Returning to Suez and rates: the shipping contract conundrum
Shippers negotiating new contracts this year face a major rates dilemma as the maritime industry ...
In the run-up to the nervously awaited contract negotiations between dockworkers and employers on the US west coast, verbal sparring is already in progress over automation – an issue on which the two sides are at loggerheads.
With the current contract set to expire on 30 June, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), which represents nearly 14,000 port workers in California, Oregon and Washington State, and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) on behalf of shipping lines and terminal operators at ...
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