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West Coast port backlogs will take months to unwind
2015-02-24 02:51:16| Trucking - Topix.net
More than 80 ships sitting in the harbor and hundreds of containers stacked in empty parking areas at most of the western ports will take months to sort through now that a deal has been reached between labor and port management after months of negotiations. The nine-month backlog and intermittent shutdowns have taken a toll on the retail, agriculture and manufacturing sectors who are each pleased to see the 5-year deal reached between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association.
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