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March 20, 2024


DOT Confirms Boost in West Coast Container Imports

An increase in timely ocean container import data being supplied by private industry into the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Freight Logistics Optimizations Works (FLOW) initiative confirms what has been predicted since earlier in the year — a boost in U.S. West…

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March 12, 2024


US Container Imports Robust in February

February’s U.S. container import volumes decreased 6% from January — a better-than-expected performance as the sector enters its slow season. But other signs point to potential softness in domestic freight in March and April. The 2.14 million twenty-foot equivalent units…

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March 8, 2024


Fourteen-Day Strike Announced at Finnish Ports

The Finnish Automotive and Transport Workers' Union (AKT) has announced new strikes for the period from March 11 at 6 am EET to March 25 at 6 am EET. The strikes will mainly affect stevedoring and other port activities (source:…

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March 5, 2024


EMO Taiwan’s Vincent Ong Elected IOFFLAT Chairman

Mr. Vincent Ong, Managing Director of EMO Trans Taiwan, was overwhelmingly elected as the 13th Chairman of the International Ocean Freight Forwarders & Logistics Association, Taiwan (IOFFLAT) in December. With 40 years of experience in freight forwarding, Vincent has been…

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February 15, 2024


US Airports Get Nearly $1 Billion for Improvements

More than 100 US airports will be awarded $970 million in federal grants, the latest effort to upgrade the nation’s infrastructure — a top priority of President Joe Biden. The new funding, announced today, comes as airports in recent years…

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February 6, 2024


Union Calls Strike at Lufthansa for Wednesday

Ground staff at German flag carrier Lufthansa will go on strike this Wednesday, the Verdi union said on Monday, in the latest bout of industrial action to hit Germany's transport sector as workers demand more pay. The strike is scheduled…

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