Some rail operators were locked out of the Port of Hamburg on the morning of September 6.

The ILA's wage scale committee has finalized its contract demands and has voiced its support for a strike if those demands aren't met.

Dry conditions across the Ohio River basin, which feeds the Mississippi, have worsened already-low water levels at the large river.

The ILA is wrapping up a two-day "marathon" of meetings, where it's preparing its members for the possibility of an impending work stoppage. 

Nearly half of respondents (47%) believe the primary benefit to having a more diversified supply chain is reducing the risk of disruption from various events such as natural disasters.

Oil has yet to leak out of the vessel, but U.S. military leaders estimate that the Sounion could spill four times as much oil as the Exxon Valdez. 

Demand has been especially strong in the U.S., where retailers and other importers are stocking up at warehouses amid worries about new tariffs a possible dockworkers strike.

The M/V Dali crashed in the Key Bridge on March 26, killing six maintenance workers and sending the bridge into Baltimore's main shipping channel in pieces.

The port had announced plans in April to shut down container intake at T6 by October, after the terminal experienced $30 million in losses over three years.

The 900-foot Sounion was hauling 150,000 tons of dense Iraqi crude oil when it was disabled by Houthi militants.