The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has today (10 October) gone ahead with strike action at US ports from Maine to Texas and accused ocean container carriers of ‘gouging customers’.
The ILA confirmed the strike in an announcement yesterday, Monday, while at the same time claiming ocean container carriers are now charging US$30,000 per container in a ‘whopping increase from US$6,000 just a few weeks ago’.
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