D-Port: Priority of the employee’s health and the thorough examination of the incident

By Anastasia Vamvaka

An announcement was made by D-Port, managing company of piers II and III for Cosco for the work accident that happened today at dawn.

“Today, during the night shift, at 4.45 am, there was an accident on a worker on a docked ship who was performing scheduled work. “The colleague was immediately transported to the private Metropolitan hospital for medical treatment. According to the treating doctors, the employee’s condition is out of danger and his stay in the hospital continues as a precaution.”

“Everyone’s priority at the moment,” the company said, “should be the employee’s health and a thorough examination of the incident data. has committed and submitted concrete proposals and timetables in the midst of an open and constructive dialogue.Any other actions are aimed solely at disrupting any positive development.The main concern of D-Port Services has been, is and will always be to ensure the work of our 2,100 employees , the future of themselves and their families as well as the projection of the truth in order to avoid misinformation by those who aim to divide our employees.

Finally, D-Port and its partner companies inform you that they will do everything in their power to protect the peace and dignity of the workers, will not deviate from what was originally agreed and will abide by all the commitments they have made in the negotiation process. ” .

Work stoppage until midnight on Thursday and strike on May 1 and 2, is the plan decided at the assembly of dock workers that took place on Thursday morning at piers II and III of COSCO. At 7 pm on Thursday, a new general assembly will be held, where all developments up to that point will be re-evaluated.

The announcement of the Ministry of Shipping

This morning, the Port Authority of Keratsini was informed about the injury of a 38-year-old dock worker, during work on the overloaded PV container ship under a foreign flag, at pier III of the Piraeus Container Station S.E. ) in the area of ​​Neos Ikonios Keratsini.

Specifically, the 38-year-old during the process of loading and unloading containers on the above ship, fell from a height from where he was working, for an unknown reason on the deck of the ship, resulting in his injury. The man was transported unconscious by an ambulance of the PPA. SA in a private hospital where he is treated. Preliminary investigation is carried out by the NW Port Department of Keratsini of the Central Port Authority of Piraeus.