Solid market for US Seaway ports

The Bureau of Enforcement, Investigations, and Compliance has “prioritised investigations of possible wrongdoing by common carriers or marine terminal operators” referred by the FMC over the ILA strike period.

The US CBP approved the port’s plan to build Lake Michigan’s first sea cargo container terminal, enabling vessels to reach the Chicago area via the Great Lakes.

Port Authority of Bilbao and Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Seaway ports sign MoC to enhance cooperation, trade relations, and share expertise.

Canada’s St Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) and Unifor have ratified a new three-year collective labour agreement that will keep the main transportation artery connecting the ports of Montreal and Toronto and cargo handling facilities on the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean open.

Canada’s LOGISTEC Stevedoring Inc., is purchasing the Canadian and US marine terminal business of Fednav, including Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. and its logistics division Fednav Direct.

Two US Congressmen are drafting legislation that would require carriers to make containers available for US exporters.