It appears just as we were seeing signs of hope last week, the West Coast ports may be heading full steam towards the shutdown that we have all been fearing. CBFANC (Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association) has issued the following update from Pacific Coast Council’s Peter Friedman:

“I have refrained from spreading all the rumors, but this one has firm basis and warrants preparation: it appears that there will be a gradual lockout this week, expanding over the weekend, and fully implemented next week. It is possible the ILWU will take some action to be the “first” to act, but the result will be the same – shut-down of the west coast.”

As of Tuesday afternoon, February 3rd, GWL has NOT yet seen any signs of a gradual lockout on the West Coast. In fact, we saw some small improvements at various terminals this past week. We are going to be vigilant and report any signs of a real lockout or shutdown.

Let’s keep our fingers crossed and hope that we are not staring at a shutdown.

-Jimmy Ting
GWL Corp.
tel: 650-873-9050 x1019
email: jimmyting@gwlcorp.com