The EC contracts rose today in anticipation of a strike at the US East Coast
ports, following Trump's announcement that he would side with the labor union.
However, the government's support for labor may mean that liners will have to
make concessions, making a strike even less likely. The recent increase in
average vessel utilization for FE-WCNA and the decrease for FE-ECNA suggest that
cargo owners may have already begun shifting their east coast-bound shipments to
vessels heading to the west c