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Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust handles more than 55% of the country's container cargo and has three terminals at its facility. JNPT operates one container terminal, while DP World and APM Terminals operate the other two. The strike is at the APM Terminal, shown here before the strike, due to the hiring of 'outsiders.'
Private container terminal, Gateway Terminal, has shut operations at its Navi Mumbai facility after strike by employees, leading to congestion at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and diversion of traffic to Pipavav Port in Gujarat.
JNPT’s own container terminal is operating at more than 120% capacity and extra cargo from Gateway Terminal has led to congestion.
Employees of Gateway Terminal, which is operated by APM Terminals, have been protesting against the company’s decision to hire 11 “outsiders”.
More at Economic Times
From Supply Chain Digest:
Supply Chain Digest says the PMA report says that projects 'on the drawing boards' include plans for terminals with automated quay cranes outfitted with optical character recognition technology and Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs, shown above), that will serve as the interface between the vessel and the storage yard.'The Pacific Maritime Association, an organization of port terminal operators, ocean carriers, logistic firms that handles labor relations and contract negotiations for its collective members, recently issued its annual report, saying that West Coast ports are at last prepared to move towards greater automation – but from our view there is still a long way to go.
The report is optimistic about the future of West Coast ports despite concern in some quarters that when the expanded Panama Canal opens near the end of 2014, it will drain off a significant number of containers that would once move through the West Coast.
A key strategy, the report says, is for the ports to invest now in automation that will speed handing of the containers, and to create more capacity before a crunch really hits down the road.
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International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett defended the ILA’s negotiating positions and urged management to resume negotiations when the union’s wage scale committee meets later this month.
Daggett posted a letter on the ILA’s Web site reacting to a statement by James Capo, chairman and CEO of United States Maritime Alliance, who said Daggett was unwilling to negotiate “unless management first agrees to his demands.”
Daggett said the ILA’s current technology provisions must be strengthened, “especially if USMX wants the ILA to agree to a multiyear contract.” When negotiations opened in late March, the USMX suggested a six-year contract.
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