West Coast Port
West Coast Port Contracts Might Get Extended
West Coast dockworkers and shipping companies are thinking about extending the five-year labor contract they…
New York Ports See Record Cargo Volume in 2015
When the West Coast's labor woes sent cargo into the arms of other ports, New York and New Jersey benefitted…
East Coast Port Traffic Slows on Weak Imports
Pre-holiday season typically means an uptick in port traffic as retailers stock up for the holidays, but with…
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West Coast Slowdown Cost Ports Import Share
The overlong slowdown at ports on the West Coast that caused rampant delays sent shippers fleeing into the…
West Coast Port Tests New Technology to Increase Supply Chain Efficiency
After the contract calamity that caused unreasonable pileups at ports on the West Coast, those same ports are…
West Coast Port Pile-Up Clearing Faster than Expected
The West Coast port backlog brought on by an ongoing contract negotiation between dockworkers and their…
Los Angeles Port Rep Says Backlog Will Take 3 Months to Clear
Initial estimates about the time it would take to rid West Coast ports of the backlog that built up while…
West Coast Port Congestion Hurt January Apparel Imports
Apparel imports fell in January compared to last year, and continued to underperform overall imports, hurt by…
When Will West Coast Ports Really be Up and Running?
West Coast ports may have returned to relative normalcy since the dockworkers and their employers settled on…
West Coast Port Parties Reach Agreement
After a prolonged period of negotiations, the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International…
West Coast Port Congestion Could Cost Retailers $36.9B in the Next Two Years
The nation may be growing weary of West Coast Port condition updates sans solutions, but the two negotiating…
Op-Ed: West Coast Port Slowdown – The Painful Truth
Our devastating West Coast port slowdown can actually be summarized by combining the quotes. President Obama…
Pacific Maritime Association Makes “All-In” Offer to End West Coast Port Talks
West Coast port contract talks continue to lag, but the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), which represents…
West Coast Port Operations Approach Gridlock
Eight months after coast-wide contract talks began and one week after a federal mediator agreed to step in…
West Coast Port Slowdown Presumed Culprit in November Apparel Import Decline
November 2014 was an even quieter November than usual for apparel imports, according to data released last…