by Mike Duff | Jun 15, 2023 | Retail Articles
The Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union have jointly announced a tentative agreement on a six-year contract covering workers at all 29 West Coast ports in the United States. The deal averts a strike many feared would be a...
by Mike Duff | Jun 8, 2023 | Retail Articles
The Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates indicates that import cargo volume at the nation’s major container ports will be 22% lower during the first half of 2023 than during the same period in 2022 despite...
by Mike Duff | Apr 10, 2023 | Retail Articles
Slowdowns attributed to job actions by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 13 have shaken up key West Coast ports as contract negotiations drag on, prompting a response by the National Retail Federation. NRF noted that the job actions at the ports of...