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ILWU Local 12 pickets Coos Bay's Southport barge terminal over longshore jurisdiction

ILWU Local 12 longshoremen protest the use of non-union labor in Coos Bay, Oregon, July 2012. Photo by The World.

About 25 Coos Bay International Longshore and Warehouse Union members gathered Monday outside Southport Lumber Co. to demand work.

Longshoreman Gene Sundet said Southport refused to hire union members for barge work at its [...]

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APM’s Vietnam Terminal Expects 600,000 Containers This Year

Cai Mep International Terminal, Vietnam

Cai Mep International Terminal will handle close to 600,000 20-foot equivalent units in 2012, representing 50 percent of the containers moving through the Vietnamese port which has five other terminals.

The terminal is internationally competitive after only one year of operations, according to APM Terminals, the A.P. Moller-Maersk port [...]

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SF port shuts down crane after Osprey set up nest, Crane to remain out of service for the birds

A pair of ospreys built their nest at the top of this crane at the end of Pier 80 in San Francisco. Photo: Sarah Rice, Special To The Chronicle

The birds were first spotted six weeks ago by Noreen Weeden, conservation manager at the Golden Gate Audubon Society, when she was at the adjacent [...]

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