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Shipping Corp Seafarers on Hunger Strike

Union.   “The arrears haven’t been given for over a year now. So the seafarers of 16 ships of Shipping Corporation which include tanker vessels among others have gone on hunger strike,” Abdulgani Y Serang, general secretary of the National Union of Seafarers of India told Business Standard newspaper. “There has been no response from the company so far,” he added.   Shipping Corporation has 2,500 seafarers. If more join the agitation, the country's merchandise trade could be affected, experts said.   V K Bhandari, Vice President of Fleet Personnel Department