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This afternoon, the Canadian Government stepped in and ended the day-long strike / lockout that impacted approximately 9,000 rail workers at the Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) rail companies. CN said they would end the lockout at 6:00pm ET. Rail operations will be ramped up over the next few days, and trains … Continued

A strike at Canada’s railways went into effect today. In the absence of a labor agreement, both the Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) began locking out workers at midnight. Both railroads had already started to slowdown and embargo freight earlier this week and are now closed. Approximately 2/3 of all … Continued

The prospect of work stoppage on Canada’s railroads is looking more and more likely to take shape next week. Canada’s labor minister announced yesterday that there will be no immediate intervention from the government in the ongoing labor dispute between the rails and the unions. In response to this announcement, both the Canadian National Railway … Continued

We would like to inform you of an incident that took place on August 9th at the Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, one of the world’s busiest ports. An explosion occurred on the container ship YM Mobility, operated by Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp., at approximately 1:40 PM. The vessel was docked at the Beilun terminal when the … Continued