# New Port Worker Contract Adds Stability to PNW Export Operations - U.S. Wheat Associates

> Members of the ILWU ratified a three-year contract extension with the PMA on August 4, covering longshore workers at 29 ports in Oregon, California and Washington. The deal runs through July 1, 2022 and raises wages and benefits. Pacific Northwest ports loaded more than 13 MMT of US wheat in 2016/17, nearly 48% of US overseas sales.

- Date: 2017-08-10 · published 2017-08-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69481-new-port-worker-contract-adds-stability-to-pnw-export-operations-u-s-wheat
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Removing the near-term risk of a West Coast labour stoppage supports reliable US wheat export flows. This lowers the risk premium on US export supply.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-09-12 | [Winter wheat moving again to Gulf Coast export facilities \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68948-winter-wheat-moving-again-to-gulf-coast-export-facilities-ap-news.md) | +1.0% | +4.5% |
| WHEAT | 2017-12-07 | [Company adding two new barges to transport wheat \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67376-company-adding-two-new-barges-to-transport-wheat-capital-press.md) | -4.0% | -1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2022-03-22 | [Canada's CP Rail to resume operations after arbitration agreement](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42313-canada-s-cp-rail-to-resume-operations-after-arbitration-agreement.md) | +2.0% | -9.1% |
| WHEAT | 2023-04-22 | [New grain production records have been met with new export capacity \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36368-new-grain-production-records-have-been-met-with-new-export-capacity-farm-online.md) | -8.3% | -10.0% |
| WHEAT | 2017-10-03 | [Grain export from the sea ports of Ukraine amounted to 506k tons — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68323-grain-export-from-the-sea-ports-of-ukraine-amounted-to-506k-tons-latifundist-com.md) | +4.7% | +0.4% |

## Sources

- uswheat.org: https://uswheat.org/wheatletter/new-port-worker-contract-adds-stability-to-pnw-export-operations/

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