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The articles excerpted on this site report on the state of the industry as seen by mainstream media, and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the officers of the ILWU Coast Longshore Division.

Grain ships struggling to turn a profit

From ABC Australia:

The shipping industry is blaming rising costs and competition for its struggle to make profits.

Last year, the world’s largest container ship operator, Maersk Line, lost up to $7 million a day.

Director of sales for Maersk Line, Gerard Morrison, says exporters should be paying more to ship containers of grain around [...]

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Port of Portland terminal operator files coercion charge against Portland longshoremen

Excerpts from the Oregonian:

Portland longshoremen will not give up.

Thwarted by the National Labor Relations Board in their quest for two waterfront jobs, the dockworkers’ union is changing tactics, pressuring shipping lines to give them the work or face claims for lost wages.

If that happens, Hanjin Shipping Co., for one, plans to hand [...]

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