East coast port strike threat grows – and Canadian rail dispute still lingers
There will be no rest for North American shippers as one strike ends, because another ...
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By Alex Lennane
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 with unions worsen.
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