|
||||||
|
Peru has stood for years by Argentina in its dispute over the ownership of the Falkland Islands, even sending fighter planes to Argentina during its 1982 war with Britain over control of the islands. The U.K. is the second largest source of foreign investment in Peru. On Monday, Peru reversed an earlier decision by [...] 
Ollanta Humala, President of Peru Peru’s President Ollanta Humala said today his country won’t tolerate any foreign impositions on its internal affairs. The Andean leader alluded to the resolution to prevent the UK’s HMS Montrose frigate from docking at El Callao port in Lima after ending its patrol mission in the disputed Malvinas Islands. [...] The following was message of solidarity was sent on September 29 as longshore workers from around the world gathered in Baltimore: We, the women union leaders attending the ITF Women’s Leadership, Strategy and Organising Conference, want to express our support for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in the struggle for their union jobs at [...] Fog in Qingdao. CMA CGM said the surcharge would be removed “once the operational situation in the port of Qingdao has been normalised”. From Friday, the deepsea carrier will implement a surcharge of US$125 per teu on all shipments from the fog-affected Chinese port of Qingdao to North Europe, including the UK, Baltic countries [...] The U.K. Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published a report on its investigation of an April 21, 2010 incident in which the chief engineer on board the U.K. registered containership Ever Excel was killed when he became trapped between the top of the ship’s passenger elevator and the edge of the elevator shaft.
Former dockworker Len McCluskey The largest trade union elected a new leader on Sunday, a left-winger who has vowed to take strong action to resist government spending and job cuts. Former dock worker Len McCluskey easily defeated three rival candidates to become general secretary of Unite which was formed from the merger of two [...] |
 |
|||||
|
© 2013 Longshore & Shipping News, Coast Longshore Division, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, - All Rights Reserved Powered by WordPress & Atahualpa |
||||||
