PRESS ROOM

As a strike by dockers in ports along the US East and Gulf coasts draw ever closer, there is much speculation about the likely impact.

With our portfolio of transatlantic ocean freight services, which include LCL and FCL import and export operations, the U-Freight Group continues to monitor the situation and notes the following:

- Negotiations between unions and employers remain at impasse just 8 days from the October 1st deadline
- CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd have announced surcharges for all US East Coast and Gulf ports
- The Biden Administration is not expected to invoke the Taft-Hartley Act to enforce cooling off period
- Ports and terminals along the US East and Gulf coasts, have in many cases advised that they will have extended gate hours in the coming week
- Carriers are now also altering their operations, including a number of port omissions in this coming week

The following links provide some comprehensive information about the current situation:

https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/containers/container-lines-roll-out-us-east-coast-surcharges-as-port-strike-looms

https://splash247.com/negotiators-have-one-week-to-save-us-east-coast-from-chaos/

https://theloadstar.com/shippers-eye-canadian-ports-as-us-east-coast-strike-looks-certain/

https://indiashippingnews.com/u-s-east-coast-ports-begin-prepping-for-first-union-strike-since-1977/

The U-Freight Group remains committed to helping clients manage the difficult situations facing container shipping at present and mitigate where possible additional costs incurred. Our ocean freight teams will endeavour to keep in close contact with all clients to provide updates on specific movements, as well as the latest situation on a potential port strike.

For more information about our ocean freight forwarding and logistics services to and from the US East and Gulf coasts, please visit the relevant pages of this website, or contact your local office, which can be seen here: https://www.ufreight.com/en/location