Archive: May 2018
May 31, 2018
CP Reaches Deal with Teamsters
Canadian Pacific says it reached a tentative four-year agreement with CP conductors and locomotive engineers and a five-year agreement with its Kootenay Valley Railway (KVR) conductors and locomotive engineers on Wednesday. Full operations are expected to resume Thursday across Canada…
READ MORE >May 30, 2018
CP Canadian Network Shut Down Due to TCRC – Notice of Force Majeure
Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) is currently experiencing events of Force Majeure as a result of the withdrawal of labour services by members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) - Train & Engine. The TCRC represents Canadian conductors and locomotive…
READ MORE >May 30, 2018
Canadian Pacific and IBEW Reach Tentative Three-Year Agreement
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (TSX: CP) (NYSE: CP) and System Council No. 11 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) have announced that they have reached a tentative three-year deal. The tentative agreement ensures that IBEW employees remain on the…
READ MORE >May 21, 2018
U.S. House Panel Advances Meal, Rest Break Provision for Truckers
Legislation that would aim to ensure nationwide uniformity for meal-and-rest-break laws for truckers easily advanced through a House funding subcommittee on May 16.
READ MORE >May 21, 2018
Canada to Invest in Port of Montreal’s Infrastructure
The Government of Canada has announced that it will invest $45.8 million in the road network adjacent to the Port of Montreal to facilitate the transport of Canadian goods to world markets. This investment is awarded under the National Trade…
READ MORE >May 18, 2018
Frankfurt and Lima Report Growth in Air Cargo
Frankfurt Airport, Germany’s busiest airfreight gateway, has reported that it handled a total of 189,634 tonnes of cargo (airfreight and air mail) in April. This figure represented an improvement of 2.3% over the same month of 2017. The Peruvian airport…
READ MORE >May 18, 2018
Hong Kong Airport Posts Strong April
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) handled 426,000 tonnes of cargo and airmail in April, up by 4.8% year-on-year. According to AirCargoNews, a 17% growth in transhipment cargo contributed heavily to the growth in throughput. Among HKIA’s key trading regions, cargo…
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