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238 Trade Associations Write Biden to Mediate ILWU Negotiations (Read Full Letter)

A group of 238 state, local, and federal trade associations sent a letter to President Biden, imploring him and his administration to mediate the International Longshore & Warehouse Union [...]

By Jared Vineyard

In container ports, exports, ILA, ILWU, ILWU contract negotiations, Imports, International Shipping, ports, shipping ports

Posted March 16, 2023

What Do Shippers Do When Longshore Negotiations Happen Across the Continent?

Shippers may find themselves uneasy when they realize North American dockworker unions coast to coast will be negotiating contracts at the same time. As port disruption from labor slowdowns is [...]

By Jared Vineyard

In container ports, exports, ILWU, ILWU contract, ILWU Contract Negotiation, ILWU contract negotiations, ILWU Negotiations, Imports, International Shipping, ocean freight, ocean shipping, port congestion, ports, shipping ports, Supply Chain

Posted November 3, 2022

More ILWU Port Disruption & Terminals Cutting Man-Hours as Contentious Contract Negotiations Drag

More International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) disruption is happening at West Coast ports, particularly at the Port of Oakland, as contract negotiations don't appear to be getting [...]

By Jared Vineyard

In exports, ILWU, ILWU contract, ILWU contract negotiations, ILWU Negotiations, Imports, international business, International Shipping, PMA, ports, shippers, shipping ports

Posted October 27, 2022

ILWU Contract Negotiations Suspended

By all reports, the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) are still far away from reaching terms on a new master contract. And now [...]

By Jared Vineyard

In International Shipping, ports, shipping ports, Supply Chain, truckers, truckers strike, trucking

Posted July 14, 2022

Truckers Strike Over AB 5!

Yesterday (Wednesday, July 14th), truckers began protesting Assembly Bill 5, aka AB 5 or the gig worker bill, at and around the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland. Not merely did [...]

By Jared Vineyard

In International Shipping, maritime shipping, ocean shipping, shippers, shipping, shipping news, shipping ports, Supply Chain

Posted December 21, 2021

Top 10 International Shipping News Storylines of 2021

This will be the last blog I post in 2021, so I can spend the holidays with family. What better time to do a look back at the year's top international shipping news stories? This year, stories [...]

By Jared Vineyard

In port congestion, Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, President Biden, shipping, shipping ports, shipping prices, shipping rates, Supply Chain

Posted October 21, 2021

6 Reasons Biden Suddenly Cares About the Supply Chain

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg went on a press tour, where he talked about the port congestion we're seeing right now. The Biden Administration has been talking about the ports and the [...]

By Jared Vineyard

In China, Import from China, importing, International Shipping, ports, shippers, shipping ports

Posted August 19, 2021

Updates on the Port of Ningbo Terminal Closure

The Port of Ningbo – the third busiest container port in the world – was supposedly going to start a phased reopening yesterday (Wednesday, August 18th) after its Meidong Container Terminal [also [...]

By UCM

In export, exporter, exporters, Freight Forwarder, import, importer, importers, importing, Imports, International Shipping, shipping ports

Posted July 12, 2019

Top 10 Vietnam Imports to the U.S.

By Jared Vineyard

In customs, customs clearance, Donald Trump, International Shipping, President Trump, shipping ports

Posted January 3, 2019

How the Government Shutdown is Affecting International Shipping

Many shippers are concerned, and rightfully so, about how the partial government shutdown will affect their international shipping.

You probably already know the standoff between [...]

Lumps of Port Congestion for Your Stocking

'Tis the season for congestion. No, I'm not talking about whatever bug your kid brought home from school, although there is plenty of that. I'm talking port congestion. [...]

By Jared Vineyard

In container carriers, container ports, container shipping, Container Shipping & Transport, freight rates, Global Economy, green eco-friendly, international business, International Shipping, shipping ports

Posted October 25, 2018

Invasive Species on Your Shipping Containers – Action Needed?

Something about international shipping has countries worried. And they're considering legislating it, which makes shipping industry professionals nervous.

What's the issue? Invasive [...]

By Jared Vineyard

In business, Container Shipping & Transport, international business, International Shipping, international shipping news, logistics, shipping ports, truckers, trucking, Universal Cargo Management

Posted August 29, 2017

Hurricane Harvey Hurts People & Supply Chain

The U.S. hasn’t seen a hurricane as powerful as Hurricane Harvey hit in a decade. It came right through the Gulf of Mexico, making landfall as a category 4 hurricane, destroying homes, [...]