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FedEx reports drop in quarterly profits on lower need for priority services

FedEx reported a drop in firstquarter earnings on Thursday and reduced the leading end of its annual revenue forecast as need in the plan market stayed muted, particularly for priority services. The business's shares fell about 11% to $268.21 after the bell. FedEx and other transport firms expanded operations during the pandemic-fueled online shipping boom. After demand normalized, bundle delivery companies have been laying off workers, shuttering workplaces and sorting facilities, and parking trucks and airplanes to shelter margins from excess overhead expenses The company did away with $1.8 billion in structural costs. in fiscal 2024 ended May, and prepares...

Ground Freight & Logistics

Why Canada's railways are seeing an unmatched labor stoppage

For the first time, Canada's. two primary railway business Canadian National Railway. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City are seeing a. synchronised labor blockage that might cause billions of. dollars' worth of economic damage. WHY HAVE OPERATIONS AT BOTH BUSINESS STOPPED? Contract talks in between the Teamsters union and the business. typically take place a year apart, however in 2022, after the federal. federal government presented new guidelines on fatigue, CN requested a. year-long extension to its existing deal instead of work out a. brand-new one. This suggested both companies' labor agreements expired at the. end of 2023 and talks have...

Ground Freight & Logistics

EXPLAINER-Why Canada is on the brink of an unmatched rail labor interruption

For the very first time, Canada's. 2 primary railway companies Canadian National Train. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City are on the verge of a. synchronised labor stoppage that could inflict billions of. dollars' worth of financial damage. WHY ARE BOTH COMPANIES POISED TO STOP? Contract talks in between the Teamsters union and the business. normally occur a year apart, however in 2022, after the federal. federal government presented brand-new guidelines on fatigue, CN requested a. year-long extension to its existing offer instead of work out a. new one. This implied both companies' labor arrangements ended at the. end of 2023...

Ground Freight

Why the Canadian freight rail halt will roil North American supply chains

Canada's two main freight rail business locked out around 10,000 of their Canadian unionized employees early on Thursday, starting an extraordinary simultaneous work stoppage that will grind practically all railway freight motion in the country to a halt. HOW INTEGRATED ARE THE RAIL NETWORKS ACROSS THE United States AND CANADA? Canadian National Railway Co and Canadian Pacific Kansas City have said their rail networks south of the border will continue to operate, however industry groups fear that a. work stoppage would have far-reaching results on the movement of. items and commodities throughout North America. CN and CPKC's coast-to-coast rail networks...

Ground Freight & Logistics

Canada's CN Rail, CPKC lock out Teamsters union workers, shut networks

Canadian National Train (CN). and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC). revealed the lockout of their Canadian workers on Thursday. after failed labor talks, leading to a shutdown of their rail. networks in the country. The decision, confirmed by the Teamsters union representing. the workers, sets the phase for an unmatched rail blockage. that might badly damage the Canadian economy and have a. considerable effect on cross-border trade with the United States. Canada is the world's second-largest nation by location and. relies heavily on rail transportation. A stoppage would maim. deliveries of grain, potash and coal while also slowing the. transport...

Ground Freight & Logistics

Why a Canadian freight rail stop would roil North American supply chains

Canada's two main freight rail business are set to lock out around 10,000 of their Canadian unionized workers on Thursday at 12:01 a.m. ET (0401. GMT), starting an unprecedented synchronised work interruption that. would grind practically all railway freight movement in the nation. to a halt. HOW INTEGRATED ARE THE RAIL NETWORKS THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA? Canadian National Train Co and Canadian Pacific. Kansas City have said their rail networks south of the. border will continue to run, however market groups fear that a. work stoppage would have far-reaching impacts on the motion of. goods and commodities across The United States...

Ground Freight

Why a Canadian freight rail stop would roil North American supply chains

Canada's 2 primary freight rail companies are set to lock out around 10,000 of their Canadian unionized workers on Thursday at 12:01 a.m. ET (4:01. GMT), starting an extraordinary synchronised work interruption that. would grind practically all train freight movement in the country. to a halt. HOW INTEGRATED ARE THE RAIL NETWORKS THROUGHOUT THE United States AND CANADA? Canadian National Train Co and Canadian Pacific. Kansas City have said their rail networks south of the. border will continue to run, but industry groups fear that a. work interruption would have significant impacts on the movement of. items and products across...

Freight Logistics

Canada PM leans on trains and union to settle problems, avoid major stoppage

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prompted on Wednesday the nation's two primary rail business and the Teamsters union to settle their differences and prevent a blockage that might cause billions of dollars worth of financial damage. Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City have stated they will lock out their workers early on Thursday unless brand-new labor offers can be concurred. The two have never ever closed down at the same time. Talks in between both business and the union have actually made little development, with each side implicating the other of bad faith. Trudeau informed reporters in Quebec...

Ground Freight

Union Pacific cautions of 'disastrous effects' from Canada rail strike

U.S. railroad operator Union Pacific has warned that a possible rail strike in Canada will have ravaging consequences on the North American economy. More than 2,500 Union Pacific cars per day would stagnate across the border, CEO Jim Vena said in a letter to Canadian Labor Minister Steve MacKinnon on late Monday. A few of these impacts have actually currently begun, Vena stated. Railway operators Canadian Pacific Kansas City and Canadian National Railway are bracing for a work stoppage by Teamsters union members, which could begin as early as Thursday as speak with work out a brand-new labor agreement are...

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C.H. Robinson diverting some United States customers' freight far from Canadian ports

U.S. freight forwarder C.H. Robinson stated on Monday it was diverting some of its U.S. clients' ocean freight away from Canadian ports as the threat of a rail strike looms. It stated roughly 80% of its consumers who had actually changed are now exporting through Los Angeles/Long Beach ports and the rest through Seattle/Tacoma ports. Canadian railroads, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Kansas City, are bracing for a possible work blockage by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference Union. Now that a strike notification has been declared, a few of our Canadian export consumers are beginning to deliver time-sensitive products to...

Freight Logistics

Why Canada is on the verge of an extraordinary rail labor blockage

For the very first time, Canada's. 2 primary railway companies Canadian National Train. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City are on the edge of a. synchronised labor stoppage that could cause billions of. dollars' worth of economic damage. WHY ARE BOTH BUSINESS POISED TO STOP? Contract talks between the Teamsters union and the business. typically happen a year apart, but in 2022, after the federal. government introduced brand-new guidelines on tiredness, CN requested a. year-long extension to its existing offer rather than negotiate a. new one. This indicated both business' labor arrangements expired at the. end of 2023 and talks have...

Ground Freight

Canada rail companies and union should strive to reach offer, says Ottawa

Canada's 2 primary train companies and the Teamsters union must do the hard work needed to reach labor offers and avoid a full stoppage, federal Labour Minister Steve MacKinnon said on Monday. In a post on the X social network, MacKinnon stated Canadian National Train and Canadian Pacific Kansas City would shut down early on Aug 22 unless offers were reached. MacKinnon said the impacts of the talks would be borne by all Canadians. The parties should do the hard work required to reach contracts at the bargaining table and prevent a complete work stoppage, he stated. Canada relies greatly...

Europe

Ground Transportation

Operation to tow stricken tanker and avoid spill starts in Red Sea - shipping source

The operation has begun to tow a Greekregistered oil tanker stranded in the Red Sea after an attack by Houthi militants last month, a shipping source told Reuters on Saturday. Towing the 900-foot (274.2-metre) MV Sounion to security is the first step in a risky operation to restore the vessel that ignited after it was repeatedly assaulted on Aug. 21. The second step is the transfer of its cargo of about 1 million barrels of crude oil. Saudi Arabia, a crucial gamer in the area, will use its assistance with that job, sources have stated. Any oil spill could be...

Freight Logistics

Monetary investor CVC improves Schenker deal, file says

Monetary financier CVC is improving its deal for Deutsche Bahn's logistics business Schenker, requesting for a reasonable assessment of its bid in a. letter to the German railway's board and supervisory board,. according to files seen on Monday. CVC is guaranteeing the state-owned German railway at least. one billion euros in case of a potential future IPO exit,. should its present owner choose to remain invested, the letter. stated. CVC last month presented 2 bids, one for 100% in the. company that would value it around 14 billion euros ($ 15.46. billion), and another with an alternative that could see...

Freight Logistics

2 missiles blow up near vessel east of Yemen's Aden, says UK maritime company

2 rockets blew up in close proximity to a vessel 130 nautical miles east of Yemen's Aden, The UK Maritime Trade Operations stated on Friday. In an advisory note, UKMTO said the vessel's crew was safe and continuing to the next port of call. It did not mention any damage to the vessel. The Yemeni Houthi militants have actually sunk 2 vessels in their 10-month drone and missile project against business shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. They say their attacks are in solidarity with Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip...

Middle East

Freight Logistics

Saudi oil tanker Amjad was not targeted in Red Sea, owner Bahri states

Saudi shipping company Bahri said on Tuesday its tanker Amjad was not targeted in a. Red Sea attack, which it had been spared any damage from the. event that struck another tanker that was cruising nearby. The U.S. Central Command stated Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi. rebels assaulted 2 crude oil tankers - the Saudi-flagged Amjad. and the Panama-flagged Blue Lagoon I - in the Red Sea on Monday. with two ballistic rockets and a one-way attack uncrewed aerial. system, hitting both vessels. We unquestionably affirm that AMJAD was not targeted and. continual no injuries or damage. The vessel stays fully. functional...

Freight Logistics

Fire identified in Red Sea off Yemen port of Salif, Ambrey states

British security company Ambrey said on Thursday a fire was identified in the Red Sea roughly 58 nautical miles southwest of Yemen's port of Salif. A neighboring vessel observed smoke coming from the water, an event likely related to the destruction of an unmanned surface area vessel, Ambrey stated. Hostile manned, and unmanned craft, have actually been running in the area, Ambrey included. Iran-aligned Houthi militants based in Yemen have released attacks on global shipping in the Red Sea region since November in uniformity with Palestinians in the war in between Israel and Hamas. In action shipowners have rerouted lots...

Ground Transportation

Ship reports little arms fire off Eritrea, says Ambrey

A merchant vessel reported being approached with making use of small arms fire in waters 92 nautical miles northeast of Eritrea's Massawa port in Red Sea waters adjacent to Yemen's coast, British maritime security company Ambrey said on Thursday. The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) stated quickly after that it received a sighting report of a little boat with armed persons onboard, running in close proximity to a. small coastal truck, approximately 95 nautical miles. northeast of Massawa. Authorities are examining, UKMTO's advisory note added. No group has actually yet claimed the attack. The Iran-aligned Houthi militants have launched repeated....

Freight Logistics

Iran's Revolutionary Guards obstructed UAE-managed tanker, IRGC states

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has actually intercepted a Togoflagged, UAEmanaged items tanker carrying 1,500 lots of marine gas oil, the IRGC and British security firm Ambrey stated on Monday. The vessel had actually loaded marine gas oil off the coast of Iraq and was destined for UAE's Sharjah when it was intercepted on Sunday, 61 nautical miles southwest of Iran's port of Bushehr, Ambrey said. Iran's Revolutionary Guards' Navy confirmed seizure of the tanker in a declaration estimated by Iran's state news firm, stating the tanker was systematically participated in fuel smuggling ... and was seized in the depths...