USA Holiday Schedule – Labor Day

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.…

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Chilean Truckers Strike

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…

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Shipping Update Hurricane Laura and California Wildfires

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…

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Shipping Update for Tropical Storm Laura / Port or Houston to Close

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…

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Port of Montreal Update – Temporary Agreement Reached

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…

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Alert – California Wildfires

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.…

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USTR Decision Keeps Existing EU Wine and Spirits Tariffs in Place

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…

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