Twenty-nine ports in the US states of California, Oregon and Washington are threatened by work stoppages as the unions and the employers failed to agree on a new employment contract, according to the Financial Times.
Oil crisis fuels freight turmoil
As the price of Brent crude creeps inex-orably higher towards US$135 per barrel, the freight transport industry is desperately fighting to cut costs.
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