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With less than a month and a half to go before the deal deadline to prevent another dockworker strike shutting down U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports, negotiations remain halted between the [...]

You might have thought the drama at the ports and the disruption threat to U.S. supply chains was over, but it's not... After shutting down the East and Gulf Coast ports for three days last week [...]

18 days... The clock is ticking. With about two and a half weeks until a planned strike from the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) shuts down all the East and Gulf Coast ports of [...]

What's been happening with shipping on the East Coast since the tragic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge? I'm glad you asked. Let's get into the updates... There were close to 100 ships [...]

In the last blog we talked about the very likely scenario that, with the master contract for the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) expiring in less than a year, contract [...]

As 2019 draws to a close, a ton of things are happening in international shipping. You would think with the last three blogs getting into IMO 2020, Incoterm changes with Incoterms 2020, and the [...]

U.S. East Coast ports are recovering this week from delays and shutdowns caused by severe winter weather last week. The East Coast was hit with what the Weather Channel called “one of the [...]

Something has changed at U.S. ports. And it’s a good thing for shippers. The International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) agreed to an early contract extension in August that brings [...]

Expect disruption of imports and exports through East and Gulf Coast ports next week as the International Longshoremen’s Association plans to flex its muscle. Chris Dupin reported in [...]