Fears that a Maine to Texas port strike by the International Longshoremens Association (ILA) could become a reality on October 1 are growing, with Torsten Hartmann, senior director trade management transpacific at Hapag-Lloyd, saying on the latest edition of The Freight Buyers’ Club podcast, that a strike closing ILA-manned ports would have far-reaching, global consequences.
“I’ve been asked by the management in my company, ‘What’s your Plan B?,’” he continued. “The honest answer is there’s no...
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