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15 Jan 2016 / Australia

Industrial action at ports to continue

The Fair Work Commission has this afternoon [15 January] rejected Svitzer’s urgent application seeking to terminate the industrial campaign being waged by the Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers (AIMPE), meaning that stoppages of up to 48 hours are set to continue at the nation’s ports…

AIMPE’S planned industrial stoppages are as follows:

Sydney/Botany
• 18 January – 48-hour stoppage from 12:00am.

Fremantle & Kwinana
• 18 January – 48-hour stoppage from 12:00am.

Newcastle
• 15 January – 24-hour stoppage from 12:00am – currently underway;
• 19 January – 24-hour stoppage from 12:00am.

Brisbane
• 16 January – 24-hour stoppage from 12:00am;
• 19 January – 24-hour stoppage from 12:00am.

Adelaide
• 16 January – 24-hour stoppage from 12:00am;
• 19 January – 24-hour stoppage from 12:00am.

Melbourne
• 17 January – 24-hour stoppage from 12:00am;
• 19 January – 24-hour stoppage from 12:00am.

Geelong
• 17 January – 24-hour stoppage from 12:00am;
• 19 January – 24-hour stoppage from 12:00am.

For information about operations at Australian ports contact GAC Australia at [email protected]

If quoting any content from Hot Port News, please cite GAC Hot Port News as the source.

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