The Khedivial Mail Line, of Alexandria, Egypt, which has been operating three ships between Alexandria and the United States east coast, has ordered its sailings to the United States canceled, due to the boycott against the line by the International Seafarers Union of the United States.
Word of an order to the line from the Government of the United Arab Republic reached here today. The company’s headquarters at Alexandria has sent notification of the cancelation of American sailings to all its offices around the world.
According to the circular, the International Seafarers Union has threatened to continue picketing the company’s ships, just as the union picketed the vessel Cleopatra in New York harbor last summer. The union’s picket line was established as a protest against the UAR’s blacklist of American shipping trading with Israel.
The company’s circular also stated that Khedivial is resigning from membership in the North Atlantic Shipping Conference, due to the cancelation of the sailings to and from the U. S. east coast.
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