USMX-ILA STRIKE UPDATE
The International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) has confirmed its plan to initiate a strike across all Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports beginning at 12:01 am on Tuesday, October 1.
Hapag-Lloyd has provided a listing of planned operational vessel changes due to the strike – please access here.
ONE has now listed 11 vessels which will be omitting ports and discharging cargo at alternative ports due to the impending strikes.
Two vessels in particular to note is “Alessia” on the AN2 service which will discharge the cargo bound for Houston and New Orleans down in Cartagena in Colombia on October 1.
MSC has announced an Emergency Operation Surcharge (EOS) from China, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia of 3000 USD/40’ applicable from October 27.
MSC will continue to accept import bookings into USEC and USGC for dry containers, but reserves the right to reject bookings for reefers, and they refuse any liability for reefers left inside affected terminals during the strike.
Montreal Port Workers Set to Strike
Two major terminals at Montreal Port operated by Terminal Termont Inc. will close this week as unionized dockworkers prepare for a three-day strike starting today.
“Operations, including service to truckers, will resume on [October 3],” the container terminal operator said Friday in a statement on its website.
The 1,200 dockworkers, represented by the Port of Montreal Longshoremen’s Union, have been without a collective agreement since December 31, and talks are nearing an impasse over wages and work-life balance.
The union gave 72-hour strike notice on Friday to the Maritime Employers Association.
Montreal Port Authority has activated a business continuity plan to ensure the actions do not affect the rest of the port operations, according to a statement published September 27 on its website.
The labor action in Montreal comes amid the threat of astrike starting October 1at major U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports, and after grain workers at Vancouver Port, Canada’s biggest port, went on strike September 24.
“Although negotiations are continuing, we are disappointed that they have not, to date, enabled both parties to reach an agreement, while nearly C$6 billion ($4.4 billion) worth of goods are expected to arrive on the Port of Montreal’s docks in the coming weeks,” CEO Julie Gascon said in the statement.
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