Greek dockworkers strike over port privatization plan

January 7, 2008 by SwizStick  
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Do you have any pending ocean shipments in Greece? Check with your carrier or consolidator because the dockworkers just went on strike:

Dockworkers are planning work-to-rule protests for the rest of the week, and a second 24-hour strike Friday.

Last month, Merchant Marine Minister George Voulgarakis said the government would launch a tender for the management contract of two of the three container wharfs in Piraeus, and for the entire container terminal in Thessaloniki — with tenders to be completed by June.

This would also affect container vessel strings that call on either Piraeus or Thessaloniki. Check with your carrier/consolidator/freight forwarder to see how they are handling the situation in regards to your specific shipments.

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