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Ocean Ports & Carriers
West Coast Port Labor Negotiations Continue
More recently, the shipping companies have curtailed operations sharply at the marine terminals, suspending the loading and unloading of cargo vessels for night shifts, holidays and weekends at the five busiest ports.
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Ocean Ports & Carriers
West Coast Ports Reopen; Labor Secretary Perez Seeks Labor Settlement
Perez was sent to meet with the two sides in the conflict at the behest of President Barack Obama, who has come under mounting pressure to intervene in a labor dispute that has cascaded through the U.S. commercial supply chain and beyond.
In this Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015 file photo, shipping containers are stacked up waiting for truck transport at the Port of Los Angeles.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
West Coast Port Woes Take Toll On Businesses
A West Coast customs broker said that her customers are being assessed as much as $300 a day for containers that sit too long on the docks, though the containers are trapped there.
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3PL/4PL
Oman Invests For Food Exports
The development of Sohar as a major food-processing center will see the construction of an OR15.5m ($40.3 million) flourmill with a daily capacity of 500 tons when production begins in late 2017.
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Software & Technology
Supply Chain Consultant Warns Of West Coast Port Closure
INSIGHT, Inc.
According to ISM, the West Coast ports handle 43.5 percent of containerized cargo in the US, which accounts for 12.5 percent of US GDP.
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Regulations
West Coast Ports Labor Dispute: Attorney Calls On Obama To Invoke Taft-Hartley Act
Harold Coxson, attorney at Washington, D.C.-based Ogletree Deakins law firm, gives a history of the PMA-ILWU dispute and how it could lead to the government stepping in to stop a lockout or worker's strike.
A worker walks near a container ship being loaded at the Port of Seattle, Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, in Seattle.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
Greece Debates Privatizing Its Two Largest Ports
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's new leftist government has sought to cancel key terms of Athens' bailout program from international lenders, including what it calls the "crime" of selling off strategic national assets.
File photo of Greece's Piraeus Port.
Cold Chain
Chilean Fears Grow Over Mounting U.S. West Coast Port Crisis
Around 30 percent of Chilean fruit exports to the U.S. are shipped to West Coast ports, and according to ASOEX the biggest impact was likely to be in table grapes, Chile’s principle fruit export to the U.S.
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3PL/4PL
The Wall Street Journal: Larger Container Ships Bring More Accident Risks
Their increasing size already is straining the unloading resources at some port facilities and—along with labor troubles—has contributed to traffic issues at the nation’s West Coast ports.
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Ocean Ports & Carriers
Pacific Maritime Association Makes 'All In' Offer To End Port Dispute
Pacific Maritime Association (PMA)
The PMA issued an ultimatum of “continued slowdowns or gold-standard wages and benefits,” offering a three percent year-on-year wage increase for ILWU full-time workers, following three months of port slow-downs across the US West Coast.
Companies that handle billions of dollars of cargo at West Coast seaports said they will hire far fewer workers this weekend, the latest escalation in a contract dispute with dockworkers that threatens to shut down a vital link in U.S.-Asia trade.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
West Coast Ports On 'Brink Of Collapse' Over Labor Contract
National Retail Federation (NRF)
A work stoppage could drain $2 billion a day from the U.S. economy, according to the National Retail Federation, National Association of Manufacturers and U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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Transportation
Bill To End Container Freight Charge Heads To New York State Assembly
The Port Authority of PANY/NJ is the only port in the U.S. to impose a cargo facility charge on all containers, including empties, according to Maersk Line.
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