The ILA accuses shippers of “gouging” customers resulting in increased costs to American consumers. Shippers are now charging $30,000 for a full container, an increase from $6,000 a container just a few weeks ago, according to the ILA. “In just a short time they went from $6,000 to $18,000 to $24,000 and now $30,000,” the ILA said.

At midnight, 45,000 dockworkers could walk off their jobs and onto picket lines if the International Longshoremen's Association strikes. This move threatens to shut down ports along the East Coast and Gulf Coast.