Business leaders and organisations in Eastern Canada have asked the government to intervene in the dispute between the Montreal Dockers and the Maritime Employer Association (MEA).
At a press conference yesterday, 10 August, the group, including the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal (CCMM), Conseil du patronat du Québec (CPQ), Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec (FCCQ) and Manufacturiers et Exportateurs du Québec (MEQ),...
Following the announcement on Friday, 7 August, by Montreal’s International Longshoremen’s Union Local 375 (CUPE) of an indefinite strike, it has emerged that a sister union, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Local 1657 (Checkers) has also given notice of strike action starting today, 10 August at 3pm local time.
As the long-running dispute reaches its critical phase unions have apparently lost patience with the Maritime Employers Association (MEA) and have called for all out,...
https://container-news.com/another-montreal-union-joins-indefinite-industrial-action/
Out of respect for those suffering in the aftermath of the Beirut explosion the shipping industry must reflect on this tragedy, and then come together to make certain that it can never reoccur.
Commenting on the Beirut explosion caused by a cargo of ammonium nitrate, security firm Dryad Global pointed out that, “While the disaster itself was exceptional, the events leading up to it were not.”
It is a fact that hazardous material is shipped across the world’s oceans daily. It is often mishandled...
https://container-news.com/action-must-follow-messages-of-support-for-beiruts-victims/
Longshoremen in the Port of Montreal are about to escalate the long-running dispute with the Maritime Employers Association (MEA).
The two sides will continue to negotiate over the weekend to try and avert an indefinite strike, but with both sides claiming they offered a truce, which was rejected by their opposite numbers, it seems the MEA and the dockers remain far from a resolution.
Chief negotiator for the Longshoremen’s Union Local 375 (CUPE) Michel Murray told Container News, that the union...
https://container-news.com/montreal-dockers-to-start-unlimited-strike/
Korea Shipping Partnership, a quasi-alliance of all 14 South Korean liner operators, has extended its term by a year, even as its three years of existence failed to improve earnings.
At a meeting between the liner operators and officials from the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) on 28 July, the group was, reportedly, unanimously against renewing the KSP, but MOF, wanted to give it another year.
Wishing to revive the South Korean maritime industry after Hanjin Shipping was declared bankrupt...
https://container-news.com/disappointing-south-korean-liner-alliance-reformed-for-another-year/
Changes to the way that cargo is moved from factories to retail outlets has seen a shift in strategy by Maersk with the development of hub in Colombo, Sri Lanka, that will allow customers greater flexibility in the movement of their goods, said the Danish line.
A Maersk spokesman told Container News the pandemic has seen a significant shift of cargo from China to other ports of origin such as in Vietnam and India, and with this change there is a need to have regional hubs where cargo can be...
https://container-news.com/pandemic-drives-maersks-n-europe-me-and-subcontinent-revamp/
A lack of optimism over demand for container shipping has caused First Ship Lease Trust (FSLT) to retreat from the segment, with the sales of its last three container vessels.
The Singapore-listed shipping trust disclosed that the 2008-built 4,250TEU vessels, FSL Eminence (ex-YM Eminence), FSL Elixir (YM Elixir) and YM Enhancer, were sold for an undisclosed price on 5 August, to an unidentified buyer.
According to Vessels Value, the ships have a market value of between US$7.49 – US$7.85 million...
https://container-news.com/ship-sales-see-fsl-trust-withdraw-from-container-sector/
Dockers unions in the Canadian port of Montreal have said they are prepared to strike again next week after negotiations with the employers’ representatives, the Maritime Employers Association (MEA), appear to have stalled.
The current strike is due to end at 7am on Friday 7 August, and the 72 hour notice necessary to allow for another stoppage will be immediately served with the strike expected to start the following Monday, Chief negotiator for the Longshoremen’s Union Local (375 CUPE) Michel...
https://container-news.com/more-montreal-strikes-expected-next-week/
Authorities in Lebanon say that some 2,750tonnes of ammonium nitrate were ignited following a fire at a nearby warehouse where fireworks were stored, causing the massive explosion and subsequent fire that has seen at least 100 people and 4,000 injured crowding Beirut’s hospitals.
Vessel tracker Marine Traffic shows the 11,000TEU CMA CGM Lyra currently docked in Beirut Port. However, security consultancy Dryad Global said the general cargo vessel Raouf H, owned by Lebanese company Cedar Marine,...
https://container-news.com/beirut-death-toll-rises-as-pm-vows-retribution-on-those-responsible/
Following crew testing on the Bangkok Bridge and the Ital Lirica, Hapag-Lloyd a partner in the Africa-Asia services, the carrier has announced that the Bangkok Bridge has been diverted to the Philippines for a crew change.
In an announcement on 4 August the carrier said that the 4,432TEU Bangkok Bridge which is owned by Japanese company FJ Lines is heading to Manila where the crew will be discharged and the ship fully sanitised.
Following the crew change and cleaning operation Hapag-Lloyd said...
https://container-news.com/bangkok-bridge-to-get-crew-change-says-hapag-lloyd/