Tag: dock workers

• Wednesday, March 14th 2012 - 01:57 UTC

  Ports in Argentina resume grain loading as dock-workers return to work

  

  Argentine dock-workers on Tuesday suspended a 12-day-old strike that had delayed more than 500 million dollars in grains shipments while forcing cargo vessels to drop anchor along the country's waterways.

• Saturday, March 10th 2012 - 04:47 UTC

  Argentine labour disputes are bogging down shipments of soy and grains

  

  Crews needed to guide ships through Argentine ports will stay off the job until more staff is assigned to work busy docking shifts, a union leader reiterated on Friday.

• Tuesday, March 6th 2012 - 18:56 UTC

  Argentine dock workers conflict extends; 150 ships idle waiting to load

  

  Scores of grains ships sat idle outside Argentina's ports and off the Uruguayan coast on Tuesday as the country dock workers’ union and port managers' chamber sparred over a strike that threatened to disrupt exports.

• Saturday, March 5th 2011 - 07:12 UTC

  Argentina soy export terminals resume full activities

  

  Argentine dock workers reached a wage deal on Friday and called off a three-day-old protest that paralyzed two major soy export terminals and stopped 20 grains ships from loading, a union leader said.