DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,785

WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN LOGISTICS AMERICA, LLC
WOODCLIFF LAKE, NEW JERSEY

Negative Determinations Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated on December 31, 2008, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Wallenius
Wilhelmsen Logistics America, LLC, Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. The
workers are engaged in activities related to the provision of
customer service, financial services, and documentation services.
The investigation revealed that Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics
America, LLC, which provides supply chain management services,
ocean transportation, inland distribution, and terminal services,
did not produce an article within the meaning of Section 222(a)(2)
of the Act. In order to be considered eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974,
the worker group seeking certification (or on whose behalf
certification is being sought) must work for a "firm" or
appropriate subdivision that produces an article and there must be
a relationship between the workers' work and the article produced
by the workers' firm or appropriate subdivision. The workers at
the subject firm were engaged in activities related to the
provision of customer service, financial services, and
documentation services, and did not support a firm or appropriate
subdivision that produces an article domestically, and thus the
worker group can not be considered import impacted or affected by a
shift in production of an article.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of
1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.








Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Wallenius Wilhelmsen
Logistics America, LLC, Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied eligibility to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the
Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 2nd day of February 2009

/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance