SVITZER AUSTRALIA INDUSTRIAL ACTION UPDATE FOR CUSTOMERS & STAKEHOLDERS – 9 NOVEMBER:
Below message just received advising of industrial action across Australia from Thursday 10th November, 2022.
This action will severely dispute vessels arriving and departing all ports.
Svitzer Australia is experiencing a significant escalation in protected industrial action across Australia’s major ports with widespread stoppages scheduled from tomorrow (10 November) through to Tuesday (15 November).
The new protected industrial action contains more than 80 hours of work stoppages across Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. This is in addition to the work stoppages in WA and ongoing bans in ports across the country.
A summary of the new actions by the three maritime unions is provided below. All times provided are local time.
Brisbane:
An 8-hour stop work period by tug masters from 22:00 Saturday 12 November until 06:00 Sunday 13 November
An 8-hour stop work period by tug engineers from 06:01 until 14:01 Sunday 13 November
Melbourne & Westernport:
An 8-hour stop work period by deckhands, engineers and masters from 00:01 until 08:00 Monday 14 November
Sydney:
A 48-hour ban by tug masters on the performance of work on certain shipping line vessels on Saturday 12 November and Sunday 13 November (this customer has already been advised of the action).
A 48-hour stop-work period by casual and fixed term tug masters from 00:01, Saturday 12 November until 00:01, Monday 14 November
A 48-hour ban on performing recall and /or relief work from 00:01 Saturday 12 November until 00:01, Monday 14 November.
Western Australia :
The actions above are in addition to stop work periods in WA from tomorrow in Albany, Fremantle, Kwinana and Geraldton as advised in our last stakeholder update.