More than 18 months after the International Longshoremen's Association seized control of its largest Baltimore local, the union is poised to end its strict oversight of Local 333 after the local elected new leaders last week.

Federal prosecutors in Maryland indicted a former shipping executive from Chile on June 7 in an alleged bid-rigging and price-fixing conspiracy involving cargo shipped through the Port of Baltimore and other U.S. ports, the Department of Justice said.

The Port of Baltimore's business as the nation's No. 1 point of entry for automobiles continued to boom in 2015 as the number of cars shipped through its public terminals surged 20% to yet another record.