Date: Friday, May 7, 2010

Re:	Update on Spanish port strikes, new strike action in South Africa

Update on Spanish port strikes:

The Valencia port strike has been cancelled. Also the Spanish Stevedore's union has unofficially announced that the national strike scheduled for next Tuesday May 11th through 14th may not occur, but we await final confirmation. However the scheduled strikes for Tuesday May 18th to 21st and from Tuesday May 25th onwards are still in place.

New strike action in South Africa:

The SATAWU and UTATU unions have announced a strike action for Monday May 10th which is expected to affect operations at Durban port and possibly Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. We will keep you infomed of the extent of the strike on port operations as it becomes clearer on Monday.