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3. Maj workers hold peaceful protest
Workers from the Croatian shipbuilder held a one hour peaceful protest to shop their discontent with the announced model of privatization. A protest was held on December 22 in the shipbuilding company `3. Maj´, which lasted for one hour, at which...
2008-12-23 07:49:18
Malta Shipyards faces industrial action
Malta Shipyards came to a standstill for several hours after the General Workers' Union ordered industrial action. Curiously, the news about the action was not broken by the union, as usually happens, but by the management, which said that the act...
2008-12-23 07:36:53
Groups call for Korean goods boycott
Indian seafarer groups will call for a general boycott of all South Korean products, especially those made by Samsung, at the second big rally in support of the jailed master and chief officer of the tanker Hebei Spirit. Further action, such as a ...
2008-12-23 07:01:33
CSBC expands ship repair services
Taiwan's leading shipbuilder CSBC Corp. unveiled a plan Saturday to expand its ship repair services to meet a possible rise in repair demand following the recent opening of direct shipping links with China. CSBC Corp. Chairman Cheng Wen-lon noted tha...
2008-12-22 07:26:44
Korean Register: all-time high
Korean Register reports that the total number of ships classed with the society is up over 15% on figures from last year and now stands at an all time high of 2,335 in number with 35m gt. Attention to quality, technology and customer service remain k...
2008-12-22 06:14:26
Demonstration at Tema Shipyard
Unionised workers have gathered at Ghana’s Tema Shipyard to protest their suspension in a row over “illegal” strikes and tax deductions. The men staged a demonstration outside the yard as a reaction to management barring 219 staff from the p...
2008-12-19 08:45:43
Hyundai published comic book
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) published a picture book stressing the importance of the cooperation between capital and labor for the second time following last year. HHI issued the book titled “Preparation for a Hopeful Workplace” and distrib...
2008-12-18 16:51:35
King of Tanker, Haji-Ioannou dies, aged 81
Loucas Haji-Ioannou, self styled ‘king of tankers’ in the 1980s and early 1990s, has died in hospital in Athens after a long illness. At one point in the late 1980s the largest independent tanker owner in the world, Mr Haji-Ioannou will also b...
2008-12-18 09:05:47
SMM Istanbul-Shipbuilding Fair
The European shipbuilding and marine equipment industry, and also the Turkish government, look forward to the start of the new shipbuilding fair SMM Istanbul to be held from 21 to 23 January 2009. This international maritime trade fair will be he...
2008-12-18 08:20:01
Shipyard workers protest fatal accidents, layoffs
A group of workers from the Tuzla Workers’ Union (TİB-DER) held a demonstration recently over the dangerous work conditions and a recent rash of layoffs at the Tuzla shipyards, where approximately 40,000 workers are employed. The protest ca...
2008-12-18 07:11:27
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