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Unions Challenge Canada’s Back-to-Work Order

Canada’s Industrial Relations Board ordered a resumption of operations at all affected Canadian ports from the morning of November 16.

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

Former Congressman Duffy Named as Secretary of Transportation

Former Republican congressman from Wisconsin Duffy was a co-host on Fox Business, and also a former cast member of the MTV show “The Real World.”

Sean Duffy, March 2017. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Postal Workers Strike in Canada, Disrupting Holiday Shipments

The government may be forced to intervene in the strike, as it has done with recent port strikes, given the importance of the postal carrier to the economy.

Canada Post Corp. mail delivery trucks. Photo: Bloomberg

Norfolk Southern Reaches Deal with Activist Investor Firm

The Cleveland-based investment firm had sought to remove then-CEO Alan Shaw early in 2024, moves before he was eventually ousted by the railroad.

Huntsville, Alabama. Photo: iStock.com/sshepard

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

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

USDOT to Plough $2.4B into Rail Network Upgrades

The projects funded by the USDOT will expand rail connections at ports, replace aging bridges, and add modern locomotives to train fleets.

ATHENS, GEORGIA, U.S.A. - Jan 21, 2019: A railroad employee holding a walkie-talkie leans out from a CSX railroad locomotive, looking ahead up the track.

Why Designing a Modern-Day Container Terminal Is More Complex Than Ever Before

The Port of Los Angeles long ago ran out of room to design and build new container terminals from scratch.

The Port of Los Angeles' Pier 300 channel. Photo: Port of Los Angeles

U.S. STB Approves Transaction That Creates Rail Link Between Mexico, U.S. South

The acquisition by CSX and CPKC will create a new interchange in Alabama that will connect shippers in Mexico, Texas and the Southeast U.S.

ATHENS, GEORGIA, U.S.A. - Jan 21, 2019: A railroad employee holding a walkie-talkie leans out from a CSX railroad locomotive, looking ahead up the track.

U.S.-Mexico Freight by Value up 4.2% YoY

Freight traffic between the U.S. and its neighbors is increasingly via truck, Bureau of Transportation Statistics figures show.

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