For a fourth day, dockworkers at West Coast ports including at the Port of Oakland, are disrupting international trade
Two of the six marine terminals at the Port of Long Beach remained closed during the day shift Monday, as"operators of those terminals made the decision to close based on operational needs, and will reopen for the evening shift," the port said in a statement.
"Over the weekend and continuing today, the ILWU has continued to stage concerted and disruptive work actions that have slowed operations at key marine terminals at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and elsewhere on the West Coast, including the Ports of Oakland and Seattle," the PMA said in a statement Monday.
The West Coast ports, which once handled the bulk of US trade — especially during the pandemic, have relinquished some volume to the Gulf and East Coast Ports. Shippers started to worry about whether the West Coast ports could handle high volume cargo given the mess that ensued off the coast of California during the pandemic as ships and US goods were stuck at sea for weeks on end. The West Coast ports have said they are capable and open for business.
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