French Fos-Lavera strike blocks 24 oil vessels-port

A French rolling port strike at the country’s strategic Fos-Lavera oil hub near Marseille entered its fourth day on Thursday, blocking a total of 24 oil tankers, the port authority said. The strikers, who are protesting against a French pension bill and aim to secure job guarantees as part of a port reform, were blocking 9 crude oil tankers and 15 oil product vessels.