Shipping
`Go slow'hits work at Chennai box terminal
THE `go slow' resorted by the Chennai container terminal workers has started to have its effect on the trade. Container vessels, coming full with import boxes, are sailing back empty.

Dockers plan strike to oppose `anti-labour' policy
THE executive committee meeting of the All-India Port and Dock Workers Federation has unanimously decided to launch a nation-wide agitation jointly with other four federations against the `anti-labour policy' of the port managements at the instance of th e Ministry of Surface Transport and the Indian Ports Association.

Transport
Coastal shipment of thermal coal hit
COASTAL shipments of thermal coal through the ports of Haldia, Paradip and Vizag have been hit as a sequel to cutback in supplies by coal companies, which have demanded immediate payment of the outstanding bills by Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB).

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