Roberto Azevêdo marked the start of his second term as Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Mr. Azevêdo, of Brazil, was appointed to a four-year term by the Organisation's General Council in 2013, succeeding Pascal Lamy from France. Last February...
22 October 2020
Categories: Canadian Custom Brokerage
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) announced that its composite leading indicators (CLIs), continue to point to stable growth momentum in the OECD area as a whole. The indicators point to stable growth momentum for the United States, Japan,...
22 October 2020
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Efforts to diversify and expand cargo routes are contributing to a 13 per cent increase in year-to-date cargo shipments via the St. Lawrence Seaway. According to The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, total cargo tonnage from March 20 to August 31...
22 October 2020
Categories: Freight News
The Port of Oakland reported this week that August was its busiest month in the past year. The Port said it handled the equivalent of 212,692 standard 20-foot cargo containers. That was the most since August 2016 when the Port...
22 October 2020
Categories: Freight News
The Lake Carriers' Association reports that freighters moved moved 10.1 million tons of cargo in August, an increase of 7 percent compared to a year ago. August's shipments also bettered the month's long-term average by approximately 60,000 tons. The Association says...
22 October 2020
Categories: Freight News
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