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US farm lobby: Dock talk impasse will result in loss to east coast
来源：shippingazette 编辑：编辑部 发布：2023/02/16 13:47:35
THE current impasse in the US west coast dock talks will likely to result in permanent west coast cargo losses to east coast ports, says top farm lobbyist Peter Friedmann, reported the American Journal of Transportation.
Speaking to a Propeller Club audience, Mr Friedmann, executive director of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition (AGTC), said: "Unlike in 2014-2015, the situation is worse because it's a drip-drip-drip. With this thing lasting on and on, real estate decisions are being made that are irreversible."
Mr Friedmann was saying the impasse between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) could result in permanent losses for west coast ports.
"These decisions include where should the warehouse be built, where should the cold storage facilities be built, where should transload facilities be built? West coast or east coast?
"I know that some decisions are being made about building transload facilities where they had previously considered building those locations on the west coast because as the situation goes on and on people have got the money raised and they've got to put those structures in the ground," Mr Friedmann said.
"In the boardrooms of Chicago and Kansas City, they are making the decision to go to Norfolk, for example, rather than Oakland because they don't want to wait. They have decisions that they have to make. Once you have built a transload facility, you are stuck with it for a long time," he said.
The impasse poses a problem for agricultural exporters who sell to markets in the Asia-Pacific region and so being forced to transport products, such as hay or almonds, through ports such as Savannah or Charleston as that is more costly and time-consuming than shipping out of ports such as Oakland, Seattle and Tacoma.
Speaking to a Propeller Club audience, Mr Friedmann, executive director of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition (AGTC), said: "Unlike in 2014-2015, the situation is worse because it's a drip-drip-drip. With this thing lasting on and on, real estate decisions are being made that are irreversible."
Mr Friedmann was saying the impasse between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) could result in permanent losses for west coast ports.
"These decisions include where should the warehouse be built, where should the cold storage facilities be built, where should transload facilities be built? West coast or east coast?
"I know that some decisions are being made about building transload facilities where they had previously considered building those locations on the west coast because as the situation goes on and on people have got the money raised and they've got to put those structures in the ground," Mr Friedmann said.
"In the boardrooms of Chicago and Kansas City, they are making the decision to go to Norfolk, for example, rather than Oakland because they don't want to wait. They have decisions that they have to make. Once you have built a transload facility, you are stuck with it for a long time," he said.
The impasse poses a problem for agricultural exporters who sell to markets in the Asia-Pacific region and so being forced to transport products, such as hay or almonds, through ports such as Savannah or Charleston as that is more costly and time-consuming than shipping out of ports such as Oakland, Seattle and Tacoma.