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The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is sad to announce that the father of Victor Crespo – the Honduran trade union leader threatened with death for his work in Puerto Cortés – has died following an attack on him and other family members by an armed assailant who ran them down in a stolen car.
Following a murder attempt in September 2013 Victor Crespo was evacuated to a third country to allow him to continue his work as president of the ITF-affiliated Sindicato Gremial de Trabajadores del Muelle (SGTM). It appears that the same forces that wanted him dead then have now targeted his father, Victor Manuel Crespo Puerto, who was declared brain-dead following the attack. His life support was switched off this afternoon.
Death threats have also begun again against Crespo’s colleagues in the SGTM leadership. The ITF and SGTM believe these are connected to the union’s lawful request for a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) at the port and the recognition that benefits have not been paid, despite the law requiring them. The port operating concession has recently been taken over by ICTSI, which has hired a single stevedoring company. When the SGTM...
PORT operator International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) and La Société Dé Géstion Immobiliéré Léngo (Simobile) are forming a joint-venture company to develop a river port in Matadi, Democratic Republic of Congo.
ICTSI-DR Congo will be 60-percent owned by ICTSI through subsidiary ICTSI Coöperatief U.A., while Simobile will own the remaining 40 percent.
The joint-venture company will construct and operate a river port, which will include a container terminal, along the river bank of the Congo River. Investment for the first five years will amount to approximately $100 million.
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Source: New Mexican
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