 years of dedicated service to the Association…
China's increasing regulatory influence over international mergers and acquisitions has helped to create the hottest new commodity in its legal industry: anti-trust lawyers.Six years ago, China did not even have a legal system for regulating the impact of M&A on competition…
As freight rates keep declining, cost reductions are the top priority for box carriers.Drewry’s 2Q14 Container Forecaster highlights that there is a widening gap between the positive financials of the few carriers really focused on cutting costs and the rest of the top 20 lines…
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…
