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High Port Volumes Persist As Retailers Face Tariff Uncertainty

High Port Volumes Persist As Retailers Face Tariff Uncertainty

by Mike Duff | Jan 10, 2025 | Retail Articles

A tentative labor agreement has removed the threat of strikes at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports in the United States, but docks across the country have already seen a surge in imports that is likely to continue because of the potential increases in tariffs that have...
Shippers Reach Deal with Union To Avoid Port Strike

Shippers Reach Deal with Union To Avoid Port Strike

by Mike Duff | Jan 9, 2025 | Retail Articles

A tentative agreement gives every indication that an East and Gulf Coast port strike has been averted. The potential strike garnered broad attention in retail and beyond, given its potential for trade disruption, with President-elect Donald Trump weighing on the side...
Amazon Contends Teamsters Misrepresent Job Action

Amazon Contends Teamsters Misrepresent Job Action

by Mike Duff | Dec 20, 2024 | Retail Articles

Contention surrounds a job action by the Teamsters against Amazon with the union characterizing it as a strike against the company while Amazon asserts that neither employees at the company nor at its affiliated independent delivery partners are represented by the...
Global Port Tracker: Potential Disruptions Drive Up Recent Cargo Volumes

Global Port Tracker: Potential Disruptions Drive Up Recent Cargo Volumes

by Mike Duff | Dec 10, 2024 | Retail Articles

With a potential strike and the possibility of new tariff impositions by the United States looming, Global Port Tracker reported U.S. ports handled 2.25 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units, one 20-foot container or its equivalent, in October. That figure is down 1.2%...
Tariff, Labor Strike Concerns Drive U.S. Port Volumes Higher

Tariff, Labor Strike Concerns Drive U.S. Port Volumes Higher

by Mike Duff | Nov 11, 2024 | Featured News, Retail Articles

Potential tariff increases from the forthcoming Trump Administration are combining with ongoing labor contention to affect activity at major container ports in the United States, which could drive import volumes higher than previously expected, according to the Global...
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