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The port chaos cocktail: Mix 12 months of container bottlenecks with contentious contract talks for dockworkers.

Los Angeles is at the front line of the port congestion crisis. Its executive director outlines his strategy to clear anchorages.

Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero delivers a melodious annual report.

The twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have been infected with COVID-19 — with at least 700 positive test results from port employees.

Multiple Lebanese government agencies may have known dangerous ammonium nitrate was stored in a warehouse.

“Employer groups should not play American ports against one another,” says longshore union leader.

Long Beach mayor taps ILWU officer Bobby Olvera Jr. to serve as commissioner.

Washington State Potato Commission wants you to get fries with that burger.

Peaceful protests and work stoppages take place on day of burial

The International Longshore and Harbor Workers Union (ILWU) wants a judge to reverse or reduce a $93.6 million jury award against it or order a new trial.

International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) will seek to overturn a jury verdict that says it owes $93.6 million to the former operator of the Port of Portlands container terminal.

A federal jury has awarded $93.6 million to ICTSI Oregon, the former operator of the Port of Portland’s Terminal 6, after finding dockworkers engaged in illegal work practices such as work slowdowns and stoppages.

A study sponsored by Canadian dockworkers has tried to quantify the impact of container terminal automation.

Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach plan further cooperation to ensure they are the “gateway of choice in North America.”

Concerns about the port automation has sparked studies by the Port of Long Beach and other California agencies.

Maersk, for the second time, was granted a permit by the Port of Los Angeles that would allow its APM Terminals subsidiary to install infrastructure for electrified, automated container handling equipment. The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners voted three-to-two against an appeal by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 13, which opposes […]

Chris Lytle to retire from top job at Port of Oakland, leaving a 53-year legacy

Maersk’s (Nasdaq OMX: MAER) fight to bring automation to its largest North American marine terminal is getting support from shippers and non-ocean carriers concerned about the impact on the environment and the precedent of government overreach into the future of freight. The world’s biggest shipping line faces a do-over as the Los Angeles Board of […]

An accident at the Port of Los Angeles took the life of a dock worker and injured another, ending the five-year U.S. safety record for marine cargo handling. The May 15 incident occurred at the Fenix Marine Services terminal at Pier 300, the second-largest cargo handling terminal at the port. The initial reports are that […]

Vote by International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada members ups the ante in contract talks by raising the prospect of a disruption at Canada’s largest port, Vancouver.