05 Jun Ports Create New Supply Chain Working Groups – FDRA Invited to Participate
Seeking new supply chain efficiencies, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have announced the creation of working groups focusing on peak operations and...
West Coast Ports
17 Feb Obama Tasks Labor Secretary With Resolving Labor Dispute at West Coast Ports
President Obama has ordered Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez to San Francisco to resolve the ongoing labor dispute at West Coast ports between the International...
12 Feb PMA Suspends Vessel Operations Through Holiday Weekend
Container cargo lines and terminal operators suspended premium-pay weekend and holiday vessel operations at 29 West Coast ports from Thursday through Monday to avoid...
12 Feb Imports Rising Even as Threat of West Coast Ports Shutdown Looms
Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to rise 10.1 percent this month over the same time last year even...
09 Feb Operations Return to Normal at West Coast Ports
Vessel loading and unloading operations resumed at 29 West Coast seaports Monday after being suspended over the weekend by terminal operators no longer willing to...
27 Jan Media Reports Progress in West Coast Port Talks
The International Longshore (ILWU) and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) have reached a tentative agreement on the maintenance and repair of truck...
15 Jan SFIA Urges Action on West Coast Port Negotiations
In a letter sent to the leaders of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), the Sports & Fitness...
12 Jan Federal Mediators Join Stalled PMA-ILWU Contract Talks
Hope that increasingly contentious contract negotiations between the companies and labor union running West Coast ports would not deteriorate into a paralyzing lock out or...
09 Jan Federal Mediators Join Labor Talks at West Coast Ports
The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service announced Tuesday it will intervene in labor negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and Pacific Maritime...
10 Dec Container Lines to Delay Congestion Surcharges Until Jan. 1
Major ocean container lines carrying the vast majority of Asian imports to the United States have committed to not impose port congestion surcharges until 2015,...
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