New York Shipping Association

New York Shipping Association (NYSA) is a membership organization that represents the terminal operators, ocean carriers, stevedores and marine related businesses that operate the ships, move the cargo, and train and employ the longshore workers in the Port of New York and New Jersey. NYSA negotiates the collective bargaining agreement on behalf of its members with the International Longshoremen's Association and the Port Police and Guards Union. NYSA coordinates the hiring and training of the labor that moves cargo through the largest port complex on the east coast with terminals located on both sides of the Hudson River in New York and New Jersey.