Facing a $14 million shortfall, the Port of Portland is asking Oregon legislators for a $10 million injection this year to avoid ending container service at Terminal 6.

Port of Long Beach officials were upbeat about prospects for the facility even as its 2023 performance was down 12.2% year-over-year.

An economy that is returning to more balanced spending between goods and services was reflected in mixed November results across the nation’s ports, as container volumes stabilized even as shippers moved goods in anticipation of a busy holiday shopping season.

The tentative labor agreement between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association is a step in addressing a shift of cargo volumes to East Coast ports.

A tentative six-year agreement has been reached between the Pacific Maritime Association and the 22,000-member International Longshore and Warehouse Union.

Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su is in California for talks with West Coast port employers and the dockworkers’ union in an effort to break an impasse in a long-running contract negotiation.

Tensions between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union are heating up as periodic, unannounced work stoppages occur at several ports.

A tentative agreement covering longshore workers at the largest U.S. ports is within reach after a year of negotiations between the union and employers, according to Stephen Lyons.

California’s five container ports have agreed to develop a $27 million, high-tech supply chain infrastructure using a computer cloud to share data and cargo flow information.

The labor union representing 22,000 U.S. West Coast dockworkers in contract renewal talks said it has reached a tentative agreement with their employers on “certain key issues.”