CN Rail and two unions, Unifor Local 100 and Council 4000, are set to return to the bargaining table in Montreal on Monday in an effort to avoid a possible strike. The deals for the unions, which represent over 3,000 workers in mechanical, intermodal, and...
The recent infrastructure upgrade at Nhava Sheva Port (JNPT), India's busiest public gateway, has resulted in significant congestion and capacity issues for container terminals. The congestion has been caused by the drastic capacity reduction at APM Terminals Mumbai, which handles the majority of export and...
CN, one of Canada's largest railway companies, recently provided an update on its ongoing collective bargaining with Unifor, a union representing around 3,000 of CN's employees. As a freight logistics company operating in North America, Prime Freight Logistics recognizes the potential impact of the negotiations...
CN workers have expressed their support for a strike vote as negotiations for a contract involving approximately 3,000 Canadian employees continue. Unifor, the union representing the workers, announced on Sunday that Local 100 and Council 4000 voted 98% and 97%, respectively, in favour of a...
Unifor's CN workers, including freight-car mechanics and electricians, are currently negotiating a new contract with CN, as their previous agreements expired on December 31, 2022. Unifor is a national labor union representing over 4,000 workers in the Canadian transportation sector, including those working for CN,...
A bunch of Pakistan’s biggest companies have halted operations in the past months as they ran out of raw materials or foreign exchange, or both, compounding the troubles of an economy that’s trying to avert a debt default. The local unit of Suzuki Motor Corp. extended...
Foreign containerships calling at Chittagong are facing long delays before they can load containers at the port. Under the Bangladesh Flag Vessels Protection Act 2019, and more recently implemented rules, domestic ships get priority when carrying containers to and from Chittagong. Foreign ships can only carry Bangladeshi...
A significant slump in order volumes across US supply chains took the shine off a slight improvement in global trade activity in Q4-2022, according to the latest data from Tradeshift, the digital network for global trade. Tradeshift’s Index of Global Trade Health shows the total volume...
Now China’s Covid restrictions have been relaxed, worker shortages and factory closures, due to outbreaks of the virus, are the latest disruptions to hit the country’s supply chains. The sudden about-face on zero-Covid has led to soaring cases nationwide, with hospitals “struggling to cope”, according to...
Predictions that congestion at rail yards in Canada’s interior would ease this month and next are not playing out so far, prompting frustrated importers and forwarders to ask for government intervention. The problems are most pronounced at rail hubs around Toronto and Montreal. “The Montreal rail terminal...
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