SloopJohnB 162 Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 12 hours ago, Dtwo said: Secondly - POAL. 30 vacancies for 2 YEARS? WTF? I can't recall an issue like this 12 & 24 months ago where I waiting for my Christmas presents. I thought the automation project was going live mid 2020 plus the 6 weeks of Covid shutdown it should be working by September by my calls. I listened to the CEO of Communications POAL yesterday what a lot of fuzzy wessel works but that's what they get paid for. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dagwood 38 Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 Seems very odd they can't attract / retain staff and I would have thought COVID would have made that a bit easier if anything. Mind you, he did mention some roles were being paid "the living wage". Perhaps things have changed since the old days when a port worker was extremely well paid and had access to numerous perks. Or did they reduce staff in advance of the automation coming on stream? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Veladare 43 Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 The latter. When I cut my teeth as a stevedore it was 2 hours on 2 off, 2 hours on, 2 off...so if you did a double shift and worked the first 8 hours, you got paid 8 hours whilst sitting in the pub.... I personally thought it was ridiculous as the work (Lashing) was deemed the hardest job on the boat, it was hard, but it didnt require 2 hours off after 2 hours on... and the 2 hours on included the time to get to and off the boat. I really enjoyed the work truth be told, the full time stevedores, not to much.. 3rd world Teamsters, at best. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maca 4 Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 What is the deal with those ginormous new cranes? When I sail passed they don't seem to be operating all that much. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 62 Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 We watched those 3 new cranes as we slowly drifted by on Wednesday night. Ship full of containers. 2 cranes doing nothing. 1 crane trying to unload a container, stopped in mid-air most of the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Addem 36 Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 There’s been lots of coverage in the news. POT went automation and let go lots of staff. Automation isn’t working and now don’t have enough trained staff. Especially crane operators. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Romany 83 Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 Wasn't it Nero that fiddled while Rome burned? Phil = that guy. Elliot749 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 661 Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 Crane Drivers? Its not that hard to drive a crane. Construction sector is booming. Better pay and less shift work elsewhere. Just pay your crane drivers more, its not rocket science... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 661 Posted December 14, 2020 Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 The problem is not going away. Couple of guys out in a dinghy protesting, waiting for 7 containers of wine they need to sell before Christmas... https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/123704331/wine-company-takes-to-the-seas-to-protest-the-backlog-at-the-ports Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Romany 83 Posted December 14, 2020 Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 Cheap publicity stunt. Hope they used a mothership to get out there - its a foolhardy man out in the bay with the amcup missiles flying a round plus normal day to day lunatics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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