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The ports involved include the Port of New York and New Jersey, the nation’s third-largest port by volume of cargo handled. But it also includes ports with other specialties.
Imports to U.S. ports are running 10% ahead of where they were last year, indicating that some cargo had been shipped in expectations of a strike, according to Ben Nolan, a transportation analyst ...
And if the ports remain shut down for longer than a week or two, the economy will see more significant and wider effects, including snarled supply chains and increased logistics costs, as it did ...
The port strike has induced fears of toilet paper shortages reminiscent of the COVID-19 pandemic era.. Thousands of dockworkers took to the picket lines on Tuesday, shutting down the East and Gulf ...
Negotiations between the ILA and the United States Maritime Alliance began breaking down in June 2024. [6] One major sticking point was wages. The ILA wanted members to receive a $5/hour raise each year of the next six-year contract, whereas the Maritime Alliance proposed a $2.50/hour raise each year.
C.T.C. No. 1 is a 620-foot-long cargo hauler brought to the south Chicago ports in 1982. With a capacity of 16,300 tons, this ship was used for storage and transfer of cement until its termination in 2009.
In protest of the Iraq War, the ILWU encouraged longshore workers to "shut down all West Coast ports" by walking off the job on May 1, 2008, to "make May Day a 'No Peace, No Work' holiday." On May 1, more than 10,000 ILWU members from all 29 West Coast ports voluntarily stopped work, with some attending rallies held by the ILWU where the union ...
During the fourth-quarter earnings call, Vachris said while the strike "could be disruptive," the company has taken proactive steps such as pre-shipping goods, clearing ports ahead of time, and ...