ICTSI and ILWU continue dispute in Portland despite national agreement

West Coast operations resumed as normal this week as terminals began chipping away at container backlogs, all with the exception of Portland.

According to ICTSI, which operates the Pacific-Northwest container terminal, a Hanjin Shipping vessel remained unattended after the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) refused to dispatch a full work crew, a claim which the ILWU disputed.

ICTSI issued the statement: “We are currently not seeing a good-faith effort by ILWU to bring productivity at Terminal 6 to acceptable levels. Additionally, the ILWU is failing to provide sufficient labour for needed container vessel and barge operations at the terminal.”