Due to the important situation of strike of port terminal workers, we would like to share with our customers and business partners important information about the current situation affecting port operations in the United States.

Thousands of dockworkers at ports from New England to Texas went on strike just after midnight on Tuesday as they rally for higher pay and more job security.

The work stoppage, the first at East and Gulf Coast ports since 1977, follows a lengthy impasse in labor talks between the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), a shipping industry group representing terminal operators and ocean carriers.

The strike was expected to involve 25,000 workers, according to USMX, and close 14 ports: Baltimore, Boston, Charleston, South Carolina; Jacksonville, Florida, Miami (USMX groups Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with the Port of Miami); Houston; Mobile, Alabama; New Orleans, New York, New Jersey, Norfolk, Virginia, Philadelphia, Savannah, Georgia, Tampa, Florida, and Wilmington, Delaware. Fuente: CBS NEWS – For additional information, please see https://www.cbsnews.com/news/port-strike-east-and-gulf-coast-dockworkers-international-longshoremens-association/

The possibility of a dockworker’s strike in the United States has generated great uncertainty in the maritime sector, which is expected to have various impacts on supply chains such as cost increases due to disruptions in port operations, shipping lines have announced additional surcharges. These surcharges could affect the country’s imports and shipments to the United States.

The above information resulting in cargo delivery delays, changes or cancelations in the bookings, surchargers increases, schedules subject to changes.

We will closely monitor the evolution of this situation to work with our business partners to find alternative solutions and reduce the impact of the situation.