ILA walks out of NY-NJ talks, while Portland pays shipping lines to visit

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It’s not good news from the seemingly ever-lasting negotiations between the ILA and east and gulf coast ports. This time, the ILA has walked out of talks with the New York Shipping Association after it proposed ‘revolutionary’ changes at the Port of New York & New Jersey. Mediated talks on the coast-wide master contract will continue next week, however.

Over in the Port of Portland, ocean carriers are being offered $10 per container to continue to visit the port, as relations ...