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Workers tied to Chile’s civil aviation authority announced a 48 hour strike for Thursday and Friday this week, potentially causing airport chaos as the country gears up for the Christmas holidays. In September, a 24 hour strike stranded thousands of passengers and led to delays at airports, after a majority...

On July 1, 2016, a new SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea convention of the International Maritime Organization or IMO) takes effect requiring shippers whose name appears on the bill of lading to verify the gross mass of a container carrying cargo when tendering the container to the ocean carriers...

Flights have resumed in the southern Indian city of Chennai (Madras) after a week of devastating floods. Operations were halted last week after heavy rains flooded the airport and damaged key equipment. Key services like power supply and the railways are also functioning as flood waters have receded in some...

“The current wait times experienced by ships transiting the Panama Canal have returned to “normal operating levels,” according to a statement from the Panama Canal Authority (ACP). The ACP said wait time for transiting ships is now two days or less. Last month delays for ships without reservations to transit...

Chennai International airport in India has been forced to close and cancel all aircraft movements as a result of severe weather conditions since December 1. The airport has been hit by severe storms and flooding caused by a major depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal. The airport is closed...

Container workers at the Port of Rotterdam have voted to hold a series of 24-hour strikes in December and January in protest at possible job cuts, threatening to freeze the movement of goods through Europe’s largest port. The leader of the FNV Havens union, said in a statement members of...

The vessel backlog that’s plagued the Panama Canal since mid-October remains above normal levels, but canal authority officials say wait times are now diminishing since they started taking steps to expedite traffic through the waterway. The number of vessels awaiting transit has been reduced significantly over the past month. On...

Aviation security is set to tighten around the world as Russia Tuesday confirmed that Metrojet Flight 9268 from Sharm el Sheikh had been brought down by an explosive device. Russia said that traces of explosives had been found on debris from the Airbus A321 aircraft that was brought down in...

China’s crackdown on ocean carrier surcharges, seen by government officials as hurting exporters, is forcing container lines to lower certain charges at a time when their own profits are declining because ofovercapacity and rate competition.  The crackdown on surcharges is understood by carriers as an effort to reduce the costs of exporting at...