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As of Oct. 1, dockworkers at major East and Gulf Coast ports have officially gone on strike. ... For more smart consumer news, please sign up for our free newsletters.
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on ...
With a dockworkers' strike threatening to close ports on the East and Gulf coasts beginning this week, Chris Butler is growing worried.. Butler is CEO of the National Tree Company, and, like many businesses, his is counting on shipments that are en route from Asia but won't reach their ports before an expected strike by longshoremen starting at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time Tuesday.
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The Anderson Economic Group estimated that the U.S. economy would lose $2.1 billion from a one-week strike, $1.5 billion due to the loss in value or degradation of items such as perishable goods, $400 million for transportation company losses, and $200 million in lost wages for the striking port workers.
HOUSTON (Reuters) -The largest ports in Texas closed operations and vessel traffic on Sunday as Hurricane Beryl intensified as it approached the Texas coast near Houston. The ports of Corpus ...
Struck a reef and sank in sight of port at Safaga, Egypt, with at least 464 casualties. 14 January 1993: MS Jan Heweliusz: Capsized and sunk in the Baltic Sea 28 September 1994: MS Estonia: Had a bow visor failure. Investigations have been reopened in 2020. 852 people aboard were killed in the accident. 18 September 1998: MV Princess of the Orient
Grounding accounts for about one-third of commercial ship accidents, [6] [7] and ranks second in frequency, after ship-on-ship collision. [8] Grounding accidents are being studied in many international ports with serious concerns, e.g. Chittagong Port in Bangladesh.