EMEA News
Piraeus Set for More Disruption as Strike Action Continues
Wednesday May 25, 2016
The Port of Piraeus Dockworkers' Union has announced that they are planning to launch a number of 48-hour strikes beginning at 6 a.m. on May 26 - the latest in a series of Greek port strikes over the past several months.
The strike is intended as a protest against the port's privatisation, and is expected to cause a complete work stoppage at Piraeus, and could spread to other ports within the country as well.
As in the past, bunkering operations also stand to get caught up in the disruption.
In late October, Ship & Bunker reported that Greek dock workers walked off the job to protest the seemingly inevitable privitisation of two of the countries' ports, Piraeus and Thessaloniki.
