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Ports
As e-commerce booms, U.S. ports face traffic jams
by
Justin Ho
Nov 23, 2020
A federal commission is investigating.
What the new coronavirus means for America's busiest port complex
by
Andie Corban
and Kai Ryssdal
Mar 5, 2020
"We've had 41 vessel cancellations from the middle of February through April 1," said Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles.
Trade whiplash costs businesses
Aug 15, 2019
Importers, shippers and American ports are struggling to stay on top of the ups and downs of the U.S.-China trade war.
Tariff jitters grow at Washington state port
Sep 12, 2018
The port of Vancouver handles the West Coast's second-largest volume of imported steel, now subject to a 25 percent duty.
U.S. ports are consolidating, as shipping lines have
Apr 5, 2017
The container-shipping industry is more consolidated than ever. As of this month, the world’s top ocean carriers are now mostly in three major alliances, set to control 90 percent of seaborne cargo. That changes the game for many of the country’s ports, who are themselves beginning to work together. Click the audio player above to […]
As unions decline, dockworkers still have clout
by
Ben Bergman
Feb 23, 2015
Their union has the power to shut down all 29 ports on the West Coast.
What today's longshoremen do
by
Eve Troeh
Dec 28, 2012
A strike by East Coast dockworkers has been put off at least 30 days. These union members are often highly skilled, and they're critical to vital bottlenecks of global trade: ports.
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The East Coast port strike could impact retailers
by
Jeff Horwich
Dec 28, 2012
We head into the weekend facing not one, but two possible shocks to the economy. There's the fiscal cliff, of course. And then there's the ports. Unionized longshoremen at 14 ports from Maine to Houston threaten to strike at midnight on Saturday, over a pay dispute.
East Coast port strike looms
Dec 28, 2012
The stuff we all buy – shoes, clothes, tools and nails – could all be harder to come by starting soon. Longshoremen on the East Coast and shipping companies and port operators have until midnight Sunday to work out a new contract.
Strike could shut down East Coast ports
Dec 21, 2012
A tense contract negotiation could end in a strike for East Coast longshoremen.