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☆ Sources: Striking port workers to return to work Friday as negotiators reach an agreement on wages
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Vanessa Yurkevich | Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Terms of the tentative deal on wages were not immediately available Thursday evening. A tentative deal would still need to be ratified by the rank-and-file ILA members before it would take effect. But with ships stuck at sea unable to come into US ports to unload and load goods, the union has agreed to have workers return to work on Friday. Still, should the members vote against the deal, the strike might start once again. But union members voted nearly unanimously to reject it and have remained on strike since September 13.

Persons: Biden, Joe Biden, Taft, Hartley, Kamala Harris, Transportation Pete Buttigieg, John McCown, containerization, USMX, Harold Daggett, Daggett Organizations: New, New York CNN —, International Longshoremen’s Association, United States Maritime Alliance, International Association of Machinists, Boeing, Business, Transportation, ILA, Shipping Locations: New York, Maine, Texas, United States

☆ Meet Harold Daggett, the colorful and controversial union boss leading the port strike
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Chris Isidore | Vanessa Yurkevich | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Daggett is the president of the International Longshoremen’s Association, which has nearly 50,000 union members on strike at three dozen different port facilities. This is the union’s first strike in 47 years, but Daggett participated in the previous strike as a rank-and-file dock worker. A sea of hundreds of union members parted amid cheers as made his way to the top of a small grassy knoll, with idle shipping containers as a backdrop. Unwanted attentionBut increasing attention on Daggett and the strike has brought harassment and death threats, according to a statement from the union. Members of the International Longshoremen's Association union, which represents roughly 45,000 workers, on strike outside the Port of New York and New Jersey on the first day of the strike.

Persons: Harold Daggett, Daggett, ”, Bryan R, Smith, “ We’re, Dennis Daggett, ” Daggett, Shawn Fain, don’t, Donald Trump, Trump, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Biden, Julie Su, John McCown, Shannon Stapleton Organizations: New, New York CNN, International Longshoremen’s Association, Navy, Sporting, International Longshoremen's Association, Port, Gulf Coasts, Getty, ILA, United Auto Workers, UAW, Queens, Trump, Mar, Lago, Democratic, Labor Locations: New York, East, Gulf Coasts, That’s, United States, Vietnam, Europe, Port of New York, New Jersey, Gulf, AFP, Elizabeth , New Jersey, New York City, ”, OpenSecrets

☆ US port workers strike starts across the East and Gulf Coasts
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Chris Isidore | Vanessa Yurkevich | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The strike, which was confirmed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as well as the Port of Virginia, began at midnight. The strike will stop the flow of a wide variety of goods over the docks of almost all cargo ports from Maine to Texas. The ports involved include the Port of New York and New Jersey, the nation’s third-largest port by volume of cargo handled. Port Wilmington in Delaware describes itself as the nation’s leading banana port, bringing in a large share of America’s favorite fruit. President George W. Bush applied the act in 2002 to halt an 11-day lockout of union members at West Coast ports.

Persons: haven’t, USMX, ” Harold Daggett, containerization, John McCown, Biden, ”, Joe Biden, Taft, Hartley, George W, Bush, “, ” Biden, ” It’s, Daggett, “ It’s, Peter Tirschwell, ’ ” Organizations: New, New York CNN, International Longshoremen’s Association, Port Authority of New, United States Maritime Alliance, American Farm Bureau, Retailers, ILA, “, P Global Market Intelligence, CNN Locations: New York, Gulf Coast, Port Authority of New York, New Jersey, of Virginia, Maine, Texas, of New York, Port Wilmington, Delaware, West Coast, Taft

☆ Clock ticks down towards a port strike with little hope it will be avoided
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Chris Isidore | Vanessa Yurkevich | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The maritime alliance represents the major shipping lines, all of which are foreign owned, as well as terminal operators and port authorities. Depending on the length of the strike, there could be shortages of consumer and industrial goods, which could then lead to price hikes. What could be in short supplyThe ports involved include the Port of New York and New Jersey, the nation’s third-largest port by volume of cargo handled. Port Wilmington in Delaware describes itself as the nation’s leading banana port, bringing in a large share of America’s favorite fruit. The union has pledged to continue to handling military cargo even during a strike and said passenger ships won’t be affected.

Persons: “, ” Harold Daggett, containerization, John McCown, Biden, ”, Joe Biden, Taft, Hartley, George W, Bush, Julie Su, Peter Buttigieg, Lael Brainard, ” Biden, ” CNN’s Arlette Saenz Organizations: New, New York CNN, Gulf Coasts, International Longshoremen’s Association, ILA, United States Maritime Alliance, American Farm Bureau, “, Business, Labor, National Economic Council, CNN, Union, Labor Department Locations: New York, Gulf, Maine, Texas, of New York, New Jersey, Port Wilmington, Delaware, Port, Baltimore, West Coast, Taft

☆ Port workers from Maine to Texas are set to strike Tuesday. Expect shortages and higher prices
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Chris Isidore | Vanessa Yurkevich | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

It represents the major shipping lines, all of which are foreign-owned, as well as terminal operators and port authorities. Depending on duration, a strike could mean shortages of consumer and industrial goods, possibly driving up prices again. That labor peace has helped them capture market share from West Coast ports that have historically had more contentious labor relations. But he said the shipping lines appear unwilling to pay what it takes this time. The shipping lines realize the problem with having Biden order the union back to work, said Tirschwell.

Persons: Luke Sharrett, Patrick Anderson, ”, USMX, Harold Daggett, John McCown, containerization, Brendan Smialowski, Peter Tirschwell, “, Republican Donald Trump, ” Tirschwell, hasn’t, Jonathan Gold, ” Gold, Biden, Joe Biden, Taft, Hartley, George W, Bush, Bradley Saunders, Daggett, ’ ” Organizations: New, New York CNN, US Maritime Association, International Longshoremen’s Association, BMW, Port, Bloomberg, Getty, ILA, Anderson Economic Group, “, P Global Market Intelligence, Federal Maritime Administration, Republican, National Retail Federation, North, Capital Economics, United Auto Workers Locations: New York, Maine, Texas, East Coast, Gulf, Gulf Coast, of New York, New Jersey, Port Wilmington, Delaware, Port, Baltimore, Port of Charleston, South Carolina, Charleston , South Carolina, West Coast, Michigan, Port of Baltimore, Baltimore , Maryland, AFP, East, North American

☆ How shipping containers can make or break the global economy
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Andrea Miller | In Dreajmiller | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The shipping container is a logistics marvel that can affordably move thousands of items from hundreds of different companies all around the globe. Supply chain disruptionsDisruptions to global trade can have major impacts on shortages and inflation, causing serious ramifications for American households and businesses. Indeed, inflation cooled alongside the bounce back of the supply chain, according to a White House analysis of the U.S. economy. [It's] an inefficiency born not of container shipping but just of the nature of the global economy." Watch the video above to learn more about how shipping containers enable global trade, why China dominates the shipping industry and what happens after a container shortage.

Persons: Simon Heaney, John Fossey, Good Hope, John McCown, nonresident, McCown, Goetz Alebrand, " Heaney, Heaney Organizations: Drewry, CNBC, Supply, Federal Reserve Bank of San, Center for Maritime Strategy, Federal Maritime Commission, Americas, DHL Global Locations: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, U.S, Iran, Good, Africa, China, Ukraine, Asia

☆ Analysis: Some ocean shipping rates collapsing, but real price relief is months away
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Lisa Baertlein | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

They're not interested in playing the (spot) market" by shopping for lower rates, shipping expert John McCown said. The chief executive of container shipping company Ocean Network Express, Jeremy Nixon, said in December that short-term spot rates were "bottoming out." Meanwhile, long-term contract rates finished 2022 about 20% lower than the pandemic peak of more than $8,000 per container, according to maritime consultancy Drewry, which expects contract rates to halve in 2023. Several factors could support longer-term contract rates, including upheaval from China's COVID outbreak, war in Ukraine, and high labor costs. Steve Schult, vice president for almond farming cooperative Blue Diamond Growers, bets contract rates will not revisit pre-COVID levels.

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