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Chart of the Week
Diesel and Detroit disruptions hit trucking hard and fast
Two big events hit trucking like a hammer this week. What are the long run implications?
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Air Cargo
Minimal cargo impact expected from British Airways strike
Logistics providers have been able to plan around the British Airways labor disruption and avoid cargo delays for their clients.
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Business
Possible grocery strike raises questions about online delivery in Southern California
A strike by thousands of union workers at major Southern California supermarket chains would have a huge upside for non-union big box grocers and e-retailers…
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Canada
Longshore workers back away from full strike at Vancouver terminals
International Longshore and Warehouse Union begins “limited job action” and says it will not disrupt trade at Canada’s busiest port as contract talks continue with…
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News
British Columbia longshoremen to hold strike vote
Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) in British Columbia will vote on authorizing a strike, setting the stage for potential disruptions at…
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Australia
EXPLAINER: Why Australia’s longshoremen companies are fighting the Maritime Union
Every three years each of the stevedore companies enter into a protracted and bitter dispute with the local longshoremen’s representative body, the Maritime Union of…
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Australia
Industrial unrest spreads to Australia’s largest stevedore
Wharfies are eyeing strikes at DP World Australia in pursuit of better terms and conditions in their next collective employment contract. Asian maritime shipping schedules…
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Australia
War on the wharves – Aussie longshoremen’s dispute worsens
An industrial dispute between the local longshoremen’s union, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), and stevedoring company, Hutchison Ports, is intensifying. A one day strike…
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Australia
Strike causes truckers to be hit with box detention fees
Playing pass the parcel is fun when you’re a little kid. It’s less so when the parcel is a great big bill that you’re being…
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Australia
Striking longshoremen cause chaos at Australian box terminals
Rolling strikes by workers at the Hutchison Ports Australia box terminals in Sydney and Brisbane started at 6:00 a.m. (Australian Eastern Standard Time) yesterday January…
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