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          Shipping Stevedoring Port Services Hydrocarbons Diving  Sep-Oct 2008 
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BHP to withdraw from stevedoring20 November 2001By Maritime Union of Australia - BHP Billiton has announced it is contracting out all its stevedoring operations in Australia and New Zealand in the first quarter of 2002.
Some 232 MUA stevedoring members will be affected in four ports - Whyalla, Bell Bay, Westernport and Port Kembla. "The key issue for the MUA is protecting members' entitlements," said Deputy National Secretary Mick O'Leary. ?And that includes super, industry start dates and security of employment.? O'Leary reports that all major Australian Stevedoring companies have tendered for the work as well as international operators. National council resolved that the MUA would work jointly with the New Zealand Waterside Workers' Union as BHP is seeking a single operator for both its australian and NZ operations. The New Zealand ports of Towaringa, Napier and Littleton. Delegates and port committees are being involved in all aspects of negotiations. For further information
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