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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...

Washington DC, New York and other East Coast cities readied fleets of snow plows and airlines cancelled flights ahead of a winter storm expected to dump up to 30 inches (76 cm) of snow. At least five states had declared emergencies by Thursday afternoon, as the season’s first major Atlantic...

The start of a two-day rail strike in Belgium has almost completely paralysed train services in and around the capital, Brussels. The strikes have also caused severe delays and disruption to Eurostar services to Paris and London. Belgian rail unions are protesting against government reforms designed to streamline services and...

Moving containers through Ukraine ports will be significantly simpler in 2016 as a result of an agreement between the country’s Ministry of Infrastructure and State Fiscal Service. The agreement is expected to cut transit times, reduce paperwork, and create savings for shippers in an effort to perk up the country’s...

The port of Rotterdam is bracing for several 24-hour strikes in the next two months as dockworkers protest potential job losses at its new automated container terminals. The FNV union has set a deadline of noon on Wednesday to respond to its ultimatum for job guarantees or face industrial action....

Rotterdam dockworkers have voted to strike in the New Year to protest potential job losses at the port’s new highly automated container terminals. The FNV union said its members on Sunday almost unanimously rejected the port employers’ final offer in contract talks that began in April. The union has given the terminal operators an ultimatum...