A third-party proposal to shut down terminals on December 12 has not been vetted by union’s democratic process SAN FRANCISCO, CA (November 22, 2011) — In response to recent third-party announcements that community...
Read MoreIn an article called “Occupy Protests Calls for West Coast Ports Shutdown; Protestors will have to attempt Dec. 12 shutdown without ILWU support,” the Journal of Commerce reported today: The Occupy Movement is...
Read MoreContainerized imports plummeted 20.8 percent, exports were down 21.4 percent and empty containers fell 19.3 percent from October 2010. The past year has been a difficult one for carriers in the trans-Pacific as severe...
Read MoreDockworker Nikos Georgiou first started unloading ships on the docks in the Greek port of Piraeus 24 years ago. Today the modern terminals, where in good years more than 1.5 million containers are processed, are proof positive...
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