# Shippers: ILA strike would cause undue harm to US economy | Supply Chain Dive

> Shipper groups including the Agriculture Transportation Council, the National Retail Federation and the National Industrial Transportation League have voiced concern over a possible International Longshoremen's Association strike. The strike could shut East and Gulf Coast ports within 30 days.

- Date: 2017-02-27 · published 2017-02-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72502-shippers-ila-strike-would-cause-undue-harm-to-us-economy-supply-chain-dive
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

A shutdown of major US export ports would disrupt grain and oilseed shipments and raise ocean freight costs. Export delays would weigh on US origin basis while freight rates rise.

## Read by commodity

- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Sources

- supplychaindive.com: https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/ILA-port-shutdown-shippers-NRF-agriculture-cost/436906/

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