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Icelandic cargo airline Bluebird Nordic shuts down 

The recent recovery of the air cargo market didn’t happen soon enough to save Iceland-based cargo airline Bluebird Nordic, which ceased operations late last month. 

The airline, which existed for 23 years and was acquired by Lithuanian conglomerate Avia Solutions Group in 2020, surrendered its air operator certificate to the Icelandic Civil Aviation Authority and is returning aircraft to lessors, trade publication ch-aviation first reported. 

Bluebird Nordic was a victim of rapid expansion, in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/icelandic-cargo-airline-bluebird-nordic-shuts-down

Rail strike would disrupt cross-border supplies of cars, auto parts, beer

Shipments between the United States and Mexico of everything from cars, auto parts and beer to home appliances, raw materials and energy products could be disrupted if rail unions and railroads don’t come to an agreement and employees go on strike Friday.

More than 140,000 rail or rail-related employees are bargaining for everything from time off to sick pay, health care, train crew size and raises.

“A rail strike would be that one, maybe two giant steps backwards as the United States tries to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/rail-strike-could-affect-crossborder-mexico-trade

Here’s what you need to know about a potential rail shutdown

railroad rail union strike

If a nationwide rail shutdown comes to fruition this week as some experts anticipate, it could have disastrous consequences for both passengers and freight across the United States. 

Should union and rail representatives fail to reach a labor agreement by Friday, it would be the first time in 30 years that a full-scale rail strike took place. A total shutdown of the nation’s railroads could cost the U.S. $2 billion in lost economic output every day.

Suffice it to say that if a strike goes into...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-a-potential-rail-shutdown

Sources say Gopuff shuttering up to 22 warehouses

Gopuff instant delivery shutdown

The blows just keep coming for instant delivery.

Ultrafast delivery poster child Gopuff, which is valued at over $15 billion, plans to shut down or pull back on operations at 22 of its U.S. warehouses, two people familiar with the matter told Insider. The news comes during a week that has seen rival 15-minute delivery startups Gorillas and Getir make significant layoffs, with the latter cutting thousands of workers worldwide.

The unnamed sources confirmed that about half of the 22 facilities...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/sources-say-gopuff-shuttering-up-to-22-warehouses

Small carriers taking big hits from I-95 shutdown

The powerful snowstorm that hit the mid-Atlantic Monday caused enough accidents to block traffic on Interstate 95 in Virginia from just south of Washington to just north of Richmond — a nearly 50-mile stretch. The daylong shutdown stranded hundreds of truckers and other drivers in below-freezing temperatures overnight. The highway finally reopened Tuesday evening after damaged and broken-down vehicles were cleared.

An aerial view of the drivers who have been stuck on I-95 in Virginia since...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/small-carriers-taking-big-hits-from-i-95-shutdown

Grass fire smoke shuts down North Dakota highway

Grass fire smoke in western North Dakota on April 1, 2021.

The threat of wildfires continues in the Plains after smoke forced an interstate shutdown in North Dakota.

#NDHP Troopers helping with traffic control on I-94 near exit 24. Monitor @NorthDakotaDOT ND Road information map for road closure details. pic.twitter.com/BCMB9OPWND

— North Dakota Highway Patrol (@NDHighwayPatrol) April 1, 2021

Smoke from a fast-spreading North Dakota grass fire led to the shutdown of Interstate 94 Thursday in the far western part of the state. The fire was located...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/grass-fire-smoke-shuts-down-north-dakota-highway

Video: Rick Schwab, Albert Faciane discuss Covid-19 and what’s next for Delgado’s Maritime Training Center

Rick Schwab, CWD, Delgado Community College’s senior director, maritime and industrial training center and interim executive director, advanced manufacturing center and maritime training center instructor Albert Faciane discuss how the coronavirus shut them down in mid-March, when the center expects to open, and how different the New Orleans school will operate in the “new normal.”

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Daily Overview of Global Markets & the SEE Region (Friday, February 15, 2019)

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WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS

GLOBAL MARKETS:Averting another government shutdown, the US President Donald Trump agreed to sign a spending bill yesterday that envisions around $1.4bn allocated for a fence and other forms of border security, much less than $5.7bn he originally demanded for the construction of the wall at the Mexican border.  However, news that another government shutdown was avoided were eventually shrugged off as market attention turned to a bulk of poor US...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/02/15/daily-overview-of-global-markets-the-see-region-friday-february-15-2019/

Commandant’s Message to Coast Guard Following U.S. Government Shutdown

The following is the Jan. 26 message to the Coast Guard from commandant Adm. Karl Schultz following the passage of a continuing resolution ending the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown.

To the Extraordinary Men and Women of the United States Coast Guard,

With the President’s signing of a three-week Continuing Resolution, we enthusiastically welcome back our greatly missed furloughed civilian employees, allowing us to reconstitute our total workforce and set a path to restore a fully Ready,...

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/26/commandant-message-coast-guard-following-u-s-government-shutdown

Federal Maritime Commission is closed

The Federal Maritime Commission is closed effective Wednesday, December 26, 2018 as part of the partial federal government shutdown due to a lapse in appropriations. The Commission will resume normal operations when appropriations legislation is enacted and the federal government reopens.

With the exceptions of Acting Chairman Michael A. Khouri and Commissioner Rebecca Dye, who are Presidentially-appointed, Senate-confirmed officials, all Commission employees have been placed on furlough and are...

http://container-news.com/federal-maritime-commission-closed/