News & Highlights

• ILA, Halifax port employers reach tentative labor pact

  October 23rd 2026

  The three-year deal announced Friday comes a week after Montreal employers and the port workers union agreed to a five-year contract after a one-year (read more)

• NY-NJ port truckers seek FMC rulemaking on empty returns

  October 23rd 2026

  A stakeholder group of drayage carriers wants enforceable standards for managing empty container handling, putting more burdens on ocean carriers for (read more)

• Typhoon Champi closes Taiwan ports, brings fresh disruption to East Asia

  October 23rd 2026

  The island’s busiest port of Kaohsiung, as well as the ports at Keelung and Taipei, were among the harbors closed Friday as the storm, packing winds (read more)

• MSC, Zim return to Suez route for joint Asia-USEC service

  October 23rd 2026

  The change from a routing around southern Africa is part of the ongoing gradual return of Far East services using the shorter Suez route. (read more)

• Demand for AI infrastructure propels air cargo peak season

  October 23rd 2026

  Demand by hyperscalers is driving the volume, particularly on the trans-Pacific, but general high-tech products and restocking ahead of November’s o (read more)