10/04/2024

How Bananas may Become the First Casualties of the Dockworkers' Strike

The no. 1 gateway for bananas in the U.S. is on the East Coast

If you enjoy sliced bananas with your cereal or drinking a banana smoothie, you might want to savor it while you can. Fresh bananas could be one of the first casualties of the dockworkers’ strike.

The strike, now in its third day, has halted traffic at ports along the East Coast and the Gulf Coast, which handle an estimated three-quarters of all banana imports.

That includes the port of Wilmington, Del., which is the number one gateway for bananas coming into the U.S.

Please select this link to read the complete article from NPR.