After nearly three years of wage negotiations, India’s longshore unions are on the verge of a strike, and they could stage a walkout as early as 0600 hours Wednesday morning if last-ditch talks fail to produce a compromise. On Tuesday,…
Southern Africa’s Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR) has hit a milestone after the first shipment of copper destined for the United States left the Port of Lobito this week. The cargo of copper cathodes is bound for Baltimore aboard the container…
Singapore health officials announced on Thursday that they are implementing health screenings as a precaution against the new more virulent strain of mpox that has emerged in Africa. The move comes a week after China also announced it would start…
UK development finance institution British International Investment is taking a $35 million stake in DP World’s new container port in the Democratic Republic of Congo, helping to bring modern logistics to one of the world’s least-developed countries. According to BII,…
Carnival Corporation signed with Fincantieri to build three mega cruise ships which will each be approximately 230,000 gross tons rivaling the largest in service today. The ships, which will also be the largest passenger ships ever built in Italy are…
After a court order to vacate its longtime berth in Philadelphia, the storied ocean liner SS United States is in need of a new home. Florida’s Escambia County has a controversial proposal: a commissioner wants to buy the vessel from its current…
Viking Line, the Baltic ferry operator based in Finland, plans to demonstrate the future Baltic Green Corridor with special operations between Turku, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden later this month. For one week, two of the company’s ferries will operate using…
Hours after saying they would take down their picket lines, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference served a new strike notice on CN, one of the two main Canadian railroads. The notice was in defiance of the federal government which on Thursday…
Former Vitol energy trader Javier Aguilar has pleaded guilty to a second set of charges related to a sprawling bribery scheme involving officials at Mexican state oil company Pemex. The scandal cost his former employer $135 million and has netted…
Ripple Operations, a leader in maritime software, is continuing its efforts to consolidate the sector to improve customer offers through the acquisition of AdonisHR, a well-known Norwegian family-owned provider of crew management and payroll software solutions for the maritime industry.…