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Consequences: Israel's Zim Shipping Suspends Services At California Port
2014-11-19
[IsraelTimes] Israel's largest cargo shipping company suspended its operations at a Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, port.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services, the 10th largest global container shipping company in the world, has temporarily cut off its shipping services to the Port of Long Beach, The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles reported.
What's the opposite of a quid pro quo? If not this, therefore not that?
The company has not offered a reason for the suspension, although the decision comes after months of picketing this summer against Zim vessels by anti-Israel protesters along the West Coast of the United States.

A Zim employee in Long Beach told the Jewish Journal that the suspension is "not a long-term thing."

The protest campaign, Block the Boat, was organized by the the Socialist paradise of San Francisco
...where God struck dead Anton LaVey, home of the Sydney Ducks, ruled by Vigilance Committee from 1859 through 1867, reliably and volubly Democrat since 1964...
-based Arab Resource and Organizing Center and has been especially active in Oakland. In August and September, protesters there prevented Israeli cargo ships from unloading.

Lee Peterson, a front man for the Port of Long Beach, confirmed that Zim had temporarily suspended service at the port. He said he was not given a reason for the action.

"I'm not sure how long they will be in this mode," he told JTA.

Peterson added that there were "some protests" in the summer, often on Saturdays.

"At the time," he said, "it did not affect the longshore workers and operations continued."
But it certainly affected Zim, which ended up sending ships all over the coast to get cargoes unloaded.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  We experienced huge shipping delays in outbound cargo from both LA and Seattle; started using Houston. Bit longer on the road ( team truckers needed) but goods got to Europe ( Airbus) on time. Zim might want to look at Texas.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2014-11-19 14:28  

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