(a) Use the following procedures only in the order listed when a labor dispute delays performance of a contract for stevedoring services which are urgently needed.
- (1) Attempt to have management and labor voluntarily agree to exempt military supplies from the labor dispute by continuing the movement of such material.
- (2) Divert vessels to alternate ports able to provide necessary stevedoring services.
- (3) Consider contracting with reliable alternative sources of supply within the stevedoring industry.
- (4) Utilize civil service stevedores to perform the work performed by contract stevedores.
- (5) Utilize military personnel to handle the cargo which was being handled by contract stevedores prior to the labor dispute.
- (b) Notify the labor advisor when a deviation from the procedures in paragraph (a) of this subsection is required.