Land, Sea and Air shipping / transportation news for Canada
Latest News Strike at CN as rail labour negotiations remain stalled in the US. About 750 signals and communications workers at Canadian National Rail (CN) went on strike on Saturday, after the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and CN management…
Global Aperture EU’s Parliament voted on June 9 to expand existing requirements for airlines to buy GHG credits—the amendment would require such credits be purchased for flights beyond member nations. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has decried the move,…
Latest News Manufacturers call for help with supply chain disruptions. Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) is calling on the federal government to provide temporary financial relief to companies impacted by supply chain disruptions, and work to resolve Buy America and…
Global Aperture New air cargo data suggest global demand in April fell 8% year-over-year, attributed to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, recent Covid-19 lockdowns in China, enduring labor shortages, and a growing deficit in consumer demand. The US joins Canada and…
Latest News Crisis or hiccup? Assessing the logistics impact of China lockdowns. Some experts predict ending quarantine restrictions will open cargo floodgates as airfreight feels immediate crunch. A mixed bag of circumstances and time horizons are creating diverging narratives about…
Thanks to a profitable fiscal year, airlines have continued to invest in their staff and fleet, which will buoy international freighter capacity for the time being, while recovering air passenger demand in Europe and the Americas lightens summer outlook for…
LATEST News Shanghai’s ‘grim’ Covid outbreak threatens more global supply chain disruption. The Covid-19 outbreak in Shanghai remains “extremely grim” with the ongoing lockdown of China’s financial powerhouse threatening to devastate the country’s economy and “tear apart” already very stretched…
LATEST News CP arbitration process could take weeks. Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. rail employees are back on the job, but one labour relations expert says it could take weeks before matters are settled between the country’s second-largest railway and the…
LATEST News CP issues lockout notice to Teamsters. Close to 3,000 employees of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. could be off the job early Sunday morning. Calgary-based CP Rail said in a release Wednesday that it has issued 72-hour notice to…
CP Customer Bulletin: Notice of TCRC lock-out from John Brooks, Executive Vice-President & Chief Marketing Officer /Avis de lock-out à l’intention de la CFTC de la part de John Brooks, vice-président exécutif et chef du marketing Dear customers, CP has…