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From the Journal of Commerce:
Office clerical workers and waterfront employers in Los Angeles-Long Beach have agreed to continue negotiating throughout the month of September.
In an announcement published on its Web site, the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Employers Association released the following statement regarding its contract negotiations with the Office Clerical Unit of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63:
“The parties have agreed to a negotiation schedule that encompasses the next three weeks. Our next update will be sent on Wednesday, Sept. 26.”
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Cargill, which operates Tacoma's Temco grain facility with CHS, is among the Northwest grain operators that will reap enormous financial benefits from the Chinese boom in grain demand. Soybeans rallied 45 percent this year on the Chicago Board of Trade, reaching a record $17.7125 a bushel on Aug. 30, while soybean meal in Chicago has also climbed to an all-time high. Soybean meal for January delivery on the Dalian Commodity Exchange jumped as much as 3 percent to 4,361 yuan ($687) a metric ton, the highest-ever price for the most-active contract.
Meat consumption in China, the world’s largest, will continue to expand even as the economy slows, sustaining demand for feeds made from corn and soybeans, according to Cargill Inc., the biggest U.S. agricultural company.
“We are looking at a mega-trend of increasing consumption of meat, milk, eggs,” Christopher Langholz, president of Cargill Animal Protein China, said in an interview, without giving specific forecasts.
Rising incomes in China, the second-largest economy, have increased demand for meat including pork, making the nation the largest buyer of soybeans, which are crushed to feed pigs and chicken. Soybeans...
A record number of cruise ships are expected to dock at Astoria in 2013. Seaside and Cannon Beach merchants are hopeful many of those passengers spend money at local businesses in the two cities.
Doug Barker, events coordinator with the Seaside Chamber of Commerce, said most of the passengers on the cruise ships that dock at Astoria are high-end clients.
“This year we had 12 cruise ships come to Astoria,” he said. “In 2013 we expect to have 22. That’s exceptional. It will be the most we have ever had. Obviously someone is listening.”
Cruise Lines International Association reports from last year show passengers spent an average of $97 per port of call. Port of Astoria Marketing Director Bruce Conner estimates the value of cruise ship passengers to Clatsop County this year at $16 million. He said the Oregon draw is that the state doesn’t have a sales tax.
From the Seaside Signal
The Stena Clyde drilling unit was operating under lease to Origin Energy when an incident on the drill floor killed two men.The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) on Thursday gained entry to a Stena Clyde offshore drilling unit about 90km southeast of Warrnambool where two men died on August 27.
But it says it was only allowed on site after it pursued right of entry through Fair Work Australia and drill owner Stena reversed its decision to not allow them on board.
MUA assistant national secretary Ian Bray said the union was calling on federal Resources Minister Martin Ferguson to amend the legislation to save all parties the difficulty of continuous disputes over right of entry.
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