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Last September, two Washington senators and a handful of West Coast representatives asked the commissioners to analyze the impact of shippers stopping in Canada and then sending their goods by rail to the United States. Their primary concern involved a Harbor Maintenance Tax, which the government charges shippers to reimburse dredging costs. The report placed the average fee at $109 per 40-foot container. Canadian ports do not have a tax, instead relying on a commercially based user fee.
The report found that neither shippers nor carriers violated any laws by heading first to Canadian or Mexican ports. But it did highlight the Harbor Maintenance Tax among several factors that account for the rerouting of cargo in the Pacific Northwest.
The report did take a few jabs. It discounted the notion that transit times were shorter between Asia and some Canadian ports. And it pointed out a safety program that Prince Rupert Port has yet to implement.
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From Thursday’s Journal of Commerce:
Office clerical workers and waterfront employers in Southern California met through the day on Wednesday, recessing the talks at 9 p.m. Contract negotiations for the 600-member Office Clerical Unit of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 were scheduled to resume Thursday.
There are no initial reports of what transpired in Wednesday’s talks, but the fact that the OCU and the Harbor Employers’ Association have met every day this week is of itself a sign of progress.
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