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Nov 17, 2010

Truck Strike * India - Paralyzes Port of Chennai

Total halt to all export-import movements as containers pile up

Chennai,India -The Journal of Commerce Online -Nov 16, 2010: -- A sudden strike by container truck drivers Monday morning paralyzed cargo movements to and from India’s Port of Chennai, the country’s second-largest container gateway... The Trailer Owners’ Association is protesting poor approach road conditions following recent heavy monsoon rains and persistent delays in commissioning the long-awaited Ennore-Manali road improvement project... The agent said containers had begun piling up in the port area, and could seriously congest operations at the two terminals if trucking operations are not restored immediately... Latest reports said despite two rounds of talks between the truck owner-operator group and port-terminal officials, no settlement was reached late Tuesday... The Confederation of Surface Transport, representing all transport companies in the state, also threatened an indefinite strike starting Nov. 22 over the same issues...  (Photo from The Hindu: LONG QUEUE: Trucks waiting to enter the Chennai port at Ennore Express Highway, near Kasimedu, on Wednesday.)

* India - Chennai Port Strike Ends. Truck drivers return to work, start moving inbound containers


Chennai,India -The Journal of Commerce Online -Nov 17, 2010: ... Container truck drivers at India’s Port of Chennai ended a three-day strike Wednesday morning, allowing the movement of ocean freight traffic to and from the country’s second-largest container gateway... The local Trailer Owners’ Association struck work Sunday night without any prior notice, protesting poor approach road conditions and calling for speedy implementation of the Ennore-Manali highway project... The settlement came after the port chairman intervened and held talks with representatives of the truck operator-owner group... Port officials said striking drivers returned to work and all efforts were being made to evacuate inbound containers stranded at the terminals... Officials also said the Confederation of Surface Transport, representing all transport companies in the state, also agreed to call off a threatened indefinite strike scheduled for Nov. 22 following the port chairman’s intervention and assurance...

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