These mails are carried to Dublin by express trains always held in readiness to start; from Dublin they are sent on to Liverpool by the most rapid boats, and thus gain twelve hours on the Atlantic steamers.
The industry, led by the United States Maritime Alliance, says it's offered a fair wage increase and accuses the port workers union of negotiating in bad faith.
Authorities say markets along the Atlantic Coast can receive limited imports from the global market and from marine shipments from the U.S. Gulf Coast.