<p>Shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk has urged customers to pick up their laden containers and return the empty ones at the US East and Gulf Coast ports before Jan 15 to mitigate potential disruptions at the terminals on account of a strike.</p>.<p>"The conditional agreement on wages is set to expire on Jan 15. If no agreement is reached by that date, a coast-wide strike on Jan 16 is possible," according to an advisory on Maersk's website.</p>.<p>"The negotiations have had no new developments since our last communication," it said.</p>.US military to build AI that predicts adversaries’ next moves.<p>A strike would halt billions in trade and raise inflationary pressures while threatening the existing supply chains.</p>.<p>The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), a union with more than 45,000 members, and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) in October had agreed to a wage deal of a 62% hike over six years, ending a three-day strike.</p>.<p>But a threat of another strike looms large if the parties fail to reach a consensus over the unresolved decisions related to automation and its future at US ports.</p>.<p>According to a Bloomberg News report, talks over the issue of automation have not appeared to be advancing, and neither the ILA nor USMX have indicated plans to return to the negotiating table before mid-January.</p>
<p>Shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk has urged customers to pick up their laden containers and return the empty ones at the US East and Gulf Coast ports before Jan 15 to mitigate potential disruptions at the terminals on account of a strike.</p>.<p>"The conditional agreement on wages is set to expire on Jan 15. If no agreement is reached by that date, a coast-wide strike on Jan 16 is possible," according to an advisory on Maersk's website.</p>.<p>"The negotiations have had no new developments since our last communication," it said.</p>.US military to build AI that predicts adversaries’ next moves.<p>A strike would halt billions in trade and raise inflationary pressures while threatening the existing supply chains.</p>.<p>The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), a union with more than 45,000 members, and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) in October had agreed to a wage deal of a 62% hike over six years, ending a three-day strike.</p>.<p>But a threat of another strike looms large if the parties fail to reach a consensus over the unresolved decisions related to automation and its future at US ports.</p>.<p>According to a Bloomberg News report, talks over the issue of automation have not appeared to be advancing, and neither the ILA nor USMX have indicated plans to return to the negotiating table before mid-January.</p>