Failed attempts to finish port paralization

Date: 2013/03/29

Yesterday leaders and entrepreneurs were in conversations but without agreement.

No agreement ended the meeting between union leaders and port executives at various ports simultaneously, due to strike in solidarity with Angamos port in Mejillones, which joined the port of Iquique, among others.

This was reported by Rodrigo Aguila Garcia, president of the local Maritime and Port Chamber of Chile.

The executive said: on Thursday at 19:00 conversations began between parties about paralyzation kept by Mejillones from March 16th, which on 19th Port of Iquique joint, the reason: the negotiation of the half-hour collation dockworkers want to be considered in 7.5 hour shifts, which executives refuse.

"Some ports have got down, as Huasco and as probably do San Antonio, but paralization remains at Iquique," said detailing that in the meeting participates representatives of ITI, its Dockworker unions and Fesiport.

Aguila Garcia said: today or tomorrow we hope to have another meeting to approach views and settle the issue, since the executive said there were four vessels arriving at the local port and finally were gone, one of them deviated to the Peruvian port of Matarani and the other one to Arica. "3 ships are at road and one is on site 4 and has been unable to work since the beginning of the paralization," he added that shipping companies vision on the local port means that during the past 2 to 3 years loadings have decreased by 36 to 40%.

Source: La Estrella de Iquique