As the International Longshoremen’s Association strike at three dozen East and Gulf Coast ports gets underway, what goods can shippers and consumers expect to miss the most if a work stoppage shutting down container and ro-ro services drags on?
Among the top 10 U.S. import commodities, 62% of all machinery shipments move through East Coast ports, followed by apparel textiles and leather goods, 55%, and 55% of motor vehicles.
The top import through the Port of New York-New Jersey, the...