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Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Port of Tampa Shuts Down: Will Hurricane Milton Push Biden To Sign Jones Act Waiver and Deploy Relief Ships?
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Port of Tampa Shuts Down: Will Hurricane Milton Push Biden To Sign Jones Act Waiver and Deploy Relief Ships?

As Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida’s west coast, the maritime community braces for a devastating blow. Maritime historian Sal Mercogliano‘s

October 9, 2024
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Tuesday, October 8, 2024
FILE PHOTO: Shipping containers are stacked for storage at Wando Welch Terminal operated by the South Carolina Ports Authority in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, U.S. May 10, 2018. Picture taken May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Randall Hill/File Photo
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Short-Lived U.S. Port Strike Unlikely to Slow Import Surge

Imports at major U.S. container ports are expected to stay elevated this month, despite last week’s labor strike that halted operations at East and Gulf

October 8, 2024
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Sunday, October 6, 2024
ILA President Harold Daggett (left) on the picket lines, October 1, 2024. Photo: ILA
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Who Is Harold Daggett? The Man Behind The Longshoremen Union

By Brooke Sutherland, Josh Wingrove and Laura Curtis (Bloomberg) — When the history books are written about the fate of longshoremen in the US, few

October 6, 2024
Total Views: 3470

Saturday, October 5, 2024
Brazil's most intense and widespread drought in the Amazon.REUTERS/Bruno Kelly
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Levels At Amazon Port Hits 122-year Low Amid Drought

By Bruno Kelly and Jake Spring MANAUS, Brazil, Oct 4 (Reuters) – The river port in the Amazon rainforest’s largest city of Manaus on Friday hit

October 5, 2024
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Thursday, October 3, 2024
Port workers from the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) participate in a strike at the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S., October 2, 2024. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
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Tentative Agreement Reached to End U.S. Port Strike

U.S. dockworkers and port operators have reached a tentative agreement to end a three-day strike that disrupted port operations at U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coast

October 3, 2024
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announces the deployment of the Florida National Guard and Florida State Guard in response to the ongoing ILA port strike, October 3, 2024.
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Florida Governor DeSantis Deploys National Guard to Ports Amid Longshoremen Strike

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has announced plans to deploy the Florida National Guard and Florida State Guard to ports affected by the ongoing International

October 3, 2024
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FILE PHOTO: Containers are seen stacked in Portsmouth Marine Terminal (PMT), as port workers from the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) participate in a strike, in Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S., October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo
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Taft-Hartley: Port Strike Sparks Urgent Calls for Biden Intervention

The widespread dockworker strike at East and Gulf Coast ports has prompted numerous organizations and stakeholders in America’s supply chain to urge the

October 3, 2024
Total Views: 1316

Photo of an angry union firebrand Harold Daggett
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TikTok Fury and Death Threats: Will ILA Union Boss Daggett Fold or Double Down?

By Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) – The strike paralyzing 36 American East and Gulf Coast ports has taken a dark turn. What began as a labor dispute over

October 3, 2024
Total Views: 2368

ILA picketers wearing orange safety shirts and carrying ILA signs with port cranes in the background
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Ships Queue at Ports as U.S. Dockworker Strike Enters Third Day

By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Long lines of container ships lined up outside major U.S. ports on

October 3, 2024
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Wednesday, October 2, 2024
FILE PHOTO: Shipping containers are stacked for storage at Wando Welch Terminal operated by the South Carolina Ports Authority in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, U.S. May 10, 2018. Picture taken May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Randall Hill/File Photo
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Biden Administration Warns Shipping Companies Against Exploiting Port Strike for Profit

As the first coast-wide strike by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) since 1977 impacts U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports, the U.S.

October 2, 2024
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Port workers from the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) participate in a strike in the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S., October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
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Box Lines Declare Force Majeure as U.S. Dockworker Strike Enters Day 2

By Alex Lennane (The Loadstar) – Shipping lines are beginning to declare force majeure, as the US east and Gulf coast port strike enters its second

October 2, 2024
Total Views: 2273

FILE PHOTO: A dockworker demonstrates after a shipping port strike went into effect across the East Coast at the Port of Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Matthew Hatcher/File Photo
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ILA Union Outlines Key Demands to End Dockworker Strike

Update: Tentative Agreement Reached to End U.S. Port Strike The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has outlined key demands that must be met

October 2, 2024
Total Views: 14358

Port Strike: Trump and Biden Blame Shipowners While Harris Remains Silent
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Port Strike: Trump and Biden Blame Shipowners While Harris Remains Silent

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) union port strike, which could cost the U.S. economy billions per day, was notably absent from last

October 2, 2024
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ILA Dockworker No port automation sign
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Why is the ILA Union Against Port Automation?

By Jo Constantz and Alicia Tang (Bloomberg) Longshoremen at docks along the US East and Gulf coasts have gone on strike for the first time since 1977 as

October 2, 2024
Total Views: 2056

Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Port workers from the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) participate in a strike in the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S., October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
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ILA Chief Daggett Aims to Make History With Election Day Looming

By Laura Curtis, Deena Shanker and Michael Sasso (Bloomberg) — Union chief Harold Daggett, clad in a blue sweatshirt that read “The Docks Are Ours,”

October 1, 2024
Total Views: 2215

U.S. President Joe Biden provides an update on the Hurricane Helene response and recovery efforts, during remarks in the White House Oval Office in Washington, U.S., September 30, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
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President Biden Urges Foreign-Owned Port Employers to Improve Offer and End Dockworker Strike

As the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) launched a widespread strike affecting 36 U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coast ports from Maine to Texas,

October 1, 2024
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Members of the International Longshoremen's Association union, which represents roughly 45,000 workers, stand outside Maher Terminal on strike in Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S., October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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Major Port Shutdown: ILA Dockworkers Hit the Picket Lines, Halting Operations on Atlantic and Gulf Coasts

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) initiated a widespread strike on Tuesday, shutting down all ports from Maine to Texas as of midnight

October 1, 2024
Total Views: 4275

Monday, September 30, 2024
ILA union members on strike at marine terminal in NJ
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ILA UNION ON STRIKE IN 36 US PORTS – Teamsters Warn Biden To ‘Stay the F*ck Out of This Fight’

by John Konrad (gCaptain) Images from social media confirm that members of the International Longshoreman Association (ILA) Union are on strike and starting to

September 30, 2024
Total Views: 11501

coco development South Carolina
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No Deal to Avert Major U.S. Port Strike as Deadline Passes

Port workers with the International Longshoremen’s Association, the largest maritime union in the United States, appear set to go on strike for the first

September 30, 2024
Total Views: 7145

The Port of Savannah's Garden City Terminal courtesy Georgia Ports Authority
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East and Gulf Coast Ports Brace for Dockworker Strike

Update: Last-Minute Negotiations Underway as Major U.S. Port Strike Looms As the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States

September 30, 2024
Total Views: 2124