Labor justice advocates representing dock works along the West Coast filed a discrimination complaint Thursday with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging workers have been systematically denied access to promotions due to gender-based discrimination by employers.
Read moreA trading company claims in a federal complaint that the Liberian company it contracted to ship hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil also tried to smuggle weapons to Yemen, and let Saudi Arabian forces confiscate the oil when it got caught.
Read moreU.S. delivery giant UPS has launched court action against the European Union’s antitrust regulator for blocking a merger with Dutch firm TNT and is seeking $2.14 billion in compensation
Read moreThe European Court of Justice upheld antitrust fines against the railway Deutsche Bahn, Panalpina World Transport, and Schenker.
Read morePresident Donald Trump took aim at the U.S. Postal Service Friday, saying the agency is “losing many billions of dollars a year” and asking why it is “charging Amazon and others so little to deliver their packages.”
Read moreLouis Vuitton claims in a federal lawsuit that Schenker, Air France and Cargo Airport Services USA misdelivered 403 cartons of luxury handbags and leather goods, resulting in them being stolen by people who posed as workers authorized to accept the products.
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The owner of the sunken cargo ship El Faro had a weak corporate safety culture that contributed to the vessel’s demise and the deaths of 33 mariners, federal accident investigators said on Tuesday.
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Federal accident investigators on Tuesday will determine the probable cause of the sinking of the cargo ship El Faro, the worst maritime disaster for a U.S.-flagged vessel in decades that resulted in the deaths of 33 mariners.
Read moreWith the holiday shipping frenzy already underway as a cargo airline renegotiates its union contract with pilots, a federal judge is cracking down on a tactic the Teamsters union has allegedly been using to gain unfair leverage.
Read moreA Massachusetts firm that provides supply chain services to the pharma and life sciences industries claims a trade association coerced its members and suppliers to use the organization’s drug shipment tracking system rather than those of competitors.
Read moreA Norwegian shipping company agreed to pay $21 million in criminal fines after admitting to a role in an international conspiracy to fix prices, rig bids and allocate customers.
Read moreThe Trump administration will waive federal restrictions on foreign ships’ transportation of cargo to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.
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The managers of a Liberian-flagged cargo vessel face U.S. charges accusing them of doctoring paperwork on its discharge of oily waste water.
Read moreThe General Court refused Thursday to overturn a ruling that requires the shipping company Societe Nationale Corse-Mediterranee to repay $250 million in illegal state aid to France.
Read moreCalling out the shipping giant’s refusal to admit wrongdoing, a federal judge lit UPS with a $250 million penalty Thursday for illegally shipping cigarettes into New York.
Read moreThe U.S. Coast Guard’s failure to consult federal fisheries managers on a shipping-traffic plan that includes a significant increase in oil tankers violates the Endangered Species Act and threatens southern resident killer whales, according to a suit filed by two native tribes this week.
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Norway plans to build the world’s first tunnel for ships, a 1,700-meter (5,610-feet) passageway burrowed through a piece of rocky peninsula that will allow vessels to avoid a treacherous part of sea.
Read moreAn Illinois native living in China claims an international shipping company bought a website domain for her name and made it appear that she was offering erotic massages to get even for negative reviews she posted about its service.
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