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From Prensa Latina:
The Chinese company Evergreen Marine, a Panama Canal client, has triggered alarm in the isthmus after confirming that some of its ships will use the Suez Canal, due to delays in Panama’s third lock.
Panama Canal Authority Administrator Jorge Quijano, in a lecture to 450 clients of the inter-oceanic way, said a reduction of the Canal’s income is predicted, but there is no way that works on its extension can conclude before December, 2015, a date that itself is questionable, due to huge delays and a sluggish resumption in the works after a two month stoppage.
Movement of grain by rail in Western Canada has improved slightly over the last few weeks, according ot the president and CEO of Viterra North America – one of Canada’s largest grain shippers.
“The weather obviously has improved and we’ve seen improvements to West Coast shipments. We’ve also started to position product in Thunder Bay,” says Kyle Jeworski. “We still continue to have challenges moving grain into markets such as the US and Eastern Canada, but we are moving in the right direction.”
He says his company is helping the railways – CP and CN Rail – meet their federal mandate of shipping 5,500 cars of grain per week.
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Maersk Line currently has seven Triple-E ships transporting containers between Asia and Northern Europe. They are expected to gradually take over from smaller ships on important routes. Pictured: Triple-E class ship Maersk McKinney Moller in Poland.
The Danish shipping giant Maersk Line is having trouble loading up its new Triple-E mega container ships to capacity because only two docks in Asia have the necessary infrastructure to do so.
The world’s largest ships will have to wait until the end of 2014 to begin to sail with full shipments as central European harbours are still unable to handle fully loading the 18,270-container-capacity ships.
“Right now there are only two harbours in our network, Yantian and Tanjung Pelepas, that can handle fully loading Triple-E ships,” Thomas Riber Knudsen, the head of Maersk Line’s Asia and Pacific region, told Lloyd’s List. “At the moment we are only able to load about 16,000 containers on the ships.”
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”The union, meanwhile, has repeatedly said the company skimps on safety at the site known as Terminal 6,” reported the Associated Press.The company that operates the Port of Portland’s container terminal has been fined $18,360 following a safety inspection by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Documents show the federal agency levied the penalty last week after a routine inspection of the North Portland site in late February. The inspector found ICTSI Oregon to be in violation of more than a dozen worker safety codes, such as not informing employees about potential exposure to airborne lead and having workers operate machinery that lacked proper guards against flying objects.
The union, meanwhile, has repeatedly said the company skimps on safety at the site known as Terminal 6.
“We’re grateful that OSHA is stepping in to hold ICTSI accountable for its failure to protect the men and women who work at Terminal 6,” ILWU spokeswoman Jennifer Sargent said from San Francisco. “ICTSI is accustomed to operating in low-wage countries where workers don’t have the same rights we have in the United States.”
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The company that operates the Port of Portland’s container terminal has been fined $18,360 following a safety inspection by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Documents show the federal agency levied the penalty last week after a routine inspection of the North Portland site in late February. The inspector found ICTSI Oregon to be in violation of more than a dozen worker safety codes, such as not informing employees about potential exposure to airborne lead and having workers operate machinery that lacked proper guards against flying objects.
The union, meanwhile, has repeatedly said the company skimps on safety at the site known as Terminal 6.
“We’re grateful that OSHA is stepping in to hold ICTSI accountable for its failure to protect the men and women who work at Terminal 6,” ILWU spokeswoman Jennifer Sargent said from San Francisco. “ICTSI is accustomed to operating in low-wage countries where workers don’t have the same rights we have in the United States.”
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From a Viterra news release:
Viterra, part of Canada’s Agricultural Business Segment of Glencore, has announced that it is executing a series of operational improvements and upgrades at its Pacific Terminal at Port Metro Vancouver.
Some of these projects include the installation of new bulk weighers, upgrades to shipping conveyors and rotary cleaners, and improved electrical and dust control systems. The most significant project planned is the installation of a new ship loader system, which is expected to significantly increase shipping capacity and allow for the loading of “post-Panamax” vessels. It is anticipated that all of these initiatives will be completed by 2016 and result in a rated capacity up to 6 million metric tonnes annually.
Excerpts from the JOC:
”We are committed to assist you to achieve a fair and equitable local contract and to remove any financial burdens or obstacles that are an attempt by employers and a misguided arbitrator to weaken your efforts for union representation.” — Dennis Daggett, president of the ILA’s Atlantic Coast District, in an open letter to Local 333 membersILA Local 333 struck for three days last October but resumed work after Arbitrator M. David Vaughn ruled the union had violated the no-strike clause in the ILA’s coastwide master contract [and] ordered the union to pay $3.8 million in damages.
Local 333 voted down the employers’ “best and final” offer in February after Dennis Daggett, president of the union’s Atlantic Coast District, said a “no” vote would put the local in a better position to negotiate down the arbitrator’s award.
The ILA is insisting that the $3.8 million arbitrator’s award be lifted before negotiations resume. The Steamship Trade Association has said its final offer is already on the table.
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While most Prince Rupert terminals saw year-over-year increases in March, overall tonnage has dropped by more than 17 per cent in 2014.
In March, 28,145 tonnes were handled at Westview Terminal, which brings the year to date total to 81,277 tonnes.
Combined, port of Prince Rupert tonnage dropped 26 per cent this March, with 1,681,316 tonnes being moved through operations compared to 2,292,379 in March 2013. This is largely attributed to the decrease in tonnage at Ridley Terminal. So far this year there has been close to 17.6 per cent fewer tonnes handled compared to last year, with 4,908,513 tonnes being moved in 2013 and 5,952,250 tonnes being moved in 2014.
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