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VICT takes delivery of six new Kalmar Auto Container Carriers_1141x640 International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI)'s subsidiary in Melbourne, Australia, the fully-automated Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT), recently expanded its fleet to 17 by taking delivery of six a

CARGOTEC CORPORATION, PRESS RELEASE, 6 OCTOBER 2021 9 AM (EEST)   Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has received a large repeat order of six Kalmar Automatic...

CARGOTEC CORPORATION, PRESS RELEASE, 6 OCTOBER 2021 9 AM (EEST) Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has received a large repeat order of six Kalmar Automatic Stacking Cranes (ASCs) from Victoria International

Australian union agrees to enforce ten-year strike ban at Melbourne port Over recent weeks the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has brokered new enterprise agreements (EAs) with major stevedoring companies across a number of Australian ports. The agreement that most glaringly encapsulates the MUA’s decades-long drive to incorporate itself ever deeper into management structures and cement its position as an industrial police force for the stevedoring employers is the four-year deal it brokere...

Date Time Landmark agreement delivers secure jobs and significant pay increases to workers at Melbourne container terminal Workers at the Victoria International Container Terminal at Melbourne’s Webb Dock have won significant improvements to job security, working hours, and rates of pay following a three year industrial campaign. The Maritime Union of Australia said the agreement would deliver immediate benefits to the workforce, with 75 per cent of casual roles being converted to permanent j...

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Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia 26 February 2021 Andhra Pradesh steel workers and youth rally against privatisation Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) workers and supporters held a 24-kilometre protest on February 20 against the Modi government’s plan to privatise the company. The marches went through Dondaparthy, Thatichetlapalem, Kancharapalem, Urvasi, Marripalem, the airport and ended at the steel plant’s main gate at Kurmannapalem. A public meeting, which attracted a huge crowd of su...

Workers ramp up industrial action at Victoria International Container Terminal in Melbourne February 15, 2021, by Jasmina Ovcina Workers at the Victoria International Container Terminal in Melbourne, Australia, are expanding legally protected industrial action later this week, undertaking a series of stoppages and bans as they fight for a new workplace agreement. The Maritime Union of Australia said the workers have proposed to ensure any containe...

Legally protected industrial action will be expanded from later this week at the Victoria International Container Terminal in Melbourne, with workers...

From Bunkering to Logistics Awards the Weekly Look at Industry News You May Have Missed A Five Minute Read to Take You Around the Globe UK – The UK P&I Club has released its latest ‘Inside Ship’ video, this one exploring the dangers of engine room fires and specifically focusing on shielding of hot surfaces in the engine room. Engine room fires account for something like 50% of such incidents aboard merchant ships and the results generally leave the vessel dead in the water. The Club has...