The Federation of Port and Dock Workers, part of France’s CGT labor union, has called for a 72-hour stoppage of port operations from Thursday, it said Wednesday. It had previously called for a 24-hour stoppage on Thursday and said it would decide on furtheraction on Wednesday. Shipping sources expected operations to be disrupted at Le Havre, Rouen, Brest, Lorient, Dongesand St. Nazaire, La Pallice, Bordeaux, as well as Fos and Lavera. Operations at the CIM oil terminalat Le Havre have already been affected by the industrial action. The CGT union told local media that deliveries from seven of the eight French refineries would be blocked until Friday. Earlier it called for further escalation of the industrial action at all refineries over January 7-10, with no products leaving any of the eight plants in France for […]