ILWU Canada rank-and-file will vote later this week on whether to issue a 72-hour strike notice, raising the unprecedented prospect of disruption on Canada’s West Coast amid job actions by labor along the US West Coast.  

ILWU Canada threatens strike at Vancouver, Prince Rupert  

The White House said it was monitoring the fast-developing situation along the West Coast, while a major retail organization urged the Biden administration to intervene and warned about the ongoing diversion of cargo to the East and Gulf coasts.

UPDATE: USWC disruptions continue as ILWU flexes power amid wage, manning gap with employers 

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Two stevedoring companies are looking to the Federal Maritime Commission to stop what they say is an unlawful access fee at the Port of Baltimore after one of them was invoiced $1.2 million. 

New FMC complaint challenges ‘unlawful’ stevedoring fees in Baltimore 

The Container Port Performance Index for 2022 showed that among large ports, China’s Yangshan ranked No. 1, while Ningbo and Guangzhou were among the top 10. 

 

Wilmington, Virginia top US port performers for 2022: index 

The airline industry has performed better than expected so far this year, with the International Air Transport Association providing a surprisingly sunny financial outlook for an industry with a forecasted profit margin of just 1.2%.

IATA upgrades global airline outlook as recovery gathers momentum 

The American Trucking Associations said Julie Su’s track record of supporting California’s A.B. 5 law and a lack of support for the trucking industry has failed to reassure them she would be a successful Secretary of Labor. 

ATA urges Congress to reject Su as Labor chief

A proposed change to the billable party for detention fees would simply pass the burden from the trucker, which controls a container’s movements and is directly witness to the circumstances that can disqualify detention charges, to the cargo owner, who has no such control or visibility.

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Proposal prohibiting billing truckers at odds with detention rule’s intent

Shifting capacity landscapes have caused several changes in the US freight industry — owner-operators have become company drivers or shut down, while small carriers with 10 or fewer trucks have begun exiting the market, says the executive vice president of 3PL Redwood Logistics.

Small, mid-sized truck carriers can successfully navigate market downturn

With spot freight rates largely stabilized, ocean carriers have blanked fewer sailings in May and instead opted for more biweekly sailings.  

Carriers pare blank sailings in May as ocean freight rates steady

Price is once again on the side of shippers, with excess ocean capacity allowing them to extract lower rates from service providers. 

Forwarders locked in margin-destroying price war in post-COVID ocean market 

Although the container shipping order book is the highest it has been in many years and demand remains subdued, the ground is shifting under the ocean market in new and unfamiliar ways, writes Peter Tirschwell.

Ocean trade emerges from pandemic haze to face new realities 

Executive Editor

Shippers want Congress to address their inability to challenge rail demurrage fees when they contract for merchant haulage, but finding a solution will be tricky, writes Journal of Commerce Executive Editor Mark Szakonyi.  

 

Shippers, regulators muddle through ‘grey area’ of rail storage fees

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