Container shipping expert John McCown says imports at East and Gulf Coast ports were 3.9 percent below pandemic-era averages.

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and US Maritime Alliance (USMX) have negotiated a tentative agreement for a new six-year master contract, averting a potential port strike during ...

chief operations officer of the Port of Virginia; John Atkins, president of GCT USA; and Anthony Ray, executive vice president of operations at Maher Terminals. Representing the union were ILA ...

The International Longshoremen’s Association expects to shortly take the next steps toward ratifying a new contract with East ...

The Georgia Ports Authority announced Tuesday that two major ports in the state had seen 12 months of growth. At the Port of ...

East Coast and Gulf port workers walked off the job at midnight after failing to agree to a new contract with the United ...

Details are not yet being released to allow ILA members and Maritime Alliance members to review and approve the final document. Local port workers had expressed fears about losing jobs to automation.

A Short Refresher According to USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service, in 2023, over 70% of U.S. agricultural export value and 56% of import value relied on ocean ports. An ILA strike would primarily ...