date:Sep 26, 2022
shipper has other looming concerns--namely, pending strikes by security guards at the Port of Long Beach (POLB). In addition, the contract of 22,000 West Coast dockworkers expired July 31st. They all have the same union and frustration is growing.
About 40 percent of US cargo is moved by rail and a disruption in the railway system would put more pressure on an already strained truck system. A strike at the POLB would have a direct impact on the garlic industry as about 50 percent of imported ga