By Sheela Tobben (Bloomberg) — For the first time in four years, there’s no US crude getting exported to France as a workers strike in the European country upends normal trade…
https://gcaptain.com/for-the-first-time-in-four-years-theres-no-u-s-crude-going-to-france/
Workers at the UK’s largest container port at Felixstowe have launched a new strike action today (27 September) due to an ongoing dispute over pay.
Over 1,900 members of the British trade union, Unite, began strike action at 07:00 (local time) on 27 September. The strike is expected to end on 5 October at 06:59 (local time).
This is the second walkout of Port of Felixstowe workers after the strike action at the end of August. Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company, owned by the port operator CK...
https://container-news.com/workers-begin-new-round-of-strikes-at-port-of-felixstowe/
The National Conference of Firemen & Oilers (NFCO) has reached a tentative agreement with U.S. freight railroads on a new labor contract, the National Carriers’ Conference Committee (NCCC) announced Tuesday.
“The tentative agreement announced today includes a 24% wage increase during the five-year period from 2020 through 2024 — with a 14.1% wage increase effective immediately — and five annual $1,000 lump sum payments,” the NCCC said in a statement. “Portions of the wage increases and lump sum...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/another-union-accepts-rail-agreement
A one-day strike scheduled for Friday by pilots at Lufthansa Airlines will also affect the company’s freighter subsidiary and inconvenience businesses with goods scheduled for carriage. The more serious threat for shippers and Lufthansa Cargo is future labor action of longer duration that could disrupt supply chains, logistics experts say.
The German-flag carrier said it has canceled 800 flights at its Frankfurt and Munich hubs for Friday, and a handful of flights on Thursday, after the pilots’...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/lufthansa-cargo-pilots-to-join-strike-on-friday
The union representing almost 1,500 Loomis Express workers in Canada said it has avoided a strike and reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with the logistics provider’s parent company, TransForce International.
The strike, which was set to begin at noon on Wednesday, would have affected company facilities across eight Canadian provinces.
“This tentative agreement leverages the power of a national union to set and raise standards across the country while allowing for provincial nuances...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/loomis-express-workers-call-off-strike
Loomis Express workers plan to strike Wednesday if their union does not reach a contract agreement with the logistics provider’s parent company, TransForce International.
Unifor, the union representing about 1,500 Loomis Express workers, said the strike will start at noon at company facilities across eight Canadian provinces unless a new contract that strengthens language for the scope of work is agreed upon.
“This is yet another example of a huge corporation squeezing employees by shuffling work...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/loomis-express-workers-issue-strike-warning
The National Transportation Safety Board says that “poor bridge resource management and a charting error” led to a Hong Kong-flagged 52,382 dwt bulk carrier striking an oil and gas production platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Reading the full report to see how the NTSB reached that finding is instructive, with fatigue, distraction and over-reliance on ECDIS all coming into consideration.
THE INCIDENT
On Jan. 7, 2021, the dry bulk carrier Ocean Princess struck the uncrewed/out-of-service oil and gas...
LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) – Staff at Britain’s largest container port, Felixstowe, have voted in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay, the Unite union said on Thursday, warning of huge…
Canadian railway CN and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have agreed to enter binding arbitration, putting to end a two-week strike over wages and benefits.
The strike, which began June 18 and affected about 750 employees in Canada, ended Tuesday, according to a statement from CN (NYSE: CNI). Employees in signals and communications were expected to return to their roles Wednesday.
“CN would like to thank its management employees and contractors for their service, which allowed...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ibew-ends-strike-with-canadian-railway-cn
