BELGIUM: OVER 200 SHIPS LYING IDLE IN ANTWERP; COUNTRY'S OIL SUPPLIES THREATENED BY OVERTIME DISPUTE.

Record ID: 344703

  • Title: BELGIUM: OVER 200 SHIPS LYING IDLE IN ANTWERP; COUNTRY'S OIL SUPPLIES THREATENED BY OVERTIME DISPUTE.
  • Date: 6th January 1965
  • Summary: 1. GV DOCKS, TUGBOATS LYING IDLE. (2 SHOTS) 0.14 2. GV SHIPS ALONGSIDE, EMPTY GOODS TRUCKS. 0.22 3. GV IDLE CRANES WITH CARS WAITING TO BE LOADED IN F/G. 0.27 4. SV CRANE. 0.33 5. SV IDLE TUGBOATS. 0.40 6. GV DESERTED DOCKSIDE. 0.44 Initials PC/V/CR/EEH Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 21st January 1965 12:00
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  • Location: ANTWERP, BELGIUM
  • Country: Belgium
  • Reuters ID: LVA16UJ7DBR657JZ2RDTV21ERNFA
  • Story Text: THE BELGIAN GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO REQUISITION MANPOWER TO CURB AND ANTWERP DOCK STRIKE, CRIPPLING NAVIGATION IN THE COUNTRY'S MAIN PORT.

    MORE THAN 200 SHIPS WERE IMMOBILISED TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY) IN ANTWERP AND THE RIVER SCHELDT ESTUARY, THE PORT'S OUTLET TO THE SEA. BELGIUM'S OIL AND PETROL SUPPLIES ARE SERIOUSLY THREATENED BY THE STOPPAGE, CAUSED BY A DISPUTE ABOUT OVERTIME PAY DEMANDS.

    IT'S THE SIXTH DAY OF THE STRIKE BY SOME 900 MUNICIPAL PORT WORKERS. IN THE PAST FEW DAYS DOZENS OF SHIPS HAVE BEEN DIVERTED TO ROTTERDAM AND AMSTERDAM.
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