Industrial action at the Ichthys LNG project offshore Australia has started to affect loadings, with Reuters reporting that one tanker has been delayed as a result of the limited strike.
The strike, limited to two hours in the mornings and two hours in the evenings, began earlier this week, after trade unions representing workers at Ichthys and the operator of the project, Japan’s Inpex, failed to reach an agreement on wages and working conditions.
The Pacific Breeze LNG carrier docked at Ichthys to load a cargo for delivery in Taiwan. Loading, however, has been delayed because of the strike, the Offshore Alliance, which represents the workers, said in a social media post as 引 by Reuters. Originally, the Pacific Breeze was scheduled to load on May 31 and arrive at its destination on June 9, Kpler data cited by Reuters showed.
由两个工会组成的海上联盟上个月通知日本国际石油开发株式会社（Inpex），该公司位于伊克西斯（Ichthys）的液化天然气项目可能即将发生罢工。海上联盟的一位发言人在5月18日的一份声明中表示：“我们已经明确告知Inpex，我们不会仅仅因为Inpex六个月来懒得阅读我们的诉求就接受我们谈判诉求被忽视。”.
The strike, although limited for now, could broaden to full-scale industrial action later this month unless the differences between workers and the employer are resolved. Meanwhile, LNG prices in Asia are 75% higher than they were before the war between the United States and Israel against Iran began at the end of February. Any additional disruption, such as a strike in the world’s second-largest LNG exporter, would add to the price pain for energy importers in the world’s largest LNG market. The Ichthys project has a capacity for 9.3 million tons of liquefied gas annually.
作者：Irina Slav，来源：Oilprice.com
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