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The Panama Canal aims to restore vessel traffic bring U.S. liquefied natural gas to Asia as demand in that market rises and a brand-new appointment system allows carriers to secure slots, following a 65% decrease in the transit of its secondmost crucial sector, the Panama Canal Authority informed Reuters. A U.S. LNG switch to Europe in the aftermath of Russia's. invasion of Ukraine, integrated with long waiting times and. costly charges to transit through Panama due to severe dry spell,. have actually kept many LNG ship of the canal. Lots of gas exporters continue to take longer routes around. South...

The Mexican government on Monday raised concerns about the Biden administration's proposal to restrict essential Chinese software application and hardware in linked vehicles on American roads due to national security issues. Mexico's economy ministry said in a filing with the U.S. Commerce Department the proposal could have a considerable. effect on Mexico's automotive industry. Economically, it postures. potential trade barriers, interruptions to provide chains,. increased production expenses, and a possible danger of minimized. direct and indirect work. Automaker and tech groups separately on Monday asked the. administration for changes and for more time before the rule. takes effect. The proposal...

At least 24 people died and five others were hurt when a bus crashed on a highway in Mexico's main state of Zacatecas on Saturday, regional authorities stated. The mishap happened in the morning hours when the bus bring the victims collided with the back of a. tractor-trailer carrying corn. Zacatecas Governor David Monreal verified the casualties in. a post on social networks, assuring to provide assistance for the. victims. Efforts were ongoing on Saturday morning to recover a few of. the bodies that had fallen into a gorge, a city government. official who asked not to be called told...

Mexican rail consortium Ferromex and U.S. railway company Union Pacific Corp. stated they have stopped releasing licenses for some grain rail. shipments moving through Eagle Pass, Texas, after a current train. derailment in Mexico closed the track. The stop is a short-term measure until rail traffic gets. cleared after the track resumed, Ferromex told Reuters in a. declaration Monday, adding that total volume of grain movement. in between Union Pacific and Ferromex will not be impacted. The interruption marks the latest in a string of grain freight. rail backlogs at the border, particularly at El Paso and Eagle. Pass, that...

The Commission for Ecological Cooperation (CEC), which manages ecological issues in the U.S., Mexico and Canada, will review a grievance on a Mexican rail task in the north of the nation, which conservation groups allege did not undergo proper assessments and crosses an area with endangered types. WHY IT is necessary Mexico has actually been fast-tracking strategies to develop train lines from the border with the United States to the Riviera Maya to boost tourism. The ecological problem is the very first sent under President Claudia Sheinbaum's administration, representing an early difficulty to her plans to continue the tradition of...

These are the most popular stories from the Wall Street Journal. These stories have not been verified and we cannot vouch their accuracy. OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, plans to become a for profit company in light of major personnel changes. This includes the resignation by its Chief Technology Officer, Mira Murati. Pfizer, a U.S. pharmaceutical company, has announced that it will withdraw its Oxbryta drug for sickle cell disease from all markets in which it was approved. The drug's benefits no longer outweigh the risks among the approved patient population. In recent months, hackers linked to the Chinese government...

Tropical Storm John let loose heavy rains along Mexico's southern Pacific coast as it moved inland on Tuesday morning, threatening hazardous flooding and causing a minimum of two deaths in a mudslide. Extending across several Mexican states, the storm uprooted trees and electrical posts and harmed roofings, authorities informed press reporters at a rundown on Tuesday. The afflicted location is home to both cargo ports and a few of the country's leading beach resorts. Around two-thirds of local power users were without electrical power and phone service was likewise hit, officials said. Video posted on social networks showed sheets of...

Coffee traders dramatically increased in the last three days the amount of arabica coffee bags they are sending to the qualified stocks of ICE exchange, causing prices to crash on Thursday, according to brokers and ICE data. There were almost 105,000 bags of coffee pending grading to go into ICE certified arabica stocks, according to the most recent report from the exchange, a sharp boost from the 28,585 bags seen at the end of recently. On Thursday alone, the exchange reported the arrival of around 50,000 bags of Brazilian coffee at certified storage facilities of ICE at the ports of...

Panama's Tocumen International Airport stated on Friday that a construction firm controlled by Brazil's Novonor had been bought to pay some $ 30.76 million to the airport for failure to adhere to a. contract to expand one of its terminals. The firm now known as CNO, S.A. was approved a contract to. expand Tocumen's Terminal 2 in 2012, the airport stated in a. declaration. The work suffered repeated delays due to constant. breaches of agreement by the building and construction company, Tocumen said. Tocumen, which is owned by the state, was required to. presume extraordinary expenses as an outcome, it...

The following are the leading stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has actually not confirmed these stories and does not attest their accuracy. - Canada's 2 main railways Canadian National Train and Canadian Pacific Kansas City locked out over 9,000 staff members Thursday after they were not able to reach new labor handle a Teamsters union. - Whitehaven Coal has actually struck separate deals with Japan's Nippon Steel and JFE Steel to sell 20% and 10%. stakes, respectively, in its Blackwater coking coal mine for a. total of $1.08 billion. - Edgar Bronfman Jr. has actually sweetened his deal...

Mexican airline company Viva Aerobus thinks the U.S. federal government's pause on examining a. proposed tieup with Nevadabased Allegiant Air is. political rather than technical, the Mexican provider's chief. executive said on Wednesday. U.S. regulators suspended the evaluation of the joint venture. in 2015, citing issues over actions by the Mexican. government affecting Mexico City International Airport (AICM). Mexican authorities and executives have stated the concerns. described a government-mandated relocation of freight flights from the. capital's primary airport to a newer, farther-away airport. led by the president, as well as a reduction in take-off. and landing slots at AICM. I...

Turkish holding business Yilport will invest an expected $1.62 billion to broaden two ports in El Salvador and operate them collectively with the local port authority, the federal government of the Central American nation said. Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, in a post on X on Sunday evening, said the investment is part of his broader financial revitalization strategy. Yilport, which likewise operates ports in Guatemala, Ecuador, Peru and in Europe, is set to invest to triple capability at Acajutla, El Salvador's greatest port. It will also invest to upgrade La Union, a port in the east of the country which...

Berkshire Hathawayowned BNSF Train will resume providing licenses for grain shuttle bus heading to Mexico beginning Tuesday, the company informed Reuters on Monday, in a relocation that could assist alleviate some delays impacting agricultural exports. The news comes as U.S. East and Gulf Coast port employees are set to go on strike on Tuesday, without any talks presently set up to avoid an interruption. Rail stockpiles have actually been interrupting export trade between the United States and Mexico and snarling farming supply chains as the fall harvest is under method. In late August, BNSF stopped issuing licenses for grain shuttle...

Canada is seeing an extraordinary simultaneous blockage at its two primary freight rail operators that might cause billions of dollars worth of financial damage. The two rail operators, Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City, are holding different talks with the Teamsters' union, which represents more than 9,000 employees including locomotive engineers, conductors, train and backyard employees and rail traffic controllers. The companies locked out workers on Thursday after stopping working to reach a labor deal. Here are a couple of crucial facts about the two rail operators: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND CN Rail's history dates back to the 1830s, however...

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...

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...

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...

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...