Industrial Action

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

Rob Ward tracks developments between employers and workers in Montevideo, Uruguay, discovering that a fragile peace is now in place as the facility seeks to regain lost container traffic

11th September 2026

A fragile peace in Uruguay

11th September 2026

WORLD

WORLD

Strikes at US ports along the East Coast and Gulf Coast have been called off following a tentative agreement on a new six-year master contract between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the US Maritime Alliance (USMX).

10th January 2025

Shipping rates may fall after US strikes averted

10th January 2025

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

The Australian shipping industry is calling on ministers to help end industrial action which it says will cripple the country’s economy.

8th January 2025

Australian shippers call for end to strikes

8th January 2025

WORLD

WORLD

Another market analyst has added its voice to the growing concern that looming industrial action at US ports will cause severe supply chain disruption.

25th September 2024

Xeneta joins US strike disruption warning

25th September 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Looming industrial action by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) could choke off key shipping routes, significantly disrupting global trade, says a supply chain analyst.

20th September 2024

US strikes threaten global trade

20th September 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Container trading and leasing companies should prepare for major disruption caused by looming industrial action in US East Coast and Gulf Coast ports.

18th September 2024

US strikes loom over container shipping

18th September 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

A dockworkers’ strike in Canada has been ordered to be called off after the Canada Industrial Relations Board ruled it illegal.

8th July 2024

Dockworkers’ strike in Canada ruled illegal

8th July 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The order book for high-capacity container vessels is bursting at the seams. It’s too early, however, as Mike Mundy reports, to suggest this will trigger a return to pre-pandemic market conditions 

15th September 2022

The big ships are coming

15th September 2022