# Workers’ stir demanding accident compensation hits cargo operation

> Hundreds of CFH workers at Paradip port in Odisha staged agitation on Sunday demanding compensation after a worker died in an accident. Loading and unloading of goods trains were disrupted and several trains were stranded on the Cuttack-Paradip line.

- Date: 2017-10-30 · published 2017-10-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68480-workers-stir-demanding-accident-compensation-hits-cargo-operation
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A localized labour stoppage at an Indian port has limited effect on global feed commodity flows and prices.

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## Sources

- newindianexpress.com: https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2017/Oct/30/workers-stir-demanding-accident-compensation-hits-cargo-operation-1686706.html

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