Logistics

The East and Gulf Coast port strike is now in its fourth day with no signs that the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance are heading back to restart contract negotiations.

The port strike by 45,000 dockworkers halting shipments at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports from Maine to Texas enters its third day on Thursday with no negotiations scheduled (as of late Wednesday afternoon).

The labor strikes at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports are generating considerable discussion, but their actual impact on the supply chain for the peak holiday season may be less severe than anticipated.

A port strike by dockworkers at 36 U.S. ports seems all but certain (at least as of late afternoon Monday.)

Retail groups are urging the Biden administration to intervene and for both parties to return to the negotiation table ahead of a potential strike by dockworkers on the East and Gulf Coast ports.

Increasingly, supply chain leaders are turning to leading-edge technology to overcome issues.

Logistics is the new customer experience.

Spencer Shute, principal consultant at procurement and supply chain consultancy Proxima, discusses the resumed negotiations in the West Coast ports labor dispute.