Strike by Canadian Seaway workers shuts down binational waterway
Some 361 workers in Ontario and Quebec began a strike on Sunday at 00.01 am after negotiations failed to meet a union-imposed deadline with Canada’s St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC). The first such work stoppage since 1968 on the bi-national waterway and important supply chain corridor stirred a big cry of alarm not only from Canadian marine industry and business circles but also from U.S. Great Lakes ports urging Canada’s federal government to intervene.
Strike notice threatens St. Lawrence Seaway shutdown as of Sunday
The St. Lawrence Seaway, the maritime trade corridor connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the industrial heartlands of Canada and the United States, could be closed to all traffic as of 00.01 hours on Sunday should the 361 Canadian unionized workers carry through their threatened strike action.
DP World’s increased involvement in India’s port infrastructure development expected
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Ports Long Beach and Los Angeles support $1.2 billion hydrogen grant funding
Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero said that projected $1.2 billion in hydrogen fuel grants to California would aid the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles in...
Harbor truckers facing tough times says Impact Transportation’s Cancilla
The Oakland California-based Impact Transportation transports imports and exports on a 50% to 50% basis...
Federal funding announced for Port of Montreal Contrecoeur project
The Canadian government has announced funding of $150 million for the Port of Montreal’s massive Contrecoeur terminal project whose cost has reportedly ballooned from C$950 million to over C$1.4 billion.
British-American’s Snell: Ag exporters facing tough 2023
British-American is a California-based licensed Ocean Transport Intermediary (OTI) / Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC). It operates as a ...
Imports to U.S. East Coast ports may be delayed by Panama Canal slow down
U.S. West Coast ports could benefit due to import shipments from Asia to the U.S. East Coast being delayed just as the Christmas season approaches according to British-American Shipping CEO Paul Snell.
Propeller Club elects Maria Conatser as its first female President
In her acceptance speech, Conatser recalled being recruited to work in the maritime industry twenty-eight years ago: “I joined the maritime industry when a recruiter that I knew called me up...
Malaysian Prime Minister in New York Courts U.S. companies to invest in Malaysia
During his four-day visit to New York in the third week of September, primarily, to participate in the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim availed of his presence on US soil to pitch for Malaysia as an attractive investment site for US companies looking to diversify their production and other business operations in Asia.

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