Archive for August 2020

NASA and Hillebrand offices will be closed in observance of Labor Day holiday as follows: Early closing Friday September 4, 2020 Closed Monday September 7, 2020 Labor Day is an ILA and ILWU Holiday –  port and rail terminal operations will vary by location, please check with your Hillebrand operator for specifics on local ports.…

Truckers unions in Chile called for a nationwide strike yesterday that is disrupting normal operations at port terminals and at consolidation warehouses.  Access to both Valparaiso and San Antonio has been blocked and this will impact terminal cutoffs for vessels. For information on pending shipments, please contact your Hillebrand representative and flag upcoming orders in…

Shipping Update for Hurricane Laura Hurricane Laura continues to intensify over the northwest Gulf of Mexico.  Hurricane, Storm Surge and Tropical Storm warnings extend from the northwestern Gulf coast into parts of Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas.  View updated information at www.nhc.noaa.gov. Port Status Port of Houston is closed to ship channel traffic / condition YANKEE…

Hurricane Laura is currently over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico and is expected to track into the northwestern Gulf of Mexico and intensify significantly on Wednesday.  It is expected to produce hurricane force wind, heavy rain, flooding and a storm surge.  Hurricane warning and watches for parts of southeastern Texas and southwest Louisiana.  View updated…

New Orleans The Port of New Orleans is closed today in advance of Tropical Storm Marco.  Tropical Storm Laura is expected to strengthen to a hurricane by early Tuesday and expected to make landfall late Wednesday or early Thursday. Caribbean The Coast Guard has reopened ports in US Virgin Islands, the Port of San Juan,…

As of Friday, the larger of the two striking unions representing longshoremen at the Port of Montreal reached a temporary agreement that will allow operations to resume.  The agreement between the Maritime Employers Association and the Port of Montreal Longshoremen Unions (CUPE section 375) suspends strike action for seven months. It will take some time…

Terminal operations at the Port of Montreal remain closed as the strike there continues.  Both parties are still in negotiations to resolve, but it appears that there will be no governmental intervention at this point.  Carriers are not calling the terminals and inbound cargo is being diverted to other ports. For any NASA members who…

A combination of high temperatures, dry conditions and a rare lightning event this week started multiple fires in California, including the Lightning Complex fires (a combination of seven separate fires) in Northern California.  There are also fires burning in parts of Santa Cruz and Monterey counties as well as Butte, Nevada, San Joaquin and Stanislaus.…

The United States Trade Office handed down their decision today in the scheduled review of the existing European tariffs relating to the civil aircraft dispute.  While they will not escalate current tariffs or add new wine and spirits products, the current 25% tariffs will continue.  This is despite nearly 24,000 industry comments in the comment…

We are pleased to report the dockworkers strike from August 8th – 28th at Bilbao port has been called off. In addition following longer than expected power outages from tropical storm Isaias last week, power is fully restored at Hillebrand’s office in Edison, NJ.