Friday afternoon, the ILWU and PMA remain at the negotiating table; they also remain silent on the issues and progress (if any). Press coverage of the impact on agriculture is growing, we post them on www.agtrans.org under “Press Coverage”. Press is covering meat, soybeans, French fries, wine bottles, apples, hay and more. The more data we can provide, the more effective our arguments, the more pressure on the politicians to take action. Thank you to AgTC member US Forage Export Council for assembling data showing the number of containers of hay that will not be shipped, the dollar sales losses, and the hours and job losses. Finally, the Federal Maritime Commission has been pressing the ocean carriers to rethink and suspend if not revoke their Congestion Surcharges and GRIs. Most are on imports, but some on exports. As we are still seeing some more of this abuse, we need the FMC to be vigilant and active, and sent a letter today recognizing their efforts thus far. FMC letter.