Recent News about Dispute at the West Coast Ports
Recent News about Dispute at the West Coast Ports Logistics management concerns planning, implementing and controlling the movement and warehousing of merchandise and the associated information between the source and the delivery points. Logistics management ensures that there is an efficient flow of goods to satisfy customer demands. This paper focuses on the recent news about President Obama’s decision to intervene in the 9 month long dispute at the West Coast Ports in the U.S., which threatened to collapse the free flow of imports and exports in the region. The dispute at the West Coast ports that had been a news item in the Unites States for over 9 months occurred between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) made up of ship owners and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), who provide giant lifters to for cargo. This dispute attracts media attention from the whole world, since the involved association and union are the logistical managers of 29 ports in the West ...