Ports of LA & Long Beach Face Loading Delays, Looming Strike
Between them, the ports are hampered by more than 13,000 containers experiencing dwell times of longer than nine days for containers...
About 250 watchmen represented by a local branch of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) have voted to authorize a strike at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach that could begin at 5pm PST on November 1, according to The Long Beach Post.
The news comes at a time when both ports are hampered by more than 13,000 containers experiencing dwell times of longer than nine days for containers waiting to be loaded onto on-dock trains, and a total of 35,000 containers waiting for loading, as of October 28.
International Longshore and Warehouse Union’s Local 26, represents about 2% of ILWU’s workforce, but their work is spread across terminals in the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. The watchmen work under a separate agreement from the coastwide six-year longshore contract that was brokered between the ILWU and the employers represented by the Pacific Maritime Association in summer 2023.
According to Women’s Wear Daily’s Sourcing Journal, eight terminals would be impacted — six container terminals and two non-container terminals — by the labor action. The container terminals are APM Terminals (Pier 400), Long Beach Container Terminal, Total Terminals International, SSA Marine’s Berth C60 and Berth A90 and Pacific Container Terminal. The non-container terminals are SSA Marine-operated: LB 206 and Outer Harbor Berth 55.
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