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Aug 26, 2014

TRUCKERS' STRIKE * China: Ningbo's

* Shanghai - Missed sailings loom as Ningbo port trucker strike escalates


(Photo: Trucks at a standstill at Ningbo’s Beilun Container Port. A massive strike by as many as 10,000 truck drivers at Ningbo’s Beilun Container Port erupted into violence on August 20, as protestors clashed with riot police and smashed the windshields of trucks crossing the picket line, according to China Labour Bulletin)
Ningbo,SH,China -JOC (USA), by Greg Knowler -Aug 22, 2014: -- The Ningbo container truck driver strike escalated on Friday, with trucks clogging the terminal gates and forwarders warning customers to expect missed sailings and a shortage of boxes... Violence again erupted at the port on Friday and the Ningbo government introduced a complete news blackout. Shipments through the busy international container port are facing severe delays and carriers are reportedly diverting vessel calls to Shanghai while shippers truck containers from Ningbo... The drayage drivers, dissatisfied with haulage rates they could earn at the port, launched a protest earlier in the week, bringing the port to a standstill. The labor action comes in the midst of peak season, when ships headed to the U.S. are full and reports were proliferating of cargo booked at lower freight rates being left behind, or rolled, to subsequent sailings... DB Schenker’s Joerg Hoppe, director and head of ocean freight for north and central China, said the news blackout meant official or independently verified information was hard to come by...

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