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Striking aviation workers forced LATAM Airlines to ground flights out of Buenos Aires’ Ezeiza Airport on Tuesday. The workers, who belong to Argentina’s Union of Commercial Airline Senior and Professional Personnel (UPSA), walked out over stalled pay negotiations. In a separate dispute, 12 days ago Argentina’s government ordered pilots from...

All Marine Terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey will be open on Wednesday, January 27th at their regularly scheduled times. Please check TIPS and individual terminal websites for additional information on container availability, receiving schedules, restrictions, availability of extra hours etc. As a reminder, in order...

A month-long industrial unrest in Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, spearheaded by some employees at DP World-operated Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal over demands tied to wage increases and better working conditions, was settled over the weekend, allowing restoration of normal operations at India’s biggest container gateway. 

Looks like the U.S. was not the only country hit with weather disruptions, Korea and Japan saw hundreds of flight cancellations over the weekend as unusually heavy snowfalls and high winds hit the region. In the Korean holiday island of Jeju, more than 1,000 flights were canceled over the two-day...

Ships travelling through waters off the coast of Somalia face an increased risk of piracy this year, fostered by deteriorating political conditions in the center of the Horn of Africa nation, IHS Inc. said. Conditions that led regional politicians to provide safe havens between 2005 and 2012 for hijacked ships...

Shippers across the U.S. can expect delays this week as the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast dig out from Winter Storm Jonas, which dumped two or more feet of snow on a region stretching from West Virginia to New England and created icy road conditions in an even larger area. The storm created...

There are reports of yet another 48 hour strike in Greece starting January 27th. This is further to the strike last week. The action is expected to impact routes of domestic and local ferries and commercial vessels calling at Piraeus, Aspropyrgos, Eleusis, Pachi and Megara ports for cargo discharging. The...

All marine terminals at the Port of New York and New Jersey will be closed on Monday, January 25. In accordance with the Winter Plan, free time will be extended and per diems will be waved for Monday. An update will follow later on Monday regarding the status of operations....

Flight schedules at New York City airports began to recover on Sunday evening after the worst snowstorm to hit the US East Coast in decades resulted in hundreds of cancellations and delays. Arrivals and departures at LaGuardia, JFK, and Newark were observed on Sunday, although Washington airports were idle except...

The Russian Institute of Volcanology has issued a code orange alert after Russia’s Zhupanovsky volcano began erupting earlier this week, sending clouds of ash and gas to 27,000 ft. A code orange advises pilots to avoid flying near the ash cloud, reportedly moving over the North Pacific Ocean driven by...