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With the busy holiday season on the horizon, Canada Post is experiencing technical difficulties which are disrupting domestic shipping transactions at retail post office locations. Canada Post tells CityNews that the problems began on Friday and are mainly affecting items being sent to or from postal codes in the Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal corridor. The […

With the holidays quickly approaching, everyone will soon be on the hunt for gifts and the fastest way to get them. Thankfully, many retailers offer generous shipping policies, with some even providing free two-day shipping or same-day delivery if you’re willing to pay a little extra. And just in case the gift you choose isn’t quite […]

The deaths of 25 seafarers in attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz since the Iran war began have prompted shipping operators to rethink how they protect their crews and has renewed attention on sailors' legal right to refuse to go to conflict zones. Arsenio Dominguez, secretary general of the International Maritime Organisation, called for greater prot

Iran said smoke from three naval mine explosions was “blanketing the skies” over the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday as it piles pressure on the US and Gulf with intensified threats to shipping. In one incident, the UAE National Guard rescued 22 people from a burning cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman. The UK's Maritime Trade Operations reported a second vessel on fi

As shipping costs surge due to high fuel prices, smaller and medium-sized retailers struggle to keep up, and they face a difficult holiday season.

Oh boy, I wonder who that could be.

For South Korean ships, navigating off the north coast of Russia dramatically reduces travel time to Europe, but the pro-Ukraine coalition might see it as undermining their efforts to isolate Moscow.

Nå gis et nytt innblikk i tankrederienes navigering av den kraftige fraktoppturen.

The Strait of Hormuz remains dangerous and costly for shipping, despite US claims that it is open.

The China Coast Guard is trying to exert a fictional jurisdiction in the area, seen as a critical supply route in the event of a blockade or conflict.

An independent report calls for planning across roads, rail, air and ports.

They will also work toward establishing supply chains for ammonia, which is gaining attention as a fuel with low carbon dioxide emissions.

Case will test the Baltic Exchange’s decision to keep publishing price estimates for shipping oil through the Strait of Hormuz during the war

Fatalities of commercial sailors caught in battle between Russia and Ukraine are outstripping deaths in the Gulf

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Friday, acting on instructions from President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, at the conclusion of international talks hosted by Türkiye on efforts to contain regional tensions and prevent further escalation. The meeting was attended by the foreign ministers of the regio

Oil prices rebounded from the previous session’s losses as traders weighed renewed threats to shipping through the Hormuz Strait and attacks targeting Saudi Arabia against a recovery in Middle East oil exports.