MEDIA ROOM

Some good labour news today in eastern Canada. The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) announced that a tentative agreement has been reached with UNIFOR, representing Tr [...]

As B.C.’s port strike continues, Monika Gul is hearing from business insiders who say from cars to food, consumers will start to feel the consequences soon. [...]

Global News talks to John Corey of the Freight Management Association of Canada about how the port strike will disrupt the Canadian supply chain. [...]

FMA President, John Corey was interviewed on the BNN Bloomberg "Commodities" business program on Tuesday, June 13. The topics covered in the seven-minute interview were container shipp [...]

The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) announced a tentative six-year contract covering workers at all 29 US west coast ports [...]

Further to the previous message, here is the response from the BC Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) to the ILWU notice.BCMEA Negotiation Update ILWU Canada Confirms Strike Vote Ma [...]

CN has announced ratification of the agreement with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) covering approximately 6,000 running trade workers, which includes Locomotive Engineers, [...]

FMA is the Canadian member of the Global Shippers Forum (GSF) and participates on the Board of Directors and the Policy Council. GSF and FIATA, the International Federation of Freight [...]

As previously reported, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on May 1 that, effective May 12, non-US residents entering the country at land and ferry border crossings [...]

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on May 1 that, effective May 12, non-US residents entering the country at land and ferry border crossings will no longer have be [...]

As announced broadly by the media last evening, (April 18), no agreement was reached between the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and the federal government by the 9:00 p.m. de [...]

CP-KCS Combination - Message from John Brooks, EVP & Chief Marketing Officer Today is a historic day for North American transportation as we combine two iconic railways to create C [...]

The Supply Chain Executive of the Year Award honours an individual in the supply chain community who has shown innovative leadership, dedication, and commitment to the practice of supp [...]

As previously reported, the current two agreements between the BC Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), representing longsh [...]

The federal government tabled it's 2023 budget in Parliament this afternoon, March 28. Section 3.4 in Chapter 3, Transportation and Infrastructure Investment provides the specific sup [...]

With the trend to digitization of supply chains, there are several systems that have recently come on the market to improve the ability to monitor service reliability in real time and [...]

Further to last evening's message, the US Surface Transportation Board (STB) issued its decision on the CP acquisition of KCS earlier this morning. The STB approved the takeover with c [...]

The Canadian and US Great Lakes and Seaway authorities have announced the 2023 opening dates for the Seaway. The opening date for the 2023 navigation season is schedules to take place [...]

As previously reported, enforcement of the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) regulations for inter-provincial and international trucking commenced on January 1, 2023. Enforcement of the [...]

On February 10, the Prime Minister announced a number of changes to the senior civil service including the appointment of Mr. Arun Thangaraj as Deputy Minister of Transport, effective [...]

Ottawa, January 10, 2023The Freight Management Association of Canada (FMA) is pleased to announce that James Johnstone, Head of Transportation at Giant Tiger, has been named the Supply [...]

As previously reported, the eight railway agreements due to expire on December 31, 2022, have all been under negotiation. Five are at CN and three at CP. The unions involved are primar [...]

BCMEA to Commence Bargaining with Longshore Workers at West Coast PortsThe BC Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) has sent notice to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union [...]

U.S. President Signs Resolution HJ-100 This Morning. Progressive Railroading is reporting as follows.President Joe Biden this morning signed legislation to prevent a national rail stri [...]

On November 17, the Minister of Transport introduced Bill C-33, the Strengthening the Port System and Railway Safety in Canada Act for first reading in the House of Commons.The Ministe [...]