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UPDATE: Greek ATC Strike Cancelled Air traffic controllers in Greece have called off a series of 24 hour strikes they had announced for this week. The industrial action was called off after a meeting with Greece’s transport minister. The strikes were scheduled for October 9th-10th and 12th-13th October. Greek Air...

More than 7,000 unionized truck drivers went on strike today in South Korea, adding to the country’s recent shipping woes, according to a report from Korea’s Yonhap News Agency. Transport Minister Kang Ho-in called the walkout illegal and “an act of betrayal,” vowing swift action against participants. The trucking walkout...

Airlines are gradually resuming flights today at Miami International Airport (MIA) after hundreds of flights were cancelled Thursday because of Hurricane Matthew. MIA said it had remained “open” yesterday, but all airlines had ceased operations ahead of the highest winds, expected from 6pm-8pm local time yesterday. As of 8.30 pm...

The Port of Charleston, South Carolina will be closed on Wednesday October 5, 2016, at noon due to Evacuation Orders related to Hurricane Matthew and will remain closed through COB on Friday, October 7, 2016. The Port will resume normal operations on Tuesday, October 11, 2016. On October 5 through...

A judge has put an end to months-long industrial actions, in which dockworkers at the port of Santos disrupted operations and even boarded vessels. The decision provides relief to a port that has had to shutter because of protests and severe weather while also dealing with slowdowns from customs officers...

Major cargo shippers and the union representing dockworkers at 29 U.S. West Coast ports have agreed to talks on a possible extension of their current contract, which is set to expire in mid-2019, the two sides said in a joint statement on Tuesday. Negotiators for the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA)...

Dockworkers at the largest port in South America have gone on strike just days after customs officers in the harbor decided to increase the frequency of slowdowns in their campaign for higher wages. The indefinite strike at Santos began on September 20 when hundreds of stevedores downed tools at three...

Typhoon Meranti hit the Port of Kaohsiung in Taiwan on Wednesday, blowing over several containers stored at a yard in Kaohsiung’s Siaogang District, and causing 10 vessels in Kaohsiung Harbor to break loose from their moorings, Focus Taiwan reported. A vessel also destroyed two cranes at a terminal after ramming...

French CGT trade union port workers will join a nationwide strike against French labour reforms on Sept. 15, the union said on Monday, a move that could disrupt oil, grain and other commodity shipments at French ports. The hardline CGT union led rolling nationwide strikes against the labour reform between...

While cargo from South Korea’s Hanjin Shipping Co. finally is being unloaded in California, the Port of Houston Authority has been working out ways to get its shipments to local customers. Hanjin declared bankruptcy in late August, leaving cargo undelivered and suppliers unpaid. Last week, a New Jersey bankruptcy judge...