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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 supporters holding placards, was held outside the facility. The march followed a sit-down protest by t...

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 containers that contain medicines, medical supplies, or urgent medical equipment are exempt from the indust...

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 concluded that the best way to avoid such incidents is proper shielding of the hot exhaust surfaces...