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Palestinian union urges dockworker ban on Israeli ships

Cargo is loaded onto the MV Rachel Corrie in May. The ship was intercepted by the Israeli navy.

The Palestinian trade union movement called on dockworkers worldwide to refuse to load or offload cargo from Israeli ships in response to Israel’s attack two weeks ago on a Gaza-bound humanitarian convoy in the Mediterranean.

“Dockworkers [...]

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Trade numbers rise sharply at ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach

Good news for sure, but economists disagree on how long the cargo uptick will last

For Los Angeles, which ranks first in cargo container traffic, it was the port’s second-best May ever, eclipsed only during the height of the global economic boom in 2006. The Port of Los Angeles saw imports surge 12.5% compared [...]

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