Home/American Shipper/Shippers played waiting game during ILA negotiations American Shipper Shippers played waiting game during ILA negotiations FreightWaves Staff · Thursday, October 04, 2012 Facebook Twitter/X LinkedInThe reaction of cargo owners toward an unresolved contract negotiation between longshoremen and maritime employers that could have led to a shutdown of East and Gulf coast container ports this week was more muted than their rhetoric suggested.