In March of 2015, I wrote a Universal Cargo blog post about how the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) should pay damages for what the union did at the Port of Portland. Today’s post could almost be an update to that blog.

A federal jury has ruled the ILWU to pay $93.6 million for the illegal slowdowns and work stoppages at the Port of Portland that resulted in containerships no longer calling on the port.

Chris Dupin reported in an American Shipper article:

A federal jury has awarded $93.6 million to ICTSI Oregon, the former operator of the Port of Portland’s Terminal 6, after members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) engaged in illegal work practices such as work slowdowns and stoppages.

The work slowdowns and stoppages by the ILWU Local 8 at the Port of Portland were atrocious. Not only did they cause containerships to stop calling on the port, they eventually led to ICTSI having to shut down its Port of Portland terminal.

ICTSI being awarded $93.6 million in a federal jury decision makes sense; however, ICTSI was not the only one to suffer damages from the ILWU’s actions.

Read the full article in Universal Cargo’s blog.