Automated Ports See West Coast Dockworkers Clock More Hours
- Study at Los Angeles, Long Beach terminals commissioned by PMA
- Findings released a week before labor-contract talks with ILWU
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Employers at West Coast ports at the center of the U.S. supply-chain crisis released a study extolling the benefits of automation a week before the start of labor talks where the issue is set to feature.
Paid hours at the two automated terminals in the San Pedro Bay complex -- which includes the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach -- have increased 31.5% since 2015. That’s more than twice the rate at the 11 non-automated terminals, according to the study led by University of California at Berkeley professor Michael Nacht published Monday.