New York hiring row rumbles on

Harold Daggett to USMX: “Let me tell them and all of America the ILA most definitely will hit the streets on October 1st if we don’t get the kind of contract we deserve.”

The union is trying to wind the clock back on technology as it cancels negotiations over a new labour contract.

The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbour has revoked the registration of a longshoreman after he drove a straddle carrier through a flock of seagulls.

After falling in 2016, container traffic at the Port of New York New Jersey bounced back in 2017 to a new record of 6.7M TEU.

The Port of Virginia has received a US$466,747 grant for equipment to support reefer containers and break bulk on its barge service linking Richmond with its deep sea terminals.

Container volume through the busiest harbour in the US will exceed 16M TEU in 2017.