BBC: Occupy protests disrupt ports across US West Coast

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Occupy protests disrupt ports across US West Coast

Hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters have blocked gates and delayed lorries at three ports on the US West Coast.

The partial shutdown of harbours in California, Oregon and Washington states resulted in a handful of arrests, but no major clashes.

From early on Monday, activists picketed gates, beat drums and carried signs with slogans such as "Shut Down Wall St on the Waterfront".

The rallies come a month after police dismantled Occupy camps across the US.

Demonstrators said they hoped to hit the profits of the corporations that run the harbours.

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2. US protests disrupt West Coast ports

"The Port of Oakland has remained operational, with protests leading to sporadic disruptions and some delays of truck traffic and dockworker shifts," it said in an early-afternoon update.
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But by early afternoon the Port of Long Beach said there had been "minimal impact to port operations" during the rain-soaked demonstration by several hundred protesters at one of the world's largest shipping ports.

"Most freeways, bridges and port access routes remained open, and all shipping terminals were operational during the protest," a port statement said.

Further north in Portland, Oregon, where protesters also began demonstrations before dawn, two people were arrested for possession of weapons, and the port was partially closed down, according to local media.

In Seattle, Washington state, demonstrators planned rallies later in the day, according to organizers. There were no immediate reports of protest actions in Anchorage, Alaska.

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