<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Events on the U.S. West Coast dominated on JOC.com this past week, as labor negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association could finally be heating up. Five of the Top 10 stories on JOC.com in the past week focused on the issue.</p></div>

Events on the U.S. West Coast dominated on JOC.com this past week, as labor negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association could finally be heating up. Five of the Top 10 stories on JOC.com in the past week focused on the issue.

<div><p></p><p>Events on the U.S. West Coast dominated on JOC.com this past week, as labor negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association could finally be heating up. Five of the Top 10 stories on JOC.com in the past week focused on the issue.</p><p>This round of ILWU-PMA talks so far has been the most uneventful in two decades, but that might be changing with recent charges that ILWU members are requiring truck inspections that reportedly go far beyond normal safety procedures. The port complex is already in gridlock due to chassis problems and a shortage of...

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Treating project cargoes as a return cargo bucks traditional breakbulk shipping strategy, but G2 Ocean is looking to provide a unique solution to the backhaul dilemma.</p></div>

Treating project cargoes as a return cargo bucks traditional breakbulk shipping strategy, but G2 Ocean is looking to provide a unique solution to the backhaul dilemma.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Hapag-Lloyd said there’s a 72-hour wait at Shanghai’s Yangshan deepwater port for vessels operating Gemini services, while ships operating non-Gemini services are having to wait six days before being able to berth.</p></div>

Hapag-Lloyd said there’s a 72-hour wait at Shanghai’s Yangshan deepwater port for vessels operating Gemini services, while ships operating non-Gemini services are having to wait six days before being able to berth.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>On a second-quarter earnings call, company officials said tightening driver availability, increased regulatory enforcement and rising operating costs are removing capacity from the market faster than freight demand is growing.</p></div>

On a second-quarter earnings call, company officials said tightening driver availability, increased regulatory enforcement and rising operating costs are removing capacity from the market faster than freight demand is growing.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Trade between Europe and its partners continues to adjust to the ever-changing geopolitical environment, and that uncertainty is being felt in the port’s container handling business.</p></div>

Trade between Europe and its partners continues to adjust to the ever-changing geopolitical environment, and that uncertainty is being felt in the port’s container handling business.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>The pressure remains far less severe than the shortages that disrupted inland supply chains during the pandemic, but after nearly four years of relative stability, truckers and rail workers say equipment gaps are emerging. </p></div>

The pressure remains far less severe than the shortages that disrupted inland supply chains during the pandemic, but after nearly four years of relative stability, truckers and rail workers say equipment gaps are emerging.

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