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.
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.
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Three ship-to-shore (STS) cranes have arrived at Peel Ports’ facilities in Liverpool, UK, onboard ZPMC’s heavy lift ship Zhen Hua 25.
Port Houston reported a strong surge in activity at its multipurpose facilities in September 2024. Steel imports were up 25 percent year on year.
For the first nine months of 2024, the port of Antwerp-Bruges saw a total throughput of 210.5 million tonnes, an increase of 3 percent compared to the same period last year and a stabilisation in comparison to the second quarter of 2024.
The 15th edition of the One World Market Sentiment Index for the multipurpose and breakbulk shipping market showed a modest increase to a level of in 54.6 in Q4 2024 (54.3 in Q3 2024)
