Biden Encourages Continued Collective Bargaining in US Ports Dispute
from California to Washington state have been working without a contract since July.The West Coast is home to the busiest U.S. container port complex at Los Angeles/Long Beach. Pacific Coast ports are an important engine of the U.S. economy and handle everything from apparel and furniture to agricultural products and automobiles."I can say that the President respects the collective bargaining process as the best way to hold workers and employers to reach mutually beneficial solutions," the White House spokesperson told reporters in a press briefing."The path forward is for the port
Port of Vancouver USA by the Numbers
, with 8.1 million metric tons of product crossing the docks. Combined with revenue generated from the port’s industrial tenants, that adds up to a total regional economic value of $3.76 billion. The $860 million increase since 2014 was driven primarily by additional handling of steel and agricultural products. Investments in landside and marine infrastructure have also set the port up for success. “Over the past decade, we have made a commitment to investing in the infrastructure that our tenants depend on,” said Port of Vancouver USA CEO Julianna Marler. “The
Antwerp Sets up Maritime Training Institute in Brazil
. Gateway to South America With an annual freight volume of 7.1 million tonnes Brazil is Antwerp’s seventh-largest trading partner. Ports such as Salvador, Santos, Paranagua, Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande generate large volumes of cargo with containers carrying deepfreeze goods and agricultural products, along with fuel derivatives and metal products going to and from. Indeed Antwerp has two local representatives to represent it in the Brazilian port community: Ricardo Sproesser and Henrique Rabelo. In summer last year the Port Authority’s other subsidiary, Port of Antwerp
