{"id":3365,"date":"2014-11-06T16:59:53","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T22:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/?p=3365"},"modified":"2014-11-06T16:59:53","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T22:59:53","slug":"west-coast-ports-thsi-weeks-latest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2014\/11\/06\/west-coast-ports-thsi-weeks-latest\/","title":{"rendered":"West Coast Ports &#8211; This Week&#8217;s Latest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/port-UPDATE-wc.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2965\" src=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/port-UPDATE-wc.jpg\" alt=\"port UPDATE - wc\" width=\"266\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a>West Coast Ports &#8211; This Week&#8217;s Latest<\/p>\n<p><strong>The congestion stress continues at the West Coast ports<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trucks wait in long lines and\u00a0shortage of experienced labor persists at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.<\/li>\n<li>Seattle\u00a0\/ Tacoma: The union is accused of work slowdowns resulting in BNSF Railway cutting of intermodal service from some interior locations to the Port of Tacoma.\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joc.com\/port-news\/longshoreman-labor\/international-longshore-and-warehouse-union\/ilwu-slowdowns-seattle-tacoma-raise-fears-spreading-la-lb_20141103.html\">accusations from employers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joc.com\/maritime-news\/labor\/ilwu-call-slowdown-accusations-seattle-tacoma-%E2%80%98bold-faced-lie%E2%80%99_20141103.html\">response from union<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There are continued reports of cargo diversions to the\u00a0East Coast and Canadian Pacific Coast ports.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The ILWU and PMA have not met\u00a0since late last week to\u00a0continue contract negotiations. The contract expired by\u00a0July 1.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>This comes at the worst possible time for\u00a0agricultural exporters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAs the West Coast ports melt down, terminals closing, ships skipping port calls or rerouting, chassis unavailable, truckers limited by endless lines at gates and unreasonable hours of service restrictions, we see this having very real, very immediate injury to the U.S. economy and U.S. agriculture, our most important export,\u201d the Agriculture Transportation Coalition said Tuesday from Washington.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joc.com\/regulation-policy\/transportation-policy\/us-transportation-policy\/shippers-pressure-obama-administration-send-ilwu-pma-mediator_20141104.html\">Shippers pressure Obama administration to send ILWU-PMA mediator<\/a>\u00a0while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joc.com\/port-news\/longshoreman-labor\/international-longshoremen%E2%80%99s-association\/ilwu-pma-urged-revamp-collective-bargaining-model_20141105.html\">The Port of Portland is issuing a challenge to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Superior Freight Services, Inc. will continue providing updates\u00a0on\u00a0the latest West Coast port situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Coast Ports &#8211; This Week&#8217;s Latest The congestion stress continues at the West Coast ports Trucks wait in long lines and\u00a0shortage of experienced labor persists at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. 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