As experts anticipated, members of the International Longshoremen’s Association went on strike Tuesday, hoping to settle on a new agreement with the United States Maritime Alliance, leaving cargo in limbo at East and Gulf Coast ports,

After their contract expired Monday night, several busloads of port workers showed up outside the main gate of the Port of Virginia’s Norfolk International Terminals to demand annual wage

The sprawling terminals of the Port of Virginia will sit mostly idle until an agreement can be reached that’ll send thousands of longshoremen back to work. International Longshoremen’s Association members above went on strike at the Port of Virginia’s Virginia International Gateway as of midnight Tuesday (Photos courtesy of Charmaine Butler)