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Nathan Howard / Getty Images strike closing ports along the US East and Gulf coasts has increased since spring . “ In terms of [ the US ] East Coast , if you ’ d asked me in January , I would ’ ve said I ’ m not so worried about that ,” Habben Jansen said . “ Right now , when you look at the rhetoric that ’ s out there , I think that — unfortunately — the chance that there will be some disruption has definitely gone up .” If the International Longshoremen ’ s Association holds to its pledge to strike Oct . 1 if a contract isn ’ t reached by the end of September , there would be global repercussions , Zim Integrated Shipping Services CFO Xavier Destriau told the Journal of Commerce . “ Some containers and some equipment would be stranded on the East Coast and not find a way back , putting the whole logistics chain under stress ,” he said . “ Clearly , the West Coast would not be able to absorb the influx of cargo shifting from the east to west .”

the facility . The port on Aug . 26 submitted a business plan to Oregon Gov . Tina Kotek , a condition she included after agreeing to provide $ 40 million in state funding to keep Portland ’ s Terminal 6 ( T6 ) open . After two years of losses for T6 , the port had threatened to close the terminal by October , which would have cut off Portland from trans-Pacific container services . The state money , comprising $ 5 million in stopgap funding to help cover the current fiscal year ’ s loss and $ 35 million to dredge the Columbia River and carry out long-term capital work at T6 , was predicated on the Port of Portland finding a way to remain financially viable . In the near term , the port said it renegotiated a contract with T6 ’ s outside manager , Harbor Industrial Services , and secured new terminal usage fees from ocean carriers .

Liners sound alarm on ILA strike deadline

Ocean carriers are warning of the larger impact and increasing risk of labor disruption on the US East and Gulf Coast . Hapag-Lloyd CEO Rolf Habben Jansen on Aug . 14 said that the probability of a longshore

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