US port strikes: Threat remains
This week brought us a timely reminder that the possible closure of US East and Gulf Coast ports due to strike action is just over one month away, following a report by Transport intelligence (Ti) on the matter.
This continues to cause concerns to Davies Turner, and we will monitor the situation and advise customers that use our portfolio of international ocean freight operations to and from the US East and Gulf Coasts, which include LCL and FCL import and export operations.
The logistics consultancy and market research business reports that the leader of the US East Coast and Gulf dockworker’s union has issued a characteristically forthright statement asserting his union’s hostility to “automation”.
Dennis A. Daggett, Executive Vice President of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) wrote in an article published by his union on December 2nd stating that the International Longshoremen’s Association was at a “crossroads in our Master Contract negotiations with ocean carriers and employers” with “the employers’ push to expand the use of semi-automated rail-mounted gantry cranes” being at the “centre of this impasse”.
The complete article can be read here:
https://tinyurl.com/mwcrsef9
Davies Turner remains committed to helping clients manage the difficult situations facing container shipping at present and mitigate where possible additional costs incurred. Our ocean freight team will endeavour to keep in close contact with all clients to provide updates on specific movements.
For more information about our ocean freight forwarding and logistics services, please contact ocean@daviesturner.co.uk or visit the relevant pages of this website.
US port strikes: Threat remains
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