About 80-90 refrigerated ocean containers remain sequestered at the Port of Seattle, in response to fears about exploding containers that killed two people in Vietnam and one in Brazil.
The containers are set away from others and away from power sources so any explosions that might occur would be isolated, said an ILWU spokesperson. “The union is working hard to protect members and public safety, because those containers travel the world and we don’t want any of them to leave the terminals until we know they’re safe.”