Dockworkers all over the East and Gulf Coast ports have officially gone on strike, shuttering operations at 36 ports from Maine to Texas.
Cranes used for shipping containers rise from the Red Hook Container Terminal in Brooklyn on Sept. 30, 2024 in New York City. A massive strike that could shut down ports across the East and Gulf coasts is all but certain to begin at midnight as members of the International Longshoremen’s Association continue to make salary and other demands to the United States Maritime Alliance, which controls many of the ports across the country.
That tune could change in time depending on any potential hit to the economy, particularly in an election year in which Given the anticipated deluge of containers because of the work stoppage, even just one day of strike action is projected to require six days to clear the backlog, according to maritime trade advisory service Sea-Intelligence.
According to supply chain intelligence firm Kpler, 147 vessels are en route to the East and Gulf Coast ports by Oct. 1, with 38 of those vessels headed to the Port of New York and New Jersey.of master contract talks in June due to concerns about an automated gate in the Port of Mobile. The union has been railing against automation for years, making it one of two major content points in the negotiations, and has reportedly sought a total ban on automated equipment across the ports.
In that offer, the USMX also sought to retain the current language around automation and semiautomation. Under those terms, the ports were not allowed to use fully automated terminals or equipment, with the technology defined as “machinery/equipment devoid of human interaction.”
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