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US East Coast Dockworkers Strike, Halting Half the Nation’s Ocean Shipping

October 1, 2024 Doyinsola Oladipo and David Shepardson, Reuters

The strike blocks everything from food to automobile shipments across dozens of ports from Maine to Texas, in a disruption analysts warned will cost the economy billions of dollars a day, threaten jobs, and potentially stoke inflation. …

IFPA Update on U.S East Coast Port Strike

September 26, 2024 International Fresh Produce Association

Without agreement on a new labor contract, operations at 14 US ports will cease on October 1. Those ports include: Baltimore, Boston, Charleston, Hampton Roads, Houston, Jacksonville, Miami, Mobile, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Savannah, Tampa and Wilmington. …