Strike holds up 38 oil tankers at France's biggest oil port


  • World
  • Saturday, 28 May 2016

PARIS (Reuters) - Managers have taken over operations and reopened pipes at the CIM oil port terminal in Le Havre, northern France, after union members decided to extend their strike on Friday, a CGT union official said.

CIM, which handles about 40 percent of French crude imports, has not been able to deliver crude to refineries and refined products to the market since Tuesday after workers joined a nationwide rolling strike against planned labour reforms.

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