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Truckers strike as Mumbai's JNPT decrees 4 firms to do work
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MASSIVE congestion at India's biggest container terminal Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) built up after the first day of a local truckers' strike, which has since been called off.
Truckers called off the strike after local politicians wrested an assurance from the four new transporters selected by the port authority not to proceed with their work until the Supreme Court rules on a petition from the striking truckers, reported the Chennai-based Hindu daily.
Representatives from a common front of 11 transport associations spearheading the strike and those from the four new transporters were also present, said the Hindu report.
While it may well have come to an end, shippers should expect problems at the big Mumbai terminal as truckers protest four firms monopolising the work.
Harbour truckers took vehicles off the roads to pressure authorities to reconsider the new regulated transport system.
The disruption and resulting congestion threaten hard-won productivity improvements through a spate of government ease-of-doing-business initiatives in the past few years, reports the American Journal of Transportation.
Maersk's APM Terminals warned customers of possible disruption to laden import and empty container handling in the event of a strike. Efforts to reach the port and terminals for updates regarding the truckers' boycott were unsuccessful.
Truckers protest JNPT's awarding container delivery to the port to four companies, that idle most truckers doing the work.
The logistics contracts cover five busy hinterland points in Maharashtra and Gujarat, which combined is estimated to generate nearly 600,000 TEU.
Truckers called off the strike after local politicians wrested an assurance from the four new transporters selected by the port authority not to proceed with their work until the Supreme Court rules on a petition from the striking truckers, reported the Chennai-based Hindu daily.
Representatives from a common front of 11 transport associations spearheading the strike and those from the four new transporters were also present, said the Hindu report.
While it may well have come to an end, shippers should expect problems at the big Mumbai terminal as truckers protest four firms monopolising the work.
Harbour truckers took vehicles off the roads to pressure authorities to reconsider the new regulated transport system.
The disruption and resulting congestion threaten hard-won productivity improvements through a spate of government ease-of-doing-business initiatives in the past few years, reports the American Journal of Transportation.
Maersk's APM Terminals warned customers of possible disruption to laden import and empty container handling in the event of a strike. Efforts to reach the port and terminals for updates regarding the truckers' boycott were unsuccessful.
Truckers protest JNPT's awarding container delivery to the port to four companies, that idle most truckers doing the work.
The logistics contracts cover five busy hinterland points in Maharashtra and Gujarat, which combined is estimated to generate nearly 600,000 TEU.