Container shipping expert John McCown says imports at East and Gulf Coast ports were 3.9 percent below pandemic-era averages.

The International Longshoremen Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) are set to resume labor negotiations Tuesday in the hopes of averting a sequel to October’s massive port ...

Negotiations aimed at heading off a new strike at the ports up and down America’s East and Gulf Coasts are set to resume Tuesday.

The ILA and the shipping industry ... Still, Trump could face a major port strike just as he takes office, spurring him to intervene. He could also invoke the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act, a law that ...

Without a deal, the port workers were set to go on strike on the morning of January 16. “We are pleased to announce that ILA and USMX have reached a tentative agreement,” the two sides said in ...

Shippers who rely on US East Coast and Gulf ports were able to breathe a sigh of relief last Wednesday night when the ILA and ...

A three-day ILA strike in October triggered a surge in shipping prices and cargo backlogs at the 36 affected ports. Longshoremen returned to work after employers agreed to a 62% wage increase over ...

East and Gulf Coast port operators late Wednesday ... six-year contract that averts a strike that would have started Jan. 15. "This agreement protects current ILA jobs and establishes a framework ...

The ILA declined to comment on the meeting. It remains unclear if the full USMX bargaining team will agree to document language on automation or risk another strike. "We are at an inflection ...

A port strike is possible again if negotiators can't reach a deal by Jan. 15. A walkout could spark inflation and shortages, experts said.

Tens of thousands of longshoremen could walk off the job from Maine to Texas next week if their union and management can’t resolve long-running contract issues. A damaging strike that kicks off ...