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Strike cripples US East Coast

With US East Coast and Gulf ports crippled by an International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) strike on 1 October, freight forwarders and shippers are scrambling to find alternatives. Cargo already at or arriving at affected ports is stuck with no immediate resolution in sight, while some shipments are being offloaded at alternative ports in Mexico or Canada, according to the  Freightos platform. According to pone forwarder contacted by FBJ, ship operators were ... [+]