The International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU), which has always played a major role in container shipping at 29 US West Coast ports, could make a big impact in 2014, but the impact might be difficult to grasp.
Everyone in the ocean freight shipping industry, including freight forwarders, supports ways to reduce any harmful emissions into the environment. New technologies that will help improve the environmental conduct is vital, but the shipping industry must also track the progress made.
To say that the Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles have a little rivalry with each other would be a bit of an understatement. There has been, and in many ways still, a heated rival that existed between both mega ports. Over the years, both ports have taken away container shipping clients from each other and disagreed on numerous projects.
With the 2nd quarter of the fiscal year complete, and businesses are carefully reviewing the current state of their industries to make the right choices for the next fiscal quarter. In particular, the shipping industry had an interested 2nd fiscal quarter.