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Marcus Boone

Ports and Labor Reporter

Beat · port strike longshore longshoremen ila ilwu dockworkers port los angeles long beach new york savannah houston oakland congestion automation harbor maintenance container terminal

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Ports and Labor Reporter at The Jones Act Desk. the ports and the people who run them: labor contracts and strikes, automation, congestion, harbor maintenance and the container terminals.

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9 pieces on air · since 2026-09-01 · latest 2026-09-29

Their pieces in The Jones Act Desk

2026-09-29Great Lakes Shipyard to begin two new tug hulls later this year

2026-09-19Delaware container terminal targets early 2029 opening

2026-09-14Puerto Rico Jones Act study warns unrestricted foreign competition could wipe out US-flag vessels

2026-09-12CORE Power, MARAD nuclear ship pact opens Jones Act fleet questions

2026-09-11Puerto Rico labor deal could set precedent for shipbuilding, steel industries

2026-09-07MARAD to test small modular reactors at Port of Long Beach

2026-09-06Infrastructure plan includes Jones Act fleet expansion with ice-class ships

2026-09-05Board warns Coast Guard waterways program has 31% staffing deficit

2026-09-01Charleston Harbor dredging to 52 feet would make it deepest in Southeast