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Warning! There were strikes in the ports of the two countries

Time:2021-10-09 Publisher:Kevin Num:3575

Now the epidemic situation in many countries around the world shows signs of rebound. Coupled with the arrival of the peak season of goods import demand, many ports are congested.

The frequent strikes have exacerbated the congestion.

Australian port workers declared a strike

Recently, the Australian Maritime alliance MUA announced that strikes had taken place in many ports such as Melbourne and Sydney.

They have been negotiating with the Union for more than a year and a half. And promised to give workers a raise and promise not to lay off workers, but this is obviously a lie.

Patrick, a container terminal operator, pointed out that the strike would affect all Australians as Christmas approached.

He also pointed out that the strike action did not take into account the suffering of Australians affected by the epidemic in the past period of time.

on the other hand. This will have a great impact on e-commerce operations in Melbourne and even the whole of Australia, especially now it has entered the peak season of Christmas countdown.

Many retailers will replenish their stocks before Christmas to cope with the peak season. However, most of their stocks are still stranded in the port.

Data show that due to the strike, a large number of container ships stay in various ports in Australia. The ship docked in Sydney for 18 days, Melbourne for 9 days and Brisbane for 8 days.

Spanish railway workers strike

In Spain, due to the appeal of trade unions, 85% of Spanish truck drivers and railway workers chose to strike until October 12.

Therefore, the inland container transportation in Spain will be interrupted by the strike action.

Hundreds of train services across Spain were cancelled. Among them, freight trains carrying goods were the most affected, with 813 freight trains out of service.

Spanish national railway operator Renfe has not announced any measures to solve the strike.

Maersk made a statement on the matter and said it would look for other alternatives.

It suggests that the cargo owner consider using trucks for transportation and ask for other transportation modes in advance so that we can respond quickly.

The strike is mainly to call on the Spanish government to meet the standards of the latest labor plan and transfer responsibility to the autonomous region as promised.

GLA Family would like to remind cargo owners and freight forwarders who trade with the ports of these two countries in the near future to pay attention to the latest local developments so as not to affect your cargo safety.

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