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A two-hour, Europe-wide port stoppage has been called for next week as the International Dockworkers’ Council supports striking Spanish colleagues. Ports will be affected between 10 am and 12 noon on Thursday, June 29. “This stoppage has been called for two main reasons: to support the struggle of Spanish dockworkers...

Spanish ports are facing another round of strikes as stevedores announced plans to strike next week, as well. Namely, the strikes are to be held from June 14th, 0800 hrs till June 16th 0800 hrs. In addition, dockworkers said that they would stop work at odd hours on June 19th,...

Venezuela is nearing a point where air links with the rest of the world will be largely cut off, an IATA official warned. Speaking to reporters on June 4, IATA regional VP-Americas Peter Cerda said the Venezuelan government “still withholds more than $3.8 billion in airline funds in contravention of...

A spiraling diplomatic crisis in the Arab Gulf region is already snarling overland logistics along the Qatar-Saudi Arabia border, and regional freight forwarding is running into complications as Emirates and Etihad operations terminating in Doha grind to a halt. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt, Yemen and Libya...

Spanish port workers said on Thursday they would go on strike for three days this week to protest against the reform of operations aimed at liberalizing hiring practices in a heavily unionized sector. The strike action is set for next Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Earlier this month, Spain’s parliament passed...

Barges started facing delays at Rotterdam World Gateway Terminal in March. Inland barges continue to face long delays at Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG) Terminal as the recently launched ocean carrier alliances introduce new services at Europe’s largest container hub. Contargo, a leading German barge and rail operator that transports containers...

Spanish ports such as Cadiz will come to a standstill next week. Spanish dockworkers will strike for three days next week to protest government plans to liberalize the hiring of workers in the nation’s ports. The dockworkers’ union said the strikes will take place on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and...

Nearly double-digit growth at Shanghai combined with weather issues to generate congestion in April. Container throughput at the main ports in China’s Yangtze River Delta rose by 9 percent year over year in April, fueling congestion and delays at Shanghai’s Yangshan deep-sea port. New figures from the Shanghai Shipping Exchange...

Customs authorities on either side of the border plan to restore operations to the largest US-Mexico truck crossing this coming Monday, after severe weather damaged the World Trade International Bridge last Sunday. Shippers moving cargo between the United States and Mexico over the bridge have faced detours and delays since...

Dockworkers in Spain were expected to begin eight days of intermittent strikes today but have agreed to just three days after a deal was struck to protect jobs. Unions have been incensed by the government’s decision to push through labor reforms that target port workers. The changes, mandated by the...