News / ILA VP Daggett rebuts claims US ports are 'inefficient', but hits out at low investment

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The window for front-loading cargo before a US port strike – or tariffs – is closing, shippers have been warned, while yesterday’s statement from the ILA suggests the union is continuing to hold fast on its position. 

Stung by recent criticism that US ports are inefficient, Dennis Daggett, the ILA’s EVP, issued a rebuttal based on “skewed” metrics.

Lambasting the media for “inaccurate reporting”, he wrote: “The claims are largely based on skewed interpretations of data that fail to account for ...