Dockworkers at 113 ports from 22 countries will engage in the largest coordinated port action against war on Friday, October 30. Over 25 unions across five continents will refrain from transporting arms shipments to Israel for 24 hours.
Economic Impact and Volume of Transport
The participating ports manage 13.5% of global transport and 63% of container activity in the Mediterranean. In these strikes, 52,000 containers will be halted, with the value of the stopped shipments reaching $2.8 billion. The delays caused by this action will cost approximately $57 million.
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International Scope and Solidarity
This action will particularly take place as 24-hour strikes in the ports of France, Italy, Greece, and Turkey. Additionally, stoppages will occur in Morocco, Cyprus, and other countries. The first international day of action on February 6 of this year involved 20 ports in seven countries and halted five suspicious ships. This Friday's action is more than five times larger and for the first time extends beyond the borders of Europe and the Mediterranean to countries such as India, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, and the West Coast of the United States.
This action comes one year after the ceasefire in Gaza, which has not stopped the ongoing killings. Since the implementation of this ceasefire, at least 1,400 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza. Additionally, in the West Bank, settlements continue, and Palestinians are being driven from their homes.
Dockworkers have been halting arms shipments one by one for the past two years. For example, workers in Tangier stopped bombs related to Israel for over two months, and in Piraeus, they blocked arms shipments four times. In this context, labor strikes in various countries have led to the halting of arms shipments and the discovery of military cargo.
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