Saturday, October 5, 2024

Keep on Shipping! Dock Workers Strike is Suspended

 

It was a wistful outing to Sullivan’s Island on Sunday amid news that at midnight Tuesday port dockworkers from Maine to Texas would go on strike. 

It happened but the good news as I begin this post Thursday at 7 p.m. it was just announced that the strike is suspended and International Longshoremen Association union members will return to work tomorrow morning. 

So these big container ships will soon again be loading and offloading precious cargo at Charleston’s several ports. 

Hopefully things will quickly settle down at grocery stores where many shoppers have been stocking up on food and supplies, fearing shortages a long strike could cause. 





Right as we arrived on the beach just before noon two APL ships passed in the harbor. The Southampton entered the harbor…