The International Terminal and Warehouse Union (ILWU) shut down ship operations at the Auckland International Container Terminal (OICT) on Monday, according to the latest news of the West Coast port disruption.

According to, Oakland Port is located in San Francisco Bay. As the ninth largest port in the United States, it reported a throughput of 2,448,243TEU in 2021, with more than 2100 trucks passing through the terminal every day. OICT is the busiest marine terminal in the Port of Oakland, handling about 70% of the container volume.

OICT is Containers operated by SSA, Containers the same operator of Terminal 5 in the Port of Seattle, which has been the site of work jurisdiction disputes, forcing broader West Coast contract negotiations to be shelved.

As the labor contract between the International Terminal and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), which represents port employers, expired as early as July 1, negotiations between the two sides began in May and lasted for several months but no new labor agreement has been signed. At present, the negotiations have been suspended for several months and have been almost suspended since October.

While negotiations on a new agreement are dragging on, cautious shippers, trying to avoid the type of disruption that halted OICT ship operations on Monday, are moving more and more cargo from the West Coast to the East and Gulf Coast.

in the first nine months of this year, the market share of the west coast us imports from asia fell to 57.5 percent from 61.2 percent in the same period last year. According to relevant data, the share of east coast ports increased from 32.8% to 35.1%, while that of the Gulf Coast increased from 5.7% to 7.1%.

the labor situation in ports on the west coast of the United States is still uncertain, sellers who ship to the United States should pay close attention to the impact of market dynamics on freight transportation.