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ILA Education/History

15 hours ago

Port of NY/NJ

Published and shared to us by “The Maritime Executive”

PORT OF NY/NJ REACHES LANDMARK AGREEMENT EXTENDING MAHER TERMINALS LEASE

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced a new agreement that it is calling a landmark as it prepares for the long-term future growth of the port, which is the largest on the U.S. East Coast. It directly supports the Port Authority’s Port Master Plan 2050, which forecasts cargo volumes doubling or tripling by mid-century.

The Port Authority Board of Commissioners voted to approve a 33-year lease extension at Maher Terminals, the largest and busiest container terminal at the Port of New York and New Jersey. According to port officials, long-term leases provide unmatched stability and reliability and position the port to proactively respond to evolving supply chain demands. They said the new long-term agreement secures operations at the terminal through September 2063 and includes significant investments to strengthen the regional supply chain and prepare the East Coast’s busiest port for continued cargo growth.

The agreement extends the lease on Maher, which is owned by Macquarie Infrastructure Partners, an infrastructure fund managed by Australia-based Macquarie Asset Management, which had an expiration in September 2030. It requires payment to the Port Authority in consideration of a lease extension and modified annual rental payments.

“This lease extension is about getting ahead of the future,” said Port Authority Executive Director Rick Cotton. “Cargo volumes are growing, vessels are getting larger, and shippers are demanding more reliability than ever. By locking in sustained private investment and modernizing critical infrastructure, we’re making sure the East Coast’s busiest port is ready to move more goods, support more regional growth, and meet the demands of a more complex global economy.”

Under the agreement, Maher will assume full responsibility for the maintenance, rehabilitation, and replacement, as needed, of all wharf and berth structures within its leasehold by 2030. Additionally, the agreement includes increased rental payments structured to incentivize capacity growth. The lease agreement also includes a commitment from Maher to expand capacity as demand grows and to collaborate with the Port Authority on shared priorities, including security, innovation, and sustainability.

Building on the Port Authority’s sustainability initiatives, Maher Terminals has pledged to work towards net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in its operations and support the Port Authority’s goal of reaching net-zero agency-wide by 2050. The Port Authority highlights that the agreement also further strengthens collaboration between the Port Authority and Maher Terminals on shared priorities such as safety and security, innovation, customer experience, performance standards, and enhanced operational reporting.

Unlike the port’s other container terminals, which are owned by ocean carriers and primarily serve their own vessels, Maher is a common-use terminal serving members of the Ocean Alliance as well as other independent carriers. It is the largest and busiest of the port’s five container terminals, spanning approximately 450 acres in Elizabeth, N.J., and handling approximately 35 percent of the port’s container traffic in 2024.

In 2024, the Port of New York and New Jersey handled approximately $264 billion worth of goods, moving 8.7 million TEUs. ... See MoreSee Less

ILA Education/History

2 days ago

2025 Year In Review:
International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold J. Daggett Leads Union To Banner Year In 2025 From Ratification of New Six-Year Master Contract Agreement To Organizing Global Dockworkers To Unite and Halt Automation at all Worldwide Ports

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (December 20, 2025) The past year of 2025 was just eight days old when International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold J. Daggett announced tentative agreement on a landmark six-year Master Contract with United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), that was hailed as the greatest Collective Bargaining Agreement ever negotiated by a union.
That successful event early in 2025 proved to be a harbinger for outstanding achievements to come in a banner year for ILA President Daggett and the 85,000 rank-and-file members he represents. Ratifying the “gold standard” Master Contract Agreement in February 2025 would be followed later in the year with a historic global dockworker summit held in Lisbon, Portugal in November that led to the signing of a “Global Maritime Alliance”. As the year neared completion, the ILA scored another major victory in December with a jurisdictional grievance win in the Port of Virgina.
The new six-year USMX-ILA Master Contract Agreement that will run until September 30, 2030, included a 62 percent wage increase over the life of the contract; full protections against automation; accelerated wage raises for new ILA workers; full container royalty funds returned to the ILA; raises in contributions to money purchase plans; a strengthening of the International’s health care plan called MILA; and a resolution of the Vacation and Holiday dilemma, among many other benefits.
Full protections against automation was an astounding feature of the new ILA agreement, unique among any dockworker labor agreement anywhere. Recognizing the need for dockworkers around the world to be protected the same way as ILA longshore workers against the ravages of automation, ILA President Harold Daggett set his focus on the world stage and to next bring global dockworkers together to form a Global Maritime Alliance.
In early November 2025, that goal was realized giving ILA President Harold Daggett another crowning achievement to finish 2025.
Ove a thousand dockers and maritime workers met in Lisbon, Portugal for The “Anti-Automation Conference: People Over Profits” and concluded their inaugural two-day summit with the signing of a historic “Lisbon Summit Document” that created a Global Maritime Alliance to collectively fight any expansion of automating waterfront facilities around the world. In essence, this Alliance looks to mirror the success the ILA achieved with its current six-year Master Contract for longshore workers at Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports in the United States that protects them against any forms of automation.
As President Daggett continues to the lead the ILA well into his fourth term as International President and Chief Negotiator, he intends to build the successes of 2025.
Early in December, ILA Executive Vice President Dennis A. Daggett reported to the ILA’s Executive Council that the ILA-USMX Jurisdictional Committee did what was right for both ILA longshore workers and employers in the Port of Virginia after intensive two-day round the clock meetings. The ILA reminded local officers to remain vigilant to ensure that the union’s jurisdiction and work functions are fully protected.
The ILA looks to continue to be a force with charitable work in the many communities where its members and their families live. An example of this is the ILA teaming up with its management partners at USMX as they did in late May 2025 and hosted the 32nd Annual USMX-ILA Children’s Fund Charity Outing and raised over $150,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
As President Harold Daggett and the ILA reflect on their many amazing accomplishments in 2025, they recognize the need to continue growing even stronger in 2026. ... See MoreSee Less

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ILA Education/History

2 days ago

Port of Virginia
Hampton Roads

ILA LOCALS OUT OF HAMPTON ROADS COME TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY AS THEY GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY DURING THIS CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SEASON 2025

ILA Port of Hampton Roads District Council and ILA Local’s 970, 1248, 1624, 1963, 1970 and Hampton Roads Shipping Association all participated in “The Make a Kid Smile for Christmas Bike Drive” in 7 local elementary schools in Suffolk and Virginia Beach.
The International Longshoremen’s Association has always gone above and beyond to help those in need during the holiday season!

Photo Credits:
ILA Local 1970 President Monta Bivins
Thank You!!

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