At the coordination meeting with the participation of the administration of JSC “Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg” deputy director of the October Railway Oleg Valinskiy confirmed that there were no waiting lines of railcars in the port or on the adjacent territories.

According to the results of two strike days, handling of railcars is carried out as scheduled. The management of the group of companies took preventative measures against possible idle time of the rolling stock, having informed in due time the October Railway about the forthcoming strike. JSC “Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg” determined the speed of the discharge of the rolling stock under the current conditions, scheduled the prompt group actions with regard to the delivery of the cargoes, and especially of those handled by direct variant.

The representatives of the October Railway were satisfied by the results of the meeting and expressed their understanding and confidence with regard to the measures taken by the management team of JSC “Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg” to resolve the current situation.

Reference: Handling operations are carried out with direct involvement of cargo owners, who have to look for their own manpower.

Furthermore, the operations are carried out by the dockers from the stevedoring companies who refused to participate in the strike. According to the results of the first strike day only half of the workers (about 500) of the First, Second and Fourth stevedoring companies took part in the strike (the strike committee declared up to 2000 participants).


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