The International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) reached a tentative contract agreement for dockworkers on the US West Coast. WHEW! That was a tough one, and we can...
Recently the ILWU announced they reached an agreement on "certain key issues." While the details were not released, it has been widely reported the agreement centers around the hiring of an additional top pick operator...
Last week, the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the employer group Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) issued a joint statement on the status of the contract negotiations saying both sides...
Those numbers are not play calls on a football field. They are the number of ships idle in Los Angeles/Long Beach and Oakland as well as the number of days ships are waiting to berth in Oakland, in that order. The...
Everyone using a West Coast gateway has been impacted by the shortage of labor and the resulting congestion. The Los Angeles/Long Beach port complex is routinely short 10% of their needed labor force, and Oakland is...