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The worsening labor dispute at West Coast container ports is causing shippers to search for alternate pathways to and from Asia.An obvious place to look…

Farmers in Idaho say hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of beef, potatoes, apples, cheese and other products are languishing in storage because of…

A slowdown at West Coast ports is beginning to stifle the flow of goods in and out of the Northwest.Apple, hay and potato farmers say they’ve been having…

A slowdown in operations at ports up and down the West Coast is choking off the flow of apples, Christmas trees, potatoes and other Northwest products to…

Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber says he has brokered a deal that should ease a thorny labor dispute at the Port of Portland.The Democrat announced Thursday…

A union lock out at a big grain export terminal brought all ship loading and unloading to a halt at the Port of Vancouver, Washington Wednesday. It's one…

There are several new developments Wednesday in a long-running labor dispute between unionized longshoremen and Northwest grain terminal operators. One…

A possible strike or lock out at Northwest grain terminals would have a profound effect on U.S. wheat exports. Longshoremen in Portland have been in tense…