Longshoremen’s Strike Disrupts Cargo Ports but Not Cruise Ships

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The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) began a strike on 1st October 2024, but despite some concerns from cruise industry commenters, it doesn’t look like it will impact cruise ships.

Cargo port ILA strike

The strike instead is focussed on cargo ports, with around 85,000 longshoremen now on strike due to unresolved labour negotiations.

Longshoremen are workers at ports who help to load and unload cargo onto ships. This includes the loading and unloading of luggage and essential supplies onto cruise ships.

The strike had been announced in advance and there were some who had speculated that it could cause delays for cruise ships.

This led to many people worrying on social media, including several guests who contacted John Heald, the Brand Ambassador for Carnival.

OK, here is one of those cryptic posts from me where I can’t say anything, but will try and say somethingOver 500 of you have asked me individually about something that is supposedly going to be happening where people will not be working and are threatening to do something that you do when you light a match against the side of a match book. Or something that you get when you are throwing a ball at some pinsYour question has been will what is or isn’t going to affect the Cruises this coming weekend?The answer is no, it won’t. Thank you, and if anybody does not understand this, please phone a friend

The president of the ILA, Harold Daggett, also spoke to reassure cruise guests ahead of their vacations:

“We understand that many families plan and pay for cruise vacations on passenger ships more than a year out, and we don’t want them to be disappointed or inconvenienced in any way…

“For almost three years during the worst of the pandemic, the cruise ship industry was shut down, and our ILA rank-and-file members handling passenger cruise vessels lost a lot of manhours.”

Harold Daggett

As part of his statement, he confirmed that all ILA ports would continue to serve cruise passengers during the strike.

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