Pacific Maritime Association announced today that vessel operations for the weekend are suspended.

PMA spokesman Wade Gates said, "After three months of union slowdowns, it makes no sense to pay extra for less work, especially if there is no end in sight to the union's actions which needlessly brought West Coast ports to the brink of gridlock."

Yard, rail and gate operations will continue at terminal operators’ discretion.

In a release on the PMA.net website they said:
"In light of ongoing union slowdowns up and down the coast which have brought the ports almost to a standstill, PMA member companies finally have concluded that they will no longer continue to pay workers premium pay for diminished productivity.

Vessel operations are scheduled to resume Monday, February 9. Yard operations – that is, moving processed containers for truck and rail delivery to customers – will continue at terminal operators’ discretion, although the ILWU continues to limit operations by withholding the needed crane operators or operating slowly.

The "port slowdown" is part of an ongoing labor dispute between dockworkers and the managing authority for the West Coast Ports.