Shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk has urged customers to pick up their laden containers and return the empty ones at the U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports before Jan. 15 to mitigate potential disruptions at the terminals on account of a strike.

The world’s No. 2 container carrier urged customers to remove cargo from East and Gulf Coast ports in the US before a Jan. 15 deadline for dockworkers and their employers to avoid a possible strike just days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

A.P. Møller-Maersk (OTCPK:AMKBY) (OTCPK:AMKBF) urged customers Tuesday to remove cargo from U.S. eastern and Gulf of Mexico ports before a January 15 deadline for dockworkers and their employers to avoid a possible strike.