Cargo-handling and gate operations in Los Angeles-Long Beach were back to normal this afternoon after a waterfront arbitrator ordered longshoremen not to honor picket lines established by striking truck drivers. However, while the marine terminals are expected to continue working smoo

International Longshore and Warehouse Union longshoremen in Southern California walked off their jobs about 9 a.m. at Evergreen and APL terminals in the Port of Los Angeles today. Teamsters protesters were picketing in the harbor area. The Pacific Maritime Association immediately call

Why is there concern about possible disruption at U.S. West Coast ports? Negotiations for new longshore labor agreements on the West Coast, indeed at ports generally, are when the risk of disruption is at its highest. West Coast lngshoremen have in the past sought to apply pressure on

US Customs issues guidelines for West Coast diversions Less than a week remains until the current contract between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association expires. Negotiations between the two have never been free of some sort of disruption

Cargo interests, shipping lines and railroads have done all they can to prepare for the July 1 expiration of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union contract. The trade community is now looking to the negotiations in San Francisco to see if an agreement will be reached without

Long lines of trucks at Ports of Newark and Elizabeth causing financial strain, traffic jams Backups that have plagued operations at the Ports of Newark and Elizabeth since January have exploded in recent days into giant truck traffic jams, causing hundreds of tractor-trailers to idle

Some port drayage companies in the Port of New York and New Jersey have begun imposing congestion surcharges following weeks of delays at container terminals. Several motor carriers told the JOC that market conditions don’t permit them to impose surcharges. But some said they are cons

Drayage company owners and managers say this winter’s dysfunction at New York-New Jersey container terminals has exploded into a crisis that in some ways is worse than Hurricane Sandy’s devastation at the port. “This past month, in my opinion, has been the most stressful, the most hor

New York-New Jersey container terminals reopened on Feb. 10 to   long truck queues as the terminals struggle with ice, congestion and delays that truckers say are causing cargo to be routed to other ports. The most severe congestion last week was at Maher Terminals. Today, it was at A

After 20 rounds of talks, the U.S., Japan and 10 other Pacific Rim countries are poised to deliver the text of the far-reaching Trans-Pacific Partnership. The TPP could become reality this year, but will the reality match the hype? U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman has describe