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Tobias Burns. Updated. Ships are piling up in some West Coast ports, and commercial shipping prices are spiking amid a labor fight between port operators and workers, threatening to trigger a new ...
A labor contract between shipping companies and West Coast port workers is set to expire Friday, raising fears of a walkout that could exacerbate supply chain disruptions and product shortages.
Website. www .ilwu .org. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union ( ILWU) is a labor union which primarily represents dock workers on the West Coast of the United States, Hawaii, and in British Columbia, Canada; on the East Coast, the dominant union is the International Longshoremen's Association. The union was established in 1937 after ...
50 feet (15 m) 228 feet (69 m) Port of Boston. 47 feet (14 m) Unlimited. Port of Portland (Maine) 32 feet (9.8 m) [2] Dredging of east coast ports are under way [3] because of the New Panama Canal expansion and the expectation of larger container ships . The Jasper Ocean Terminal is a planned container terminal to be built on the Savannah River ...
Top 25 water ports by tonnage. This is a list of ports of the United States, ranked by tonnage. Ports in the United States handle a wide variety of goods that are critical to the global economy, including petroleum, grain, steel, automobiles, and containerized goods. See the articles on individual ports for more information, including history ...
April 7, 2023 at 2:07 PM. A tugboat is the only thing moving in an idle Port of Los Angeles Harbor in San Pedro on Friday. The twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were closed beginning ...
2012 Port of Los Angeles / Long Beach lockout Date November 27 – December 4, 2012 (1 week) Location Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, United States Caused by Dispute over labor contract negotiations Goals Greater job security for union members against outsourcing Methods Strike action Picketing Resulted in Employers and union agree to new labor contract Parties International Longshore ...