1.   Among them is Aiyeyimi, the former port authority worker.

2.   About a dozen unions backed the strike, including port workers who object to a government proposal to make ports independent.

3.   Leslie Nicholas, an analyst at GNI in London, said the dispute affects port workers, rather than refinery workers.

4.   Port workers are also expected to work tomorrow.

5.   Port workers in Assab, Eritrea, sitting alongside idle cranes.

6.   Still, a series of strikes by truckers and port workers in Colombia slowed exports of coffee and other commodities earlier this year.

7.   Still, two Japanese port workers unions who were not party to the agreement criticized it and said they were not bound to observe it, Jiji Press reported.

8.   The regulation is intended to protect the jobs of Japanese port workers.

9.   Very good cappuccino is served in the cafes, but it costs almost as much as the daily wage of a port worker.

10.   Participating port workers said they were pleased by the move.