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Dockers at Merseyside refinery refuse to unload Russian oil
Action at Stanlow echoes steps taken in Kent and the Netherlands, as dissent over Ukraine invasion spreads.Dockworkers at the Ellesmere Port refinery in Cheshire have refused to unload Russian oil, echoing steps taken by counterparts at a gas terminal in Kent and in the Netherlands, as dissent spread across European ports in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
Unite said it had informed the owner of the Stanlow refinery, India’s Essar Group, that its members would “under no circumstances unload any Russian oil regardless of the nationality of the vessel which delivers it”.
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Ten oil tankers are en route to Rotterdam from Russia, with about 40 more Russian ships due to dock at Europe’s biggest port in the coming month, shipping data shows.
Dutch dockers said on Friday they would not offload the cargoes and were preparing for a legal backlash from oil companies and shippers.
“There is blood on this oil, blood on this coal and blood on the gas,” said Niek Stam, a spokesperson for FNV Havens, the largest Dutch dockworkers’ union.
“We are in the process of finding out how we can boycott it without risking an enormous fine in court,” he told the investigative journalism unit Source Material.
The Dutch government has taken no action against Russian ships.
Stam said he feared being sued by Russian businesspeople or Dutch oil companies who would “bankrupt his union”, if he encouraged dockers to reject Russian cargoes before his government takes action. FNV Havens has consulted lawyers in readiness for that eventuality.
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