US port strike ends, leaving cargo backlog
US East Coast and Gulf Coast ports began reopening late on Thursday (Oct 3) after dockworkers and port operators reached a wage deal to settle the industry’s biggest work stoppage in…
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US port strikes to boost global shipping rates despite earlier front-loading of peak season demand
Prices spiked in July as companies scheduled shipments before the usual year-end peak period THE year-end peak shipping season has been quieter than usual, as companies brought forward…
Two injured by drone attack on southern Israeli port city of Eilat
Two drones were launched toward the southern Israeli port city of Eilat on Wednesday night, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. One of the drones was intercepted while the other hit the…
Union pact averts India port strike
A strike at India’s ports that further threatened the global supply chain was called off Tuesday after workers agreed to a new five-year contract. The indefinite walkout by almost 20,000…
China port explosion snarls trans-Pacific container trade
The closure of Ningbo Beilun’s Phase III Terminal is expected to have cascading effects on the main trans-Pacific trade lanes out of Asia, and the supply chain at large, in the midst of…
Israeli jets bomb Yemen’s Hodeidah port in retaliation for drone attack in Tel Aviv
The Israeli military said it bombed sites in Yemen linked to the Iran-backed Houthi militias in retaliation for a deadly drone attack on Tel Aviv on Friday. The military said it hit…
Yemen's Houthis vow 'effective' response to Israeli attack on port
Yemen's Houthi militia has vowed an "effective" response to an Israeli attack on the Red Sea port of Hodeidah that the Iranian-allied group said had targeted civilian facilities. The…
Yemen's Houthis accuse Israel of attacking port of Hodeidah
Israel on Saturday mounted airstrikes in Yemen's port city of Hodeidah, media loyal to Yemen's Iranian-aligned Houthi militia reported. Houthi mouthpiece TV al-Masirah said the "US-Zionist…
French police clash with water demonstrators after port blockade
Environmental protesters clashed with police in France's western port of La Rochelle Saturday, AFP journalists saw, as conservationists and small farmers mobilised against massive…