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Chris Gillis Saturday, October 22, 2016

Editorial: Getting dockworkers, their employers to the table early

   No American shipper wants to experience a showdown between unionized dock labor and its employers any time soon.    That’s why it’s now more important than ever for shippers to continue to nudge dockworkers—those represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union on the West Coast and International Longshoremen’s Union on the East Coast—and […]

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Chris Gillis Saturday, September 24, 2016

Editorial: Getting over the Hanjin hangover

   Liner carriers’ obsession with ever-larger containerships in recent years left them fat with capacity during a persistently ho-hum global market and thus desperate to fill their vessels. For shippers and non-vessel-operating common carriers, this has resulted in rock-bottom freight rates to transport their containers to nearly anywhere in the world.    Shippers and NVOs […]

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Chris Gillis Friday, September 2, 2016

Port of Longview names Krehbiel CEO

Norm Krehbiel, who has been named the Port of Longview’s new chief executive officer, originally joined the port in 1993 as director of facilities and engineers, and was later named deputy executive director and chief operating officer in 2008.

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Chris Gillis Sunday, August 21, 2016

Editorial: Risk of a TPP takedown

   It’s truly ironic that the country which led the charge to approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement earlier this year may be the one that oversees its destruction.    If you haven’t figured it out, we’re talking about the United States. This is the same country that stands to gain the most benefit from participating […]

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Chris Gillis Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Editorial: Staying vigilant on cargo security

   Cargo security vigilance in the United States was perhaps at its highest in the wake and immediate years following the deadly terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.     However, its human nature for us to drift back into a state of complacency after a while. Businesses grumble quietly how much they can’t stand the […]

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Chris Gillis Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Editorial: The ‘commoditized’ rate debate

   It’s reasonable to wonder whether the container-shipping industry is headed to becoming a “commoditized” business, like buying lots of corn and soybean, or oil and gas.    The condition of the container carriers is desperate: a soft global economy and a tremendous amount of container capacity to fill, and reports of steep financial losses […]

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