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    Monthly Archive for: "March, 2015"
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    By Universal Cargo
    In China, International Shipping, Nicaragua's Grand Canal, Panama Canal
    Posted March 31, 2015

    Shippers’ Questions: What’s Going On With This Canal Thru Nicaragua

    Every week, we post inquiries on Universal Cargo Management’s Facebook and Twitter pages asking what you want to read about in our international shipping blog. Yesterday–Monday, March [...]

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    By Jared Vineyard
    In contract negotiations, ILWU, PMA, shippers
    Posted March 26, 2015

    Militant ILWU Group Opposes Ratification of New Contract

    The news of a tentative contract agreement being reached by the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) was music to shippers’ ears. [...]

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    By UCM
    In cargo, Great Lakes, shipping
    Posted March 24, 2015

    Great Lakes Shipping Season Starts, But Ice Still Halts Cargo

    “With three blasts from its horn, the freighter John G. Munson signaled the start of the Twin Ports shipping season on Monday,” reported Pioneer Press on TwinCities.com on Monday, [...]

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    By Jared Vineyard
    In Port of New Jersey, Port of New York, shippers
    Posted March 19, 2015

    Biggest Ship to Ever Call on East Coast Ports Signals Shippers’ Trend

    For the first time ever, a container ship with a capacity larger than 10,000 TEUs (twenty-foot-equivalent units) called upon U.S. East Coast ports this week. Such megaships have called upon the [...]

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    By Jared Vineyard
    In ILWU, shippers
    Posted March 17, 2015

    ILWU Local 8 Should Pay Damages to Portland Shippers

    A federal judge has ordered the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) to pay $60,000 to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for violating a court order to return operations [...]

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    By Jared Vineyard
    In port congestion
    Posted March 10, 2015

    3 Things Happening to Get Shippers’ Cargo Moving at the LA & LB Ports

    Congestion at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is not new news. During the months of contract negotiations between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and International Longshore & [...]

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    By Jared Vineyard
    In ILA Strike, shippers
    Posted March 5, 2015

    Can USMX & ILA Change Labor Negotiations Hurting Shippers?

    Remember the 2012/2013 ILA Strike Watch? Wouldn’t it be nice to never have one of those again? Wouldn’t it be nice not to be trying to recover from the port slowdowns and congestion [...]

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    By Jared Vineyard
    In cargo, ILWU, PMA, shippers
    Posted March 3, 2015

    Shippers Diverting Cargo from West Coast Ports w/ Data Graphs

    The labor dispute coming to an end at the West Coast ports does not mean the ports have regained shippers’ confidence. It will take months to clear up the congestion that reached critical [...]

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