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Panama Canal Offers Shippers More Flexible Booking System

Instead of locking in plans for a full year, the program will allow companies to commit in six-month blocks.

A vessel is guided through the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal’s vulnerability to drought recently caused long wait times and costly disruptions for shippers. Photographer: Tarina Rodriguez/Bloomberg

U.S. Ports Don't Expect Disruptions During Government Shutdown

Without approval from Congress on a new spending plan for the fiscal year that began on October 1, this marks the first government shutdown in the U.S. since 2018-2019.

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China Retaliates Against Impending U.S. Port Fees with New Countermeasures

The countermeasures took effect on September 28, and will remain in place "unless relevant treaties or agreements offer adequate and effective remedies."

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Houthis Attack Netherlands-Flagged Ship in Gulf of Aden

The attack came a week after a failed assault on the same vessel, French military officials told the Associated Press.

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U.K. Arrests Man During European Airports Cyberattack Probe

The cyberattack, which began on September 19, affected an important provider of software that underpins check-in and boarding systems.

Passengers at check-in desks, after a cyberattack caused an outage to key airline check-in systems, at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, on Sept. 22. Photographer: Yen Duong/Bloomberg

Heathrow, Berlin Airports See Delays After Cyberattack

The disruption is the latest reminder of how dependent global aviation is on a handful of technology suppliers and how a single failure can ripple through some of Europe’s busiest hubs.

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Port of Long Beach Logs Second-Busiest August on Record

Port says the recent pause in tariffs gave a boost to the start of peak shipping season.

Los Angeles, California. Photo: iStock / KKStock

Philippine Port Operator ICTSI Eyes More Emerging Market Deals

ICTSI recently bought a majority stake in a Brazil marine property that can be used as additional capacity for its terminal operations there.

Photo: Bloomberg

Canada Prime Minister Looks to Fast-Track Port of Montreal Expansion

The project would increase the Port of Montreal's container handling capacity by an estimated 60%, and create space for 1.15 million containers.

The Port of Montreal along the St. Lawrence River. Photo: iStock / LaSalle-Photo

Crews Still Working to Recover Fallen Containers at Port of Long Beach

An estimated 32 containers have now been recovered from the water around the MV Mississippi cargo vessel at the Port of Long Beach.

Salvage crews recovering containers that fell into the water at the Port of Long Beach. Photo: U.S. Coast Guard

Nearly 70 Containers Fall off Cargo Ship at Port of Long Beach

Cargo operations were paused at Pier G, although no other terminals or port operations were affected by the incident.

Containers fell off the Mississippi cargo ship around 9 a.m. on September 9. Photo: Port of Long Beach

DP World Wins Contract to Operate Montreal Port’s New Terminal

The new terminal will sit on the St. Lawrence River, just northeast of the city of Montreal, Canada’s second-largest urban area.

A truck drives past shipping containers at the Port of Montreal. Photographer: Andrej Ivanov/Bloomberg

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