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"Contract negotiations between the port clerks union and shippers have broken down, threatening a strike that could shut down container traffic at the nation's largest port complex, a negotiator for the shippers said Thursday."
http://www.cnbc.com/id/19978722
"Contract negotiations between the port clerks union and shippers have broken down, threatening a strike that could shut down container traffic at the nation's largest port complex, a negotiator for the shippers said Thursday."http://www.cnbc.com/id/19978722
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GREAT NEWS! "Port clerks and their employers at the nation's largest port complex tentatively agreed on a new contract Thursday, preventing a strike that could have crippled shipping and cost billions of dollars, a negotiator said."
http://www.cnbc.com/id/19978722
http://www.cnbc.com/id/19978722
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http://www.cnbc.com/id/19978722
Thanks for the great news. Originally Posted by jadams
GREAT NEWS! "Port clerks and their employers at the nation's largest port complex tentatively agreed on a new contract Thursday, preventing a strike that could have crippled shipping and cost billions of dollars, a negotiator said." http://www.cnbc.com/id/19978722
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Originally Posted by dmkozak
That should be 40% of all good entering the U.S. via U.S. west coast ports (Long Beach, LA, Richmond, Portland and Seattle) come through the Long Beach and LA ports. But, since the Long Beach port is almost 100% occupied by Toyota imports, a dock strike at LA will not have huge impact on Nissan/Infiniti deliveries. Plus, the Mexico and Vancouver ports are available to supplement the other west coast ports.
Long Beach may have 40% of all good entering the US on the west coast, but according to this the Port of Portland is the largest auto importer for the west coast, and according to this, it's the largest importer of cars for the entire US.
If you read this it says the Port of Long Beach only handles Toyota. And even then, it says in the last 20 years, the Port of Long Beach managed to lose every single one of it's auto manufacturer clients, except for Toyota.
It even says that unlike the Port of Long Beach, the Port of Portland, New York, and Baltimore, have more flexible car handling facilities that are compatible with more manufacturers.
I remember visiting the Port of Portland on a class field trip in High school. A bunch of auto companies have their import headquarters in portland. Such as Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai.
Anyways, back to our regularly scheduled programming....
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If you read this it says the Port of Long Beach only handles Toyota. And even then, it says in the last 20 years, the Port of Long Beach managed to lose every single one of it's auto manufacturer clients, except for Toyota.
It even says that unlike the Port of Long Beach, the Port of Portland, New York, and Baltimore, have more flexible car handling facilities that are compatible with more manufacturers.
I remember visiting the Port of Portland on a class field trip in High school. A bunch of auto companies have their import headquarters in portland. Such as Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai.
Anyways, back to our regularly scheduled programming....
Thanks for the lesson on port history! Originally Posted by avs007
Long Beach may have 40% of all good entering the US on the west coast, but according to this the Port of Portland is the largest auto importer for the west coast, and according to this, it's the largest importer of cars for the entire US.If you read this it says the Port of Long Beach only handles Toyota. And even then, it says in the last 20 years, the Port of Long Beach managed to lose every single one of it's auto manufacturer clients, except for Toyota.
It even says that unlike the Port of Long Beach, the Port of Portland, New York, and Baltimore, have more flexible car handling facilities that are compatible with more manufacturers.
I remember visiting the Port of Portland on a class field trip in High school. A bunch of auto companies have their import headquarters in portland. Such as Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai.
Anyways, back to our regularly scheduled programming....
