A day after state officials announced that a unit of A.P. Moller-Maersk Group had submitted an unsolicited proposal to operate the terminals of the Virginia Port Authority, reaction to the idea was mixed.
Thomas Little, the top local official of the International Longshoremen’s Association, representing 1,800 dockworkers, said “there’s a lot of information we do not have yet.”
No matter who runs the port, the union’s position is the same, he said.
“We are ready, willing and able to work with whoever is operating the terminals.”