Category: shippers
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U.S. East Coast port union strike threat to test shippers’ nerves By Reuters
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(Reuters) – Labor talks at U.S. ports on the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico represent a looming danger for retailers, manufacturers and other shippers already struggling with longer transit times and higher costs. The International Longshoremen’s Association’s contract, which covers 45,000 workers at thirty ports from Maine to Texas,…