The union and port employers are staring down a Jan. 15 deadline for contract negotiations amid fears of another strike.
And as infrastructure analyst Brian Potter has argued: Automation, at best, seems like a partial explanation of American port productivity problems. The U.S. is not necessarily all that far behind ...
and stone fruit like cherries and peaches than any other American port. 5.1 billion pounds of fresh fruit was brought to Philly on cargo ships that made 3,404 international trips in 2023.