Employees

The Shipping Industry Has Never Seen Anything Like This!

  • The new management structure, according to Captain Unni, aims to create “diversity in the thought process” to walk on the path of digitisation and decarbonisation, twin challenges facing the global shipping industry.
  • Captain Unni emphasised that the company must continue to build value for its customers.
  • “Therefore, I look at this step as a personal commitment in my lifetime, to create future leaders for the maritime industry who with their raised consciousness will truly be a force for good,”

https://mfame.guru/the-shipping-industry-has-never-seen-anything-like-the-action-taken-by-captain-rajesh-unni/

Uber, Lyft and others face a reckoning

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About two weeks ago, thousands of people across the United States took to the streets in protest, hoisting signs with damning statements like “Driving us into poverty” or “32 cents a mile is not enough.” In cities from Los Angeles to Boston, the masses clamored to be heard, tensions flared and the streets seemed suspiciously devoid of ridesharing vehicles.

The protests could be more accurately described as a strike against the ridesharing industry’s titans, Uber (NYSE: UBER) and Lyft (NASDAQ:...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/uber-lyft-and-others-face-a-reckoning

ANL: taking charge of wellbeing

Pictured: Shane Walden of ANL. “COVID-19 was a significant eye-opener to the breadth of employee wellbeing and of course, employee experience”. Photo credit: supplied by ANL.

By shipping line ANL

Today, workplaces are different. They’re multiple places. They can be virtual and they’re flexible.

With that in mind, it’s fair to say employee experience (EX) is no longer limited to the four walls of the office.

Today, employee experience looks at the physical, mental and social wellbeing of a staff...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/anl-taking-charge-of-wellbeing/

Focus on FreightCareers over Labor Day weekend

FreightCareers, hosted by FreightWaves, is the transportation and logistics industry’s free job board. On Freight.Careers recruiters and companies can post a freight position for free to reach candidates. Job seekers can search for hundreds of freight or logistics opportunities on the job board and apply directly to the company hiring.

FreightCareers helps companies and recruiters to find logistics talent nationwide, and helps those looking for a position to connect with prospective employers.

A...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/focus-on-freightcareers-on-labor-day-weekend

Employees who won’t comply with Covid-19 safety measures

As inland river companies continue to enforce health and safety measures to protect employees and vessels from Covid-19, many are encountering resistance from employees.

Some people are rebellious, questioning the need to follow precautions laid out by the company; others are non-believers that the virus is a serious health threat; while others are either ill-informed, confused by conflicting and ever-changing information about the disease and prevention, or feel invincible that they won’t get...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/employees-who-wont-comply-with-covid-19-safety-measures/

Transnet suspends Ngqura Container Terminal employees

Transnet SOC Ltd says that it has suspended a number of employees at its Ngqura Container Terminal for engaging in illegal industrial action which has had a negative impact on port operations.

According to company’s announcement, the illegal industrial action, which is being carried out by employees is having a negative impact on all customers serviced by the port, particularly the citrus and automotive customers.

Workers at the Ngqura Container Terminal have been on a protracted “go-slow” and...

https://container-news.com/transnet-suspends-ngqura-container-terminal-employees/

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