Cargo Business Newswire

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Port of Seattle Terminal 18 back open after brief local job action

The Port of Seattle’s Terminal 18—the largest container terminal in the Northwest—reopened Wednesday after a conflict between terminal operator SSA Marine and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union caused its closure Tuesday at noon.

Ships could not be unloaded during the brief shutdown. SSA said longshoremen from ILWU Local 19 walked out after demanding that more people be hired at SSA’s Terminal 5.

Bob Watters, SSA Marine's senior vice president,

said the walkout has nothing to do with an ongoing West Coast port labor dispute.

"These kinds of things happen periodically," Watters said in a KIRO Radio interview.

Although attempts were made, ILWU Local 19 was not immediately available for comment.

For more of the KIRO TV story: www.kirotv.com

For more of the MyNorthwest.com story: mynorthwest.com