The Jacksonville Port Authority is holding off on choosing a firm to design the Hanjin container terminal at Dames Point because negotiations between Hanjin and the longshoremen’s union haven’t progressed enough.

The construction of Hanjin Shipping Co. Ltd’s $208 million terminal,
which is slated to open 2013, is expected to be pushed back because
delays were factored into the timeline, said David Kulik, chairman of
the Jacksonville Port Authority’s board. The board was originally
expected to choose the terminal design firm Dec. 9, and it isn’t known
when it will make its choice.

William Rooney, managing director of Hanjin’s American headquarters,
said his shipping company continues to negotiate with the local
International Longshoremen Association union. Part of the reason
negotiations haven’t progressed as quickly is because both parties were
waiting to see if a two-year contract extension for all ILA
longshoremen would be approved.

The association approved the extension in late November with United
States Marine Alliance Ltd. (USMX), the alliance of East Coast and Gulf
Coast container carriers, despite some members’ concerns about the
growing technological nature of terminals, which reduces the need for
union workers.

Hanjin’s planned terminal will be highly automated, and the South
Korean company and the local unions haven’t decided how many workers
per container gang will load and unload ships, said Jess Babich,
president of ILA Clerks & Checkers Local 1593. His union and ILA
Local 1408 normally use about 15 workers per container gang, but Hanjin
wants to use seven.

Babich said local union representatives are going to Houston next week
to talk to district officials on how to come to an agreement over
staffing at the dock. ILA Local 1408 President Romia Johnson wasn’t
available for comment.

Source: Jacksonville Business Journal

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