It's déjà vu for seafood importers.
Port strikes are again being threatened on the US east coast as negotiations have broken down between the US Maritime Alliance (USMX) and the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) over automation concerns.
The situation threatens ports in at least a dozen customs districts that accounted for a combined 1.8 million metric tons of seafood worth $14.7 billion in 2023, based on data maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That's 59% of the overall 3.1m metric tons of seafood and 57% of the overall $25.8bn worth of seafood imported last year.
Among the customs districts impacted: New York, New York; Miami, Florida; Boston, Massachusetts; Savannah, Georgia; Norfolk, Virginia; Houston-Galveston, Texas; Baltimore, Maryland; Tampa, Florida; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New Orleans, Louisiana; Charleston, South Carolina; and Mobile, Alabama [...]
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