Operations at Los Angeles/Long Beach Ports Resume Amid Uncertainty

Container terminals at the port complex of Los Angeles and Long Beach reopened on Friday evening after a 24-hour work stoppage, but there is still no contract negotiation breakthrough. Hopes of a resolution to the impasse in talks between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Organisation (PMA) have receded further. (The Loadstar)