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  2. Port strike: Don't hoard that toilet paper! Here's what you ...

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    Food Emporium of Marlboro has been affected by the International Longshoremen’s Association strike. And they have seen shoppers begin to hoard even domestic products like paper goods ...

  3. 2024 United States port strike - Wikipedia

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    The Anderson Economic Group estimated that the U.S. economy would lose $2.1 billion from a one-week strike, $1.5 billion due to the loss in value or degradation of items such as perishable goods, $400 million for transportation company losses, and $200 million in lost wages for the striking port workers.

  4. Costco Shoppers Could See Shortages as Strike Shuts ... - AOL

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    The good news is that many of Costco's imports that might be affected by the strike are non-food items, which gives the retailer more flexibility in how it manages these disruptions. Christmas ...

  5. Ports seek order to force dockworkers to bargaining table as ...

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    With a strike deadline looming, the group representing East and Gulf Coast ports is asking a federal agency to make the Longshoremen's union come to the bargaining table to negotiate a new contract.

  6. Geostrophic current - Wikipedia

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    The Coriolis force acts at right angles to the flow, and when it balances the pressure gradient force, the resulting flow is known as geostrophic. As stated above, the direction of flow is with the high pressure to the right of the flow in the Northern Hemisphere, and the high pressure to the left in the Southern Hemisphere. The direction of ...

  7. Longshore drift - Wikipedia

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    Longshore drift from longshore current is a geological process that consists of the transportation of sediments (clay, silt, pebbles, sand, shingle, shells) along a coast parallel to the shoreline, which is dependent on the angle of incoming wave direction. Oblique incoming wind squeezes water along the coast, generating a water current that ...

  8. What products could be affected by the port strike? - AOL

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    What products will be affected by the port strike. More than 75% of U.S. bananas arrive at ports handled by the International Longshoremen's Association, or ILA, according to the farm bureau ...

  9. Groyne - Wikipedia

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    It reduces erosion on the other, i.e. downdrift, side by reducing the speed and power of the waves striking the shore. It is a physical barrier to stop sediment transport in the direction of longshore drift (also called longshore transport). If a groyne is correctly designed, then the amount of material it can hold will be limited, and excess ...