Counting the impact of the ILA strike

NRF expects imports at major US container ports to remain high in October despite impacts from the recent ILA strike.

Longshore workers at the Port of Montreal have launched an “indefinite” overtime strike.

The overtime refusal is aimed at further intensifying the labour standoff as talks between the union and the Maritime Employers Association (MEA) remain unresolved.

The Union’s demand that there will be no further full or semi-automation at east and gulf coast terminals would prevent these terminals integrating with the emerging digital supply chain.

Longshoremen are back on the docks at US east and gulf coast ports, but the ILA has not contractually accepted the negotiated wage increase, and there are still issues to resolve.

Panama needs more container terminal capacity, says the General Director at the Panama Maritime Authority.