Article: PMA Chief Seeks To Modernize West Coast Waterfront; Calls for `New M&M Agreement for 21st Century' as Labor Talks Begin.

Article: West Coast Ports Crucial to U.S.
AP Online;  July 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... pointing fingers. The PMA has argued that West Coast ports are becoming bottlenecked because the union ... about 60 percent of its products in through West Coast ports. Indeed, West Coast ports have helped sustain the national economy by ...

Article: West Coast Ports Crucial in U.S.
AP Online;  July 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... negotiating session. The PMA has argued that West Coast ports are becoming bottlenecked because the union ... about 60 percent of its products in through West Coast ports. Indeed, West Coast ports have helped sustain the national economy by ...

Article: West Coast ports connected to every aspect ...
AP Worldstream;  July 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... negotiating session. The PMA has argued that West Coast ports are becoming bottlenecked because the union ... about 60 percent of its products in through West Coast ports. Indeed, West Coast ports have helped sustain the national economy by ...

Article: West Coast Ports Labor Dispute Gets Closer ...
PR Newswire;  November 25, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... trade value interrupted by the West Coast ports dispute." According to longshore ... greatly increase productivity at West Coast ports but pave the way for congestion ... waterborne trade flows. The other West Coast ports combined are estimated to represent ...

Article: West Coast Ports Still Open as Talks ...
Transport Topics;  July 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... committed to talking and keeping the West Coast ports open ana running smoothly and ... steps to divert cargo or avoid West Coast ports, industry representatives said ... shipments travel through the West Coast ports on an average day. International ...

Article: Slinging their hooks; West-coast ports.(The ...
The Economist (US);  September 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... 300 billion flow in and out of west-coast ports each year, $220 billion of ... through the docks, but on the west coast clerks still copy numbers down ... type them back into computers. West-coast ports also operate only eight hours ...

Article: Shippers Look Past West Coast Ports to Avoid ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... shipping alternatives to the West Coast ports to avoid any further labor disruptions ... cargo to East Coast ports if the West Coast ports are shut down again. One ... off period to end the 10-day West Coast ports lockout that cost the U.S ...