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Strikes
Summer of strikes
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Shipping leaders should take note of the way recent transport strike action has occurred and been resolved as workers continue to face high inflation and stagnant wages. The biggest … |
Avoid single-sourcing is the message as UPS-Teamsters talks stall
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Shippers can only hope and pray that UPS Inc. (NYSE: UPS) and the Teamsters can move beyond their...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/avoid-single-sourcing-is-the-message-as-ups-teamsters-talks-stall
French Strikes Coerce LNG Vessels Port Diversion
Seven vessels carrying a total of 0.7bcm have so far been diverted from France since the strike started over a planned pension reform, five into northern Europe and two into Spain, according to preliminary Kpler and Refinitiv ship tracking data.
Operations StoppedThe four French terminals were stopped amid a strike that started on 6 March. The largest, the 13 bcm/year Dunkirk LNG terminal in northern France, will restart on Friday at 06:00 CET, while the...
https://mfame.guru/french-strikes-coerce-lng-vessels-port-diversion/
Report: Strikes at French refineries and LNG terminals are in week two
Strikes against the French government’s planned pension reform entered a second week on Wednesday, […]
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French Strike Over Pension Reforms Hinders Fuel Deliveries
- French strikes are disrupting the delivery of fuels from three oil refineries.
- The disruption comes 2 1/2 weeks before a European Union embargo on fuel imports from Russia.
- It will deprive the bloc of its biggest external diesel supplier.
Together with Exxon Mobil Corp., Total accounts for a huge share of French fuel production and the unions, protesting about pensions, are threatening to ratchet up their actions. The strikes go beyond oil refining. The actions of...
https://mfame.guru/french-strike-over-pension-reforms-hinders-fuel-deliveries/
Transport strikes put supply chains under duress again
It’s not just a potential U.S. rail strike putting supply chains at risk. Air traffic controllers in France are taking Friday off, and dockworkers at two major U.K. ports have scheduled work stoppages.
The pandemic, a giant cargo ship stuck in the Suez Canal, floods and droughts, and worker shortages have created two years of havoc for businesses and consumers that depend on freight shipments. Now potential disruptions are coming from within. Workforces, emboldened by a tight labor supply amid...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/transport-strikes-put-supply-chains-under-duress-again
Here’s what you need to know about a potential rail shutdown
If a nationwide rail shutdown comes to fruition this week as some experts anticipate, it could have disastrous consequences for both passengers and freight across the United States.
Should union and rail representatives fail to reach a labor agreement by Friday, it would be the first time in 30 years that a full-scale rail strike took place. A total shutdown of the nation’s railroads could cost the U.S. $2 billion in lost economic output every day.
Suffice it to say that if a strike goes into...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-a-potential-rail-shutdown
Australian airports face more cargo delays as dnata strike looms
Airport services provider dnata is making contingency plans for a potential strike by staff at facilities in Australia that could disrupt cargo shipments as dnata grapples with COVID-related backlogs at its cargo terminal in Melbourne.
The news comes as German flag carrier Lufthansa avoided another strike by pilots by tentatively agreeing on a new contract with union representatives.
The Australian office of dnata, previously known as Dubai National Air Travel Agency and part of the Emirates...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/australian-airports-face-more-cargo-delays-as-dnata-strike-looms
‘Hell on wheels’: CP rail shutdown brings more pain to supply chain
Two days after Canadian Pacific Railway shut down its rail network amid a labor dispute with more than 3,000 of its Teamsters-represented employees, the impacts to the supply chain are just getting started.
The loss of Canada’s second-largest freight rail operator has stalled shipments of everything from grain to containers full of electronics headed to cities across Canada and the U.S. And it will soon inevitably bring backups to ports, including Vancouver, British Columbia, and Montreal.
“This...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hell-on-wheels-cp-rail-shutdown-brings-more-pain-to-supply-chain