The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) reached a tentative agreement to extend the Master Contract until January 15, 2025. Despite the reopening of the ports, it will likely take a couple of weeks to get through the backlog caused by the strike. Below are some updates, as of October […]

Today, a letter was sent to President Biden, signed by the American Cotton Shippers Association and more than 270 other local, state, and federal trade associations. The letter urged President Biden and his administration to use all of its authorities to end the port strike, get the ports open, and get the parties back to […]

The American Cotton Shippers Association and almost 200 other organizations sent a letter to President Biden today, urging the Administration to “urgently pursue all avenues to mitigate the supply chain challenges facing U.S. agriculture.” With a significant portion of the U.S. cotton crop being exported out of the East Coast and Gulf Coast, a port […]

Today, the American Cotton Shippers and 55 other agricultural stakeholders sent a letter to the Biden administration asking them to “act before a lockout or strike occurs to prevent damage to U.S. agriculture and the economy.” Letter here.

Today, ACSA along with 176 other state and national trade associations sent a letter to the Biden administration urging them to encourage the International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance to come back to the negotiation table to reach a deal ahead of the September 30 deadline. Failure to reach a deal could […]

Yesterday, the American Cotton Shippers Association and 73 others sent urging the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation to advance the nomination of Federal Maritime Commissioners Carl Bentzel and Louis Sola for a second term. ACSA is grateful for the FMC’s focus on implementation of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 […]