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The potential for an East Coast ILA strike is getting very real.

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) issued an

Yesterday, September 22nd, the Cross-Andes Pass closed for all vehicles due to unstable weather conditions. The weather forecast shows snowfall and low temperatures will remain through September 24th. Please expect delays with cargo moving from Argentina to Chile

Photo: Reuters

ILA update: The clock continues to tick on the contact expiration date and still no news on any breakthroughs in the negotiations. Ocean carriers are limiting some types of bookings but in general it will be business as usual.

The Port of Hamburg continues to experience work stoppage issues not only from the strike repercussions we have previously reported on, but now due to a failed software update that took place Monday morning. Yesterday's update issues resulted in the failure of the Transport Rail (TPR) system at the port.