Newsletter – September 16, 2022

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES

Air Canada & SAS Sign Launch Orders For New Electric Regional Aircraft

simpleflying.com
Electric flight was once seen as an impossibility, but it seems the day is getting closer when aircraft powered by battery technology will become as acceptable as electric cars. Today, Heart Aerospace, a Swedish startup working on hybrid electric aircraft, has had two big votes of confidence from major airlines. Read more here.

Schiphol boss resigns after latest round of flight disruption

aircargonews.net
Schiphol Airport chief executive Dick Benschop has resigned from the role after further disruption at the Dutch hub due to staff shortages.
Benschop on Thursday said he would leave the role after he received criticism over the chaos at the airport over the summer and again this week. Read more here.

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES

FMC seeks to limit ocean carriers’ leverage on container space

Shanghai reopening ports, resuming flights as typhoon passes
ajot.com
Shanghai gradually started returning to normal on Thursday after Typhoon Muifa brought strong winds and heavy rain to the financial and shipping hub overnight.
The region’s ports began to reopen, airports resumed passenger flights and train services were restored as the city dropped its typhoon alert to the lowest level. Commuters returned to work in the Lujiazui area, home to mainland China’s biggest stock exchange and major banks and insurers, as subway service restarted. Read more here.

Imports to Los Angeles, America’s largest port, plunged 17% in August

freightwaves.com
The Port of Los Angeles, the highest-volume container gateway in America, is diverging from the nationwide trend. U.S. container imports remain close to record highs, yet imports to LA are falling double digits.
On Thursday, the Port of Los Angeles reported total throughput of 805,672 twenty-foot equivalent units in August, down 15.5% year on year (y/y). Imports came in at 404,313 TEUs, exports at 100,484 TEUs and empties at 300,875 TEUs. Read more here.

Port de Québec longshore workers locked out

cupe.ca
At noon today, the Société des arrimeurs de Québec locked out 81 longshore workers at the Port de Québec, slowing down an important part of the local economy.
On August 30, longshore workers at the Port de Québec voted 98.5% in favour of pressure tactics up to and including strike action and have resorted to some of them in the time since to move along the discussions at the bargaining table. Read more here.

FMCSA tries to clarify policy on hours-of-service exemption requests

freightwaves.com
Recent requests seeking exemptions from trucking hours-of-service rules have raised questions about how federal regulators view such requests and what kind of response they are required to provide.
Ronnie Brown III, who drives for Waterloo, Iowa-based Gray Transportation, applied in June to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for an exemption from both HOS and rules requiring drivers to have ELDs installed in their cab. Read more here.

CANADA BUSINESS – GOVERNMENT UPDATES

Canada is losing jobs — but the economy is losing more workers to retirement, too

cbc.ca
More than a year after the Great Resignation took hold in the United States, Canada is grappling with its own greyer version: The Great Retirement.
Canada’s labour force grew in August, but it fell the previous two months and remains smaller than before the summer as tens of thousands of people simply stopped working. Much of this can be chalked up to more Canadians than ever retiring, said Statistics Canada. Read more here.