A potential strike could impact ports across the United States, including the Port of Mobile. The International Longshoreman Association union represents over 45,000 workers on the East and Gulf coasts.

A deadline of Oct. 1 for a new deal between port workers and ownership is approaching, and after talks broke down during the summer, tensions are high.

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) has called for President Joe Biden to take action to prevent a strike along the East Coast that poses a major financial impact should the strike go through. The Biden administration has stated there are currently no plans to use a federal law to prevent a strike along U.

Neither Gene Seroka nor George Goldman saw evidence that East Coast-bound vessels will be diverted after a possible Oct. 1 strike.

President Biden reportedly doesn't intend to invoke the Taft-Hartley Act to delay a strike, but the consequences could be dire either way.