b'APRIL 2025NORTHEAST PORTS3(SATISFIEDcontinuedalcohol abuse testing policy(INTEGRALcontinuedthe port, Gleason said of theNew Jersey is located around from page 2) hereinBoston.Workforcefrom page 2) ports re-development. 220 miles southwest of Boston carriers. We advocated stronglysafetyisapriorityfortherevitalizeConleyContainerand is the biggest Port on the forcertainthings.anditBSAanditsmembersandTerminal. B igs hipr eAdyL eveLs the East Coast with a throughput wascontentiousattimes.the Local ILA leadership.Gleasonsremarksarentp LAyingF ieLd of 8.7 million TEUsand the ButthatsthenatureofStrong added, Other thingsanunderstatement.ThePortAndthetransformationthird largest in the US behind thebusiness.AndIthinkdiscussedinbargaining,arehasundergoneadramaticofConleyintoaBigtheCalifornianportsofLos everybodywalkedawayitemssuchasthegrievancetransformationthatwasShipReadyterminalwasAngeles and Long Beach.satisfied . Overall, it was aprocedure, or what are the paidreallyyearsandyearsinnecessary in enabling the PortEven beyond the traditional good contract. Everybody gotholidays and what holidays arethe makingwiththe Bostonto level the playing field amidNortheast market area Boston something they were lookingconsideredlegalholidaysandHarbordredgingproject,the regional competition.iscompetingforshipcalls. for, not everything, as it goesif the container facility is openprocuringthreenewship-to- IntermsofregionalFromHalifaxdownto inlabornegotiations,soitwhat will be the rate of pay forshorecranes,constructingthemarkets, the Port of BostonsBaltimore,Bostonisin was good. those who are required to work.brandnewberthwheretheboxedinbylargercontainercompetition for ship callsStrongaddedthatTheThenegotiationsonthethree cranes sit upon, buildingports.Forexample:thethe port needs to be in play keythingswerethewagelocalcontractwerealittleout30-additionalacresofCanadianPortofHalifax,for that additional call beyond deal, which was a very goodunusual in that they precededterminal landside capacity, and,NovaScotialies440milesthenear-mandatorystopin wage deal for the ILA [62%thatoftheMasterContractofcourse,buildingthebrandbyseatothenortheastandtheNewYork/NewJersey wage increase over the life ofand thus the actual base wagenew freight haul road to allowhandles around 500,000 TEUsmega-port.Andwithonly the contract with higher entryscale was an unknown duringtrucks to have direct access inannually; while the Canadianthreeoceancarrieralliances pay]. And we [USMX] madelocal negotiations. This yearthe Conley Terminal through aPortofMontreal,Quebecis[GEMINI,OceanAlliance some tweaks to the technologyitwasdifferent,orIshoulddedicated throughway and have308 miles to the northwest ofand Premier Alliance] along languagethateverybodysay,thisroundofnegotia- dedicatedaccessandquickBoston and had a throughputwith the independent services could work with in so as fartionswasdifferent,inthataccess to our highway systemofnearly1.5millionTEUs.ofMSCandZim[which astheimplementationofthe International and USMXhere in the Commonwealth. So,ButitistheBig Apple,thecollaborate on some services] semi-automatedequipmentwantedtoseelocalagree- its been important just to seePort of New York/New Jerseythe port competition for ship at terminals. And overall, thementsreachedfirst.Histori- the $850 million to modernizethat takes the biggest bite outcalls can be intense. result was good. (SATISFIEDcontinued onandimprovetheefficiency,of the Port of Bostons market(INTEGRALcontinued on I think the relationship ispage 12) flexibilityandtheagilityofarea. The Port of New York/ page 12)good. And I think a lot of credit hastogotoPaulDeMaria, [Executive VP and COO], and Anissa Frucci, [Executive VPTHE BOSTON SHIPPING ASSOCIATION, INC FinanceandAdministration] fromUSMX.Thatwhole USMXteamreallysteppedHELPING CONNECT up. Didnt have a strike forover50-years.Itsbasically been [labor] peace [no long- GOODS AND PEOPLE termstrikes]andthey[the ILAstrikewasOctober1-3, 2024]wentoutinOctoberSINCE 1946forthreedays.That[strike] came to aquick end with anagreementtoextendthe contract for another 90-days, and we [then] reached a deal.g oingL oCAL C rAFtingAL oCALC ontrACtUnlike the Master Contract, the Local Contracts are tailored to the port conditions. Essentially, anything thats not covered in the master contract we have localdiscretiontonegotiate on those things, Strong said.Thelocalcontracttakes intoconsiderationlocal conditions and practices that are unique: to that port. AsStrongexplained, Thelocal[contract]involves addressingitemssuchaslocal pastpractices,workrules, manninglevels,non-Master contractratesofpay,job classificationtrainingand differentials,andvacation pay eligibility.In some situations, the MasterContractprovides abaselinetoworkfrom. Forexample,-theMaster Contractrequireslocalport associationsandlocalILA representativestohave mutually agreed upon a drug andalcoholabuseprogram andthatprogrammust include the Master ContractOn behalf of its maritime employer members, the Boston Shipping Association (BSA) carries out its mission by facilitating standards for such programs.collaboration between its members, labor unions and maritime stakeholders and by negotiating and administrating union The Master Contract sets thecollective bargaining agreements. Through its actions the BSA seeks to encourage the protection and growth of traditional baselinerequirements,butmaritime industries in the Port of Boston and emphasize the safety of those industries and their workers. then we can locally negotiate additional standards as long asthelocalstandardsdo not conflict with the Master Contract.We have a robustWWW.BOSTONSHIPPINGASSOC.COM andeffectivedrugand'