​The International Longshoremen's Association & United States Maritime Alliance announced they reached a tentative deal Thursday night. The tentative agreement is for a wage increase of around 62% over six years & extend the master contract until January 15, 2025. The parties will continue to negotiate the outstanding issues.

The outstanding issues you may ask?

Autotomation. And to dig into this more, we welcome Captain John Konrad to help explain what this means for global supply chains.

Captain Konrad is the founder and CEO of gCaptain and author of the book Fire On The Horizon: The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster. He is licensed to captain the world's largest ships and has sailed from ports around the world. John has built some of the world's most advanced ships and managed billion-dollar offshore construction projects in some of the world's harshest marine environments. John is a distinguished alumnus of New York Maritime College. Follow him on X @https://x.com/johnkonrad 

Where will I be next?

Next up is DATCON, Oct. 22nd-24th in Kansas City. My audience can save $200 on tickets using code "armchair200". Next is the Broker-Carrier Summit, Oct. 23rd- 25th in Fort Worth. Finally, I will be at Freightwaves' F3: Future of Freight Festival, Nov. 19th-21st in Chattanooga!

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