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TP Pulse: East Coast port strike potential worries shippers

Monday, June 04, 2012

There’s a growing unease among eastbound transpacific shippers that simmering tensions between U.S. East Coast longshoremen and their employers could affect their supply chains. Unionized dockworkers are in contentious negotiations with the representative organization for East Coast terminal operators and carriers as they try to hammer out a new contract before the current one expires in September. According to the latest Transpacific Pulse survey, conducted by America...

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