Santa arrives by sea taxi for international sailors docked in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - All Alexander Geraldizo wants for Christmas this year is to be at home, celebrating a magical day with the one-month-old baby daughter he has never met. Instead the sailor from San...
View ArticleFlorida Governor Asks Obama To Stop Longshoremen Strike
Posted: December 23, 2012 Florida Republican governor Rick Scott has asked President Obama in invoke federal law in an attempt to halt more than 15,000 longshoremen from walking off the job. The...
View ArticlePort Authority Prepares For Strike Among Dockworkers
Posted: December 22, 2012 A possible Dockworkers Union strike could force the Port of Houston Authority to shutter its two container terminals. They are working with Customs and Border Protection to...
View ArticleApple's U.S. smartphone market share grows as Windows Phones lose ground
Apple Inc. had 53.3 percent of the U.S. market share for smartphones in the 12-week period ended Nov. 25, the highest market share the company has ever had. According to Kantar Worldpanel ComTech,...
View ArticlePort signs new, more lucrative lease extension for grain terminal
A new lease approved by Port of...
View ArticleBig boost for Vallarpadam terminal business
The Union Ministry of Shipping has relaxed the Cabotage restrictions for transhipment of export-import containers at the Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT). Cabotage...
View ArticlePort Authority prepares for possible dockworkers strike
By Kiah Collier | December 22, 2012 | Updated: December 22, 2012 6:28pm Comments (0) E-mail Print Tweet Page 1 of 1 With a looming dockworkers' strike that would force it to shutter its two container...
View ArticleCochin Shipyard, Cochin Port Trust sign pact for ship repair facility
Cochin Shipyard Ltd and the Cochin Port Trust signed a contract for setting up a ship repair facility by the yard in the port area. According to the contract, 42 acres will be leased to CSL for...
View ArticleDin of tankers could drive whales away from the north coast
Some of B.C.'s quietest and most critical stretches of whale habitat could be transformed for the worse by increased shipping noise associated with Enbridge's Northern Gateway and other planned...
View ArticleGeorgia port terminal bustling with activity
A U.S. Army OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter was spotted flying into the Georgia Ports Ocean Terminal earlier this week. While it’s not an everyday sight, it’s a reminder that, while Ocean Terminal — a...
View Article'Container Cliff': East Coast Faces 'Devastating' Port Strike
First came the "Fiscal Cliff." Now, get ready for the "Container Cliff." The threat of a longshoremen's strike that could close 15 ports from Massachusetts to Texas—including the port of New York and...
View ArticlePort Authority prepares for possible dockworker strike
By Kiah Collier | December 22, 2012 | Updated: December 22, 2012 1:58pm Comments (0) E-mail Print Tweet Page 1 of 1 With a looming dockworkers' strike that would force it to shutter its two container...
View ArticlePort District at 50: Is it any better today?
San Diego harbor---Tunaboat piers along the San Diego Embarcadero near the civic center from 1951. File photo. Year by year: 1962-2012 1962: District authorized by Legislature, approved Nov. 6 by...
View ArticleBusiness group says ports strike would "wreak havoc" on economy
A coalition of port businesses put estimated the potential economic blow a dockworkers strike would deliver to the country and to union members. The group, the U.S. Maritime Alliance, is negotiating...
View ArticleEast coast ports fear looming longshoremen's strike
New York Business Journal Date: Friday, December 21, 2012, 10:50am EST As many as 14,500 longshoremen could strike at east coast ports before the end of December. A possible strike at 15 east coast...
View ArticleMassive ports strike threatens Florida
As a battered U.S. economy continues to struggle with uncertainty under President Obama and a divided Congress, a ports strike in Florida threatens the economy, according to a National Monitor report...
View ArticleFlorida governor asks Obama to block possible ports strike
MIAMI, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Florida's Republican governor wants President Barack Obama to invoke federal law and order a cooling-off period if nearly 15,000 longshoremen walk off the job in a looming...
View ArticlePorts double-whammy: Sandy, and now strike
* Shipping lines say cost will rise $800 per container if no contract reached....
View ArticleCargo Shipments at Risk as Strike Looms at U.S. Ports
Shipments of clothing, auto parts and frozen food risk being gridlocked at U.S. ports from Maine to Texas as about 15,000 dock workers prepare to strike. The International Longshoremen’s Association...
View ArticleGov. Scott urges Obama to intervene if port strike occurs
South Florida Business Journal by Shaun Bevan, Reporter Date: Monday, December 24, 2012, 10:22am EST JAMES CRICHLOW Gov. Rick Scott sent a letter to President Barack Obama, urging him to intervene if...
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