Trade Alerts

The following message was issued by the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFFA) on Tuesday, March 21, 2023: CN and Unifor Reach Tentative Agreements, Avoiding…

As announced March 10, 2023, by The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Canada has banned the import of Russian aluminum and…

The following message was issued by the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFFA) on Tuesday, March 7, 2023: CN workers backed a strike vote with negotiations set…

A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked southeastern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, has caused operations at Iskenderun, a small Turkish port in the Gulf…

All Canadian offices of Universal Logistics will be closed from 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 23rd through to Tuesday, December 27th. Normal business hours will resume…

The U.S. Senate moved quickly yesterday to avert a rail strike that the Biden administration and business leaders warned would have had devastating consequences for…

Due to severe congestion issues in the GTA, the timely return of empty containers remains a serious problem. Empty return terminals are at over-capacity in…

The current industrial action and strike at the Port of Liverpool is due to end this Monday, October 3rd at 5:59a.m.. The union has now…

The following message was issued by the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFFA) on Thursday, September 15, 2022: U.S. Railroad Strike Averted as Unions, Companies Reach Tentative…

Business and government officials are bracing for the possibility of a nationwide rail strike at the end of this week, while talks carry on between…

Toronto Intermodal Terminal Update – September 8, 2022 Severe congestion issues continue to hamper the movement of intermodal containers in the Toronto area. Despite hope…