• TPM25
  • March 2-5, 2025 | Long Beach Convention Center

Michael Angell

S&P Global

Senior Editor-Northeast and Gulf Coast PortsJournal of Commerce by

Michael Angell is a senior editor for the Journal of Commerce, responsible for coverage of Northeast and Gulf Coast ports. He has covered transportation and logistics since 2015, as a US correspondent for TradeWinds and as an editor for FreightWaves. He broke the story about 18 seafarers being stranded on a ship in Baltimore Harbor, which was later picked up by The Washington Post among other media, the subsequent bankruptcy of the ship’s owner, and the seizure of its fleet by the owner’s lenders. His other reporting experience includes Law360, Oil Price Information Service, FactSet and Investor’s Business Daily. He has an undergraduate degree in American literature and studies from the University of California, Los Angeles, and has completed a graduate-level business studies program at Columbia University.

Sessions With Michael Angell

Monday, 3 March

  • 02:50pm - 03:30pm (PST) / 03/mar/2025 10:50 pm - 03/mar/2025 11:30 pm

    North American Longshore Labor: Where Do We Go From Here?

    By the time TPM25 rolls around in March, US West Coast and hopefully the East Coast longshore negotiations will be in the rearview mirror with new six-year contracts in place and labor peace guaranteed at least for the time being. This follows nearly three years of constant disruption since the ILWU contract on the West Coast expired in July 2022, which triggered months of uncertainty, periodic disruption and mass diversions by BCOs to alternative ports, not to mention a distinct uptick in labor disruption at Canadian ports. Thus, TPM25 should be a moment to take stock and seek to understand the impact on containerized supply chains going forward. Evidence across industries from automotive and rail to hospitality points to a heightened period of labor activism that may become the norm, with longer-term implications for freight transportation and especially seaports. Labor will unquestionably be an issue BCOs will need to keep a close eye on, and we’ll assess it deeply in this session.

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