Industrial action at the port of Liverpool, UK, has ended with dockers agreeing a deal with owner Peel Ports.
600 workers voted overwhelmingly in favour of the deal that saw workers receive pay increases of 14.3-18.5 percent. Strike action, which has been escalating since September 19, has now ended and docker workers will resume normal duties.
Peel Ports will invest GBP30 million (USD37.7 million) to develop a new ro-ro berth at the port of Sheerness, Kent, UK to meet growing demand from new and existing customers.
Unite the Union has confirmed that strike action will take place at the UK port of Liverpool from September 19 to October 3.
Briggs Equipment has delivered a Liebherr LTR 1220 crawler crane to Peel Ports’ facilities at the port of Liverpool in the UK.
UK-based Tugdock has been awarded a ‘Statement of Feasibility’ from DNV for its Tugdock Submersible Platform (TSP).
Drydocks World, in partnership with GE Vernova, will build and install Ostwind 4 – a 2 GW offshore wind grid connection in Germany.
General cargo volumes have dipped 3 percent year-to-date at Port Houston’s multipurpose facilities. However, steel imports increased 34 percent in November.
