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Hanjin Shipping Skipping Port of Portland by Staff Statesman Journal, June 21, 2012

PORTLAND -- Hanjin Shipping has alerted customers its vessels will avoid the Port of Portland until operations return to normal.

A dispute over which union workers should plug-in and unplug refrigerated shipping containers has ignited a slowdown at the port.

Hanjin Shipping says containers bound for Portland will be dropped in Seattle instead. It's the second company to bypass Portland because of the dispute.

Meanwhile, a federal judge Friday will conduct two hearings on the matter.

In one, the National Labor Relations Board will seek a temporary restraining order to halt the slowdown. In the other, the judge will hear from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, which wants a temporary restraining order and injunction forcing terminal operator ICTSI Oregon to give them the disputed jobs currently held by electrical workers.