水与火

A study in contrasts

港口拥堵和工人罢工拖累美国西海岸集装箱吞吐量,而东海岸和墨西哥湾港口箱量则大幅提升。来自美国太平洋海事协会的数据显示,由于美国西海岸港口异常拥堵,国际码头仓储工人联盟消极怠工,去年12月集装箱吞吐量下降6%,2014年全年增长率微乎其微,几乎不到1%。

Congestion and ILWU woes slam containerized volumes on West Coast while East and Gulf Coast ports report big gains. Overwhelmed by congestion and hampered by International Longshore and Warehouse Union work slowdowns, West Coast ports saw their container volume drop 6 percent in December and barely eked out a 1 percent gain for all of 2014, according to data from the Pacific Maritime Association. West Coast ports have experienced congestion since last summer, but the congestion has grown increasingly worse because of dockworker slowdowns that began in late October, according to the PMA. The ILWU has been working without a contract since its previous contract expired on July 1, 2014. Coastwide negotiations in San Francisco have been held under the auspices of a federal mediator since Jan. 6. Recently, an agreement has been made between the PMA and the ILWU.