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Status of US West Coast Port Dispute Unclear

Feb 20, 2015

The status of a dispute between shipping executives and union leaders for dock workers at 29 U.S. West Coast ports was unclear on Friday, with the Journal of Commerce, which earlier reported a deal may have been reached, saying conflicting reports…

DA-Desk Names New Managing Director

Feb 20, 2015

Hans-Christian Mordhorst has been promoted to Managing Director of DA-Desk, assuming the role February 10, 2015. Hans-Christian served as Deputy Managing Director of DA-Desk as of early 2014, while also responsible for relations with existing and new customers…

West Coast Port Talks Break Without Settlement

Feb 20, 2015

Shipping executives and union leaders for dockworkers at West Coast ports ended a third day of contract talks presided over by the U.S. labor secretary late on Thursday without reaching a settlement, but planned to meet again on Friday, a source close to the situation told Reuters…

Work Suspended for Day at Port of Oakland

Feb 19, 2015

All marine terminal work was suspended for the day on Thursday at the port of Oakland, California, as the dockworkers union and shippers continued talks aimed at settling a labor dispute that has disrupted cargo traffic along the West Coast waterfront for months…

Pressure Mounts to Settle West Coast Port Dispute

Feb 19, 2015

LOS ANGELES, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Two U.S. Cabinet secretaries joined congressional leaders, three governors and a big-city mayor on Wednesday in pushing shipping lines and the dockworkers' union to settle a contract dispute that has led to months of turmoil and cargo backups at 29 West Coast ports…

OCHA, APEC Ink Deal to train Foreign Dockers

Feb 19, 2015

OCHA, the training center for dock workers in the port of Antwerp, will collaborate with APEC-Antwerp/Flanders Port Training Center to organise joint courses for dock workers and operators from ports in other countries. The new courses will…

Randy Rogers Named New Waukegan Port District GM

Feb 18, 2015

Randy Rogers became the new Waukegan Port District general manager in November, the American Great Lakes Port Association announced today. Rogers, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, spent the last 21 years working for the U.S. Maritime Administration…

Shipping Company, Chief Engineer Charged for Dumping Oil

Feb 18, 2015

U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced  that AML Ship Management GMBH, a German company, and Nicolas Sassin, Chief Engineer of a vehicle carrier ship it operated, the M/V City of Tokyo, were both charged with knowingly dumping oil into United…

U.S. Labor Secretary Joins West Coast Port Talks

Feb 18, 2015

U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez on Tuesday urged shipping company executives and union leaders for 20,000 dockworkers to settle a contract dispute that has led to months of clogged cargo traffic and other disruptions at 29 West Coast ports.Perez…

Labor Secretary to Intervene in U.S. Port Dispute

Feb 17, 2015

A partial shutdown of 29 U.S. West Coast ports stretched into a third day on Monday ahead of the U.S. labor secretary's scheduled arrival in San Francisco to try to broker a settlement ending months of disruptions on the cargo-clogged docks…

Hiab Geared Up For World Crane Championships

Feb 17, 2015

Hiab, part of Cargotec, is sponsoring the very first World Crane Championships, the finals of which take place at the Commercial Vehicle Show in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 14-16 April 2015. Over the past year, qualification rounds have taken place in 11 different countries…

West Coast Ports Backups Prompt Coffee Traders to Switch Ports

Feb 15, 2015

U.S. coffee importers have begun diverting shipments bound for West Coast roasters to ports on the Gulf and East Coasts due to a labor dispute that has caused prolonged backlogs in California, market sources said.Traders said they began…

U.S. West Coast Ports Reopen Briefly

Feb 15, 2015

Clogged ports along the U.S. West Coast reopened to cargo vessels on Friday after a daylong closure, but shippers planned to re-impose a partial shutdown through the holiday weekend barring a settlement in stalled labor talks with the dockworkers union…

Farmers Hit by Strife at West Coast Ports

Feb 15, 2015

Protracted labor strife and shipping disruptions at U.S. West Coast ports have hit farmers especially hard, posing a major barrier to perishable goods headed to overseas markets and resulting in losses estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars a week…

AllCargo's Shashi Kiran Decorated by King of Belgium

Feb 14, 2015

Mr. Shashi Kiran Shetty, chairman of the Indian logistics multinational Allcargo Logistics, has been appointed Commander of the Order of Leopold II by King Phillip of Belgium. The honour was presented to Mr. Shetty by H.E. Jan Luykx, Belgian ambassador in New Delhi…

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