Port Closure 2024 Calendar. On monday april 15, 2024, the port of portland made the decision to halt container service at terminal 6, as of october 1, 2024. Longshore workers at ports from maine to texas are set to walk off the job early tuesday, staging what could become the most disruptive strike to the us economy.
If longshore workers at east and gulf coast ports go on strike tuesday, as now appears likely, it could choke off the supplies of many popular products that flow. A massive port strike up the east coast that began on tuesday has the potential to become one of americaโs most disruptive work stoppages in recent times.