West Coast contract scene set

Import cargo into Los Angeles increased 18% in August as the number of vessel calls at the port reached a four-year peak.

The long running dispute between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) over the failed operation of a container handling facility at Terminal 6 in Portland, Oregon, has been resolved.

Finally, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), which represents over 22,000 employees at 29 US west coast ports, and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) which embodies the interests of the employers, have reached agreement on a new labour contract.

Machinists’ union accuses the ILWU of trying to hold the PMA to an “appalling and unacceptable proposal” to replace its members with ILWU mechanics at Terminal 5 in Seattle.

Liebherr Group has orders for two intermodal RMGs and has just placed another LPS 420 crane in the Russian market; four Vityaz double-lever cranes from SMM SevMorMontazh have recently been delivered to the same customer

APM Terminals in Los Angeles claims a container exchange record on a North American call.