Canada orders binding arbitration to end port lockout | Workers’ Rights News

Canada orders binding arbitration to end port lockout | Workers’ Rights News

With the lockouts, $930m of goods are being affected daily, affecting supply chains and local economy, the government says. Canada’s labour minister is intervening to end the lockouts of workers at the country’s two biggest ports. Minister of Labour Steven Mackinnon said on Tuesday that the negotiations had reached an…

South Korea’s military blames North Korea on GPS signal ‘jamming attack’ | Aviation News

South Korea’s military blames North Korea on GPS signal ‘jamming attack’ | Aviation News

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, North Korean GPS jamming operation began on Friday and continued on Saturday, impacting several vessels at sea and dozens of civilian aircraft, South Korea said. North Korea has staged a Global Positioning System (GPS) jamming attack, Seoul’s military has said, an ongoing disruption operation that has impacted…

Canada’s largest port could see lockout of more than 700 workers | Al Jazeera News

Canada’s largest port could see lockout of more than 700 workers | Al Jazeera News

The dispute between port foremen and their employers could disrupt crucial international shipments. Employers at Canada’s largest port have said they would lock out their workers after a negotiating deadline with the union had passed, potentially disrupting key shipments of the country’s coal, potash and beef. The BC Maritime Employers…

US official hails Panama decree to strip sanctioned ships of registration | Shipping News

US official hails Panama decree to strip sanctioned ships of registration | Shipping News

Stricter registration policies from Panama, the world’s largest ship registry, come amid a push to crack down on oil smuggling. A former United States official has praised a new executive decree from Panama that is set to strip maritime vessels of their domestic licences and registrations if they face global…

How did Egypt’s and Israel’s economies do in a year of Houthi attacks? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

How did Egypt’s and Israel’s economies do in a year of Houthi attacks? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

When Frenchman Ferdinand de Lesseps suggested connecting the Red and Mediterranean seas by building the Suez Canal, his idea was clear: a shorter shipping route from Asia to Europe and a source of income from transit fees. The idea was welcomed by Egypt’s khedive, Ismail Pasha, and the Suez Canal…

US dockworkers press on with second day of strike, with no deal in sight | Transport News

US dockworkers press on with second day of strike, with no deal in sight | Transport News

US President Biden urged for a quick deal to end the standoff, which threatens to drain billions from the US economy. Tens of thousands of United States dockworkers have continued to strike for a second day, keeping shipments at major eastern dockyards at a standstill. Containers at 36 ports stretching…

Penguins on the precipice: Survival in the ‘noisiest bay in the world’ | Environment

Penguins on the precipice: Survival in the ‘noisiest bay in the world’ | Environment

The first time I visited St Croix island, in 2017, it was home to about 6,000 breeding pairs of African penguins – 35 percent of the global population of this endangered species. On a blissful September morning, we sped across Algoa Bay on South Africa’s east coast, past a grimy…

Prosecutors investigating captain of superyacht that sank off Sicily | Courts News

Prosecutors investigating captain of superyacht that sank off Sicily | Courts News

Seven people, including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his daughter, died when the ship went down in a sudden storm. Prosecutors in Italy are investigating the captain of the superyacht that sank during a storm off Sicily last week, killing seven people, on possible charges including manslaughter, his lawyer…