From Oregon Public Broadcasting:
The Port of Portland approved a plan Wednesday to pay shipping companies to continue calling at the port. The total payout is capped at one million dollars.
Port spokesman Josh Thomas says it’s needed to offset the cost increases and productivity losses that are happening as a result of the dispute between longshore workers and the company that operates Terminal 6 – International Container Terminal Services.
A statement from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union said ICTS has mismanaged operations and replaced a positive work environment with a hostile one.