A Malaysian politician has been slammed as “irresponsible” after calling for a truck driver strike at Port Klang, even as the major South-east Asian transhipment hub grapples with severe yard congestion.
Last week, assemblyman Azmizam Zaman Huri reportedly said truck drivers serving Port Klang could strike if the government didn’t upgrade roads leading into to the port.
But neither the truckers nor trucking associations have made such a claim, according to one …
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India’s major public ports – already under growth pressure because of increasing competition from non-government cargo handlers led by Adani Group – face a renewed threat of labour stoppages after the government cleared new legislation reforming management systems.
Trade unions representing dockworkers have voted to stage an indefinite nationwide strike on or after 15 December, to press for various demands, notably consultation on the new Major Port Authorities Act.
“Immediate action may …
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The port of Montreal appears to be on course for another flare-up in the confrontation between management and labour.
The past few days have seen an escalation in the conflict, increasing shipper fears of another crippling slowdown in operations.
Tension was already building when the seven-month truce, after last summer’s strike, ended in late March, with both sides accusing each other of negotiating in bad faith.
And in a vote a week before …
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A confrontation between truck drivers and Universal Logistics, one of the largest trucking firms in southern California, has spilled into the port of Los Angeles.
On Monday, drivers started a strike, picketing a truck yard of Universal Logistics subsidiary Southern Counties Express in Compton, demanding the company reinstate drivers allegedly dismissed illegally and respect the right to unionise.
In addition, they called on management to negotiate ‘in good faith’ and stop classifying …
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Shippers are beginning to make alternative routing arrangements in the event of a renewed strike at the port of Montreal.
And industry groups are warning that a new round of industrial action would seriously hurt supply chains and the Canadian economy.
Stakeholders are worried that a strike at the port could come as soon as late next month, when a truce between Maritime Employers Association and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, …
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In a new blow to Australia’s buckling container supply chains, industrial action at Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) in Melbourne began today.
The action by the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) includes a series of 12-hour work stoppages at the ICTSI-operated facility.
Situated at Melbourne’s Webb Dock, VICT handles around 1m teu a year – a third of the port’s throughput – and is Australia’s only fully automated container terminal.
The MUA said …
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Industrial action looks set to return to the port of Melbourne after the Maritime Union of Australia notified the terminal that its members would strike next week in a dispute over wages at the port’s Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT). The facility is Australia’s first box terminal to deploy automation and has long been a particular source of ire for the MUA. Liner body Shipping Australia has published an analysis of the dispute, concluding that the new wage demands could …
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Channel ports chaos looks set to worsen next week with French strike action expected from on an ongoing stand-off between government and labour.
Logistics UK tweeted it had been made aware of a “threat of a French national strike” that would impact Channel ports, with union CGT confirming to The Loadstar that action would be occurring on Thursday.
CGT said it was part of a general strike being coordinated with several other unions.
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The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has suspended all industrial action at Patrick Terminals, without a pay deal.
However, the build-up of 100,000 containers at four ports could still take up to three months to clear, and with no new labour agreement reached, there’s no guarantee work stoppages won’t resume as peak season gets under way.
The movbe follows a two-day hearing at the Fair Work Commission (FWC), after Patrick filed an …
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Negotiations between DP World Australia and the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) over a new workplace agreement may be concluded within days.
Following a hiatus in the industrial action at DP World’s Sydney terminal last weekend, the two sides said talks this week had made significant progress.
“By meeting to bargain in good faith, DP World Australia and the MUA have been able to achieve a significant breakthrough, reaching an in-principle agreement …
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