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Outlook Improving for Shipping Traffic at Panama Canal

The Panama Canal Authority recently moved to a long-term booking system for shipping slots, which has made it easier to forecast transit demand months in advance.

Several freighters, assisted by tugboats, entering the Panama Canal at Gatun Locks on the Atlantic side. Photo: iStock / searagen

Russian Oil Gets Flipped Between Tankers Near Spanish Exclave of Ceuta

The West has stepped up efforts to crack down on tankers transporting Russian oil.

Photo: Bloomberg

Canada Port Lockouts Back Trudeau Government Into a Corner Again

The Montreal offer would have boosted average dockworker compensation to more than C$200,000 per year.

Workers picket outside the Port of Montreal near a Termont Terminal Inc. terminal in September. Photo: Bloomberg

Montreal Port Urges Trudeau Government to End Strike

The labor dispute comes as western Canadian ports locked out dock workers November 4, disrupting an estimated C$800 million in activity per day.

Workers picket outside the Termont Terminal Inc. Maisonneuve terminal during a dockworkers' strike in Montreal. Photographer: Graham Hughes/Bloomberg

Hapag-Lloyd Orders 24 New LNG Ships

All 24 ships will have dual-fuel engines that can run on LNG and biomethane, and will be equipped for ammonia fuel as well.

Photo: iStock / eyewave

Shanghai Unveils Green Shipping Plan as New Emissions Rules Loom

The target is to raise Shanghai’s low-carbon bunkering to over one million tons a year by 2030, according to a November 1 statement.

Gantry cranes and shipping containers at the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai, China. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

Labor Disputes Stall Traffic at Canada's Three Largest Ports

The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade estimates that more than $600,000 million worth of trade has been disrupted in just the first 18 hours of the West Coast work stoppage.

Photo: iStock / vkyryl

Canada Port Disruption Sparks Fear of Wider Trade Snarls

A leading business group called for government intervention to prevent costly economic damage.

Port of Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada. Photo: iStock.com/limpers

Montréal Employers Threaten to Suspend Striking Port Workers’ Salary Guarantee

The Port of Montréal Longshoremen’s Union, CUPE Local 375, called an unlimited strike on October 31 that directly blocks the Viau and Maisonneuve terminals.

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

Strike at U.S. Ports Brought Debate Over Automation Front and Center

The brief strike by East and Gulf Coast dockworkers brought to the fore the ongoing controversy about automation at U.S. ports, and its ultimate impact on human workers.

Automated Guided Vehicles moving shipping containers to and from gantry cranes in a port container terminal.

EPA Targets Emissions at U.S. Ports With $3B in Grants

The agency estimates that its "Clean Ports" grants could eliminate more than 3 million metric tons of carbon pollution over the next 10 years.

Photo: iStock / JasonDoiy

New Shipping Pollution Rule to Aid Europe's Ailing Diesel Demand

The regulation will result in an increase of 44,000 barrels a day in demand for a type of diesel fuel known as marine gas-oil next year.

Photo: iStock/eyewave

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