Strikes / Civil Unrest
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Kochi, India: Container Movement From Vallarpadam Terminal Impacted By Truckers’ Strike
July 28: Container movement from the Vallarpadam Transshipment Terminal in Kochi [Cochin] came to a grinding halt on Saturday after trade unions and truck owners launched a flash strike. The […]
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Alaskan Ferry Workers’ Union Initiates Strike After Submitting Altered Contract to State
July 25 UPDATE: The union representing more than 400 Alaska Ferry workers initiated a strike at 2 p.m. Wednesday [July 24] after another contract negotiation meeting with the state failed […]
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Strikes In Puerto Rico Cause Cruise Ships To Cancel San Juan Port Calls
July 22: A national strike in Puerto Rico has caused some cruise ships to skip calls on San Juan this week. MSC Seaside and Celebrity Equinox canceled stops at the […]
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Additional Stevedore Strike Expected This Week in Sydney, Brisbane, and Fremantle Australia
July 17: Stevedores – locally known as ‘wharfies’ – at key ports around Australia are set to walk off the job from Thursday in a prolonged dispute over automation and […]
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Proposed July 15 Strike at Port Silos in Constanta, Romania Averted
July 15: The union representing workers at ADM’s North Star Shipping grain silos in Romania’s Black sea port of Constanta said on Monday an indefinite strike scheduled to start on […]
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UPDATE: Transnet Suspends Workers for Ngqura Port Strike in South Africa
July 12: Transnet says it has suspended a number of employees at the Ngqura Container Terminal near Port Elizabeth for participating in an illegal strike which is now in its […]
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Work-Slow Protest Causing Serious Delays at Port of Ngqura, South Africa
July 11: A labor dispute at the Port of Ngqura, South Africa is creating serious difficulties for some of the country’s largest exporters. Port workers allege that they have not […]
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Strike at Berbera Port Expansion in Somaliland (Somalia)
July 11: Initial local social media reports indicate that construction workers at the Berbera port expansion in Somaliland have gone on strike today to protest a wage cut. Note: Somaliland […]
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National Strikes at Australian Port Likely to Cause Disruptions
July 09: Stevedores started national strikes at DP World terminals across Australia on Monday, July 8, 2019. Around 1,800 stevedores walked off the job for 48 hours at the Brisbane […]