Strike hits cargo handling at major ports, except Kolkata

Cargo handling at almost all the Government-owned major
ports barring Kolkata, was affected as workers joined the nation-wide strike,
called by the central trade unions on Tuesday.

However, private ports across the country functioned
normally.

There was hardly any loading and unloading of containers at
the Jawaharlal Nehru port, which handled about 50 per cent of the country's
container traffic, a senior official said.

At Mumbai port, operations at the bulk terminal were
affected. At Kandla port in Gujarat, 95 per cent of the workers did not report
for duty. Dry cargo movement was severely affected.

Movement of cargo was also affected at Kochi, Vizag and New
Mangalore ports.

Source: The Business Line