Strike, strike, strike! The U.S. supply chain is in a triple strike threat from truckers, dockworkers, and rail workers. Normally, it's three strikes and you're out, but this is no game. Any one [...]
The Port of Oakland is back to full operation after truckers, with an assist from ILWU members, screeched the port to a halt last week over Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5). The port says it will take [...]
The Port of Oakland can no longer claim operations have not been affected by truckers striking over the California's Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5), which ends the independent owner and operator model of [...]
Yesterday (Wednesday, July 14th), truckers began protesting Assembly Bill 5, aka AB 5 or the gig worker bill, at and around the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland. Not merely did [...]
We could soon be seeing even more disruption of the U.S. supply chain. You've probably heard about the Freedom Convoy in Canada. In protest to draconian COVID-19 regulations and vaccine [...]
Shippers need to be extra careful about the trucking companies they hire to transport their shipping containers to and from the ports. If not, shippers could find themselves liable in legal [...]
Trucking, obviously, is crucial to the supply chain and international shipping as a whole. Therefore, when there’s news that affects the trucking industry, it also affects the international [...]
Yesterday (Monday, June 19th), truckers formed picket lines at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, going on strike over their classification as independent contractors. If this sounds [...]
Iran Seizes Maersk Container Ship at Gunpoint Iran detained a Maersk container ship at gunpoint this week, complicating already delicate international relations. Helene Cooper and Danny [...]
Just when the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach seemed to be making headway in the major congestion problems there, another issue pops up which threatens the delivery of shippers’ cargo [...]
What are all these grumblings and rumblings about the ILWU dockworkers joining the truckers strike at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach? In Universal Cargo Management’s last blog, I [...]
Truckers who move import and export cargo in and out of the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach went on strike today (Monday, April 28th). Justice for Port Truck Drivers, a group backed [...]
The truckers’ strike at Port Metro Vancouver is being felt by Canadian businesses. Import and export cargo is being interrupted by the unionized and non-union truckers refusing to work over pay [...]
UPDATE FROM GLOBAL NEWS: “Unifor says agreement has been reached. It will be taking the agreement to members no later than Saturday. Protests will remain in place until then. Non-union [...]
Intimidation. Brake lines cut. A thrown rock smashing through the window of a truck traveling 70 kilometers per hour on the highway. It’s getting real at Port Metro Vancouver! Port Metro [...]
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