Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-02-23
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[01] Seamen's union suspends strike
[01] Seamen's union suspends strike
Calm returned to Piraeus' dockside on Thursday as Greece's busiest
commercial port resumed business following a crippling weeklong strike
by ferry boat seamen overcome only after the government issued a
back-to-work mobilisation order early Wednesday for all Greek-flagged
vessels.
The seamen's union (PNO), meanwhile, suspended its ongoing 48-hour
strike with a unanimous decision early Thursday afternoon by its
executive committee. The industrial action was due to end at 6 a.m.
Friday.
The decision means that all immobilised ferry boats will resume service
as of 6 p.m. Thursday. According to reports, the union may now request
that the merchant marine ministry lifts the Feb. 22 back-to-work
mobilisation order.
According to authorities, seven ferry boats carrying a total of 586
trucks left the port of Piraeus over the past 24 hours towards Crete
and other Aegean island destinations. Another 11 vessels disembarked
from various islands towards Piraeus, carrying more than 700 trucks and
nearly 2,000 passengers.
(The Greek-flagged ferry boat "Preveli" nears a quay at the port of the
Piraeus Wednesday morning, following a government-issued back-to-work
order forcing striking coastal shipping seamen to return to their
stations. ANA photo / P. Saitas)
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