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Customs officers strike; pix of port, queues for petrol

(16 Feb 2010) Piraeus 1. Wide of commercial port 2. Pan of containers on ship 3. Wide of customs office at port 4. Open door and sign reading (in Greek) "Customs Office" 5. Workers outside office 6. Close of sign reading (in Greek) "Strike" 7. Wide of port with trucks parked 8. Mid of covered cargo on truck 9. Wide of sign announcing strike 10. Tilt down of sign announcing strike 11. Trucks parked at port due to strike 12. Various of parked cars waiting to go through customs before being put on ship Athens 13. Wide of petrol station with long lines of cars waiting 14. Various of petrol station 15. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Petrol station owner (name not given) : "It is a product of primary necessity, and for that reason, people are afraid, and that is why the market wasn''t swayed by the increase in price." 16. Man waiting in car for petrol 17. Close of pump nozzle in car 18. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Dimitris Dertimalis, Customer: "They say that we''ll run out of gas with the strike they''ve announced. We don''t know how long it will last." 19. Attendant pumping petrol 20. Close up of price going up on pump as petrol is pumped STORYLINE: Greek customs officials went on a three-day strike on Tuesday to protest government austerity measures designed to pull the country out of a debt crisis that has shaken the entire eurozone. Activity at the port of Piraeus ground to a halt as the strike kicked in on Tuesday with containers left on ships and cars left waiting to be shipped. There was also concern the strike would affect the city''s petrol supplies and Athens residents queued outside petrol stations to fill up their cars. One petrol station owner said petrol was a "product of primary necessity" which is why there was a rush on it. European Finance ministers said in a statement that Greece must show by March 16 that it is on track to cut its deficit by a hefty 4 percent of gross domestic product, from a staggering 12.7 percent of gross domestic product to 8.7 percent this year, and that it will bring it under a 3 percent limit by 2012. The EU''s top economy official announced he would also probe Greece''s use of complex finance deals to mask debt in previous years. European national leaders pledged last week to help Greece "if needed to safeguard the financial stability of the euro area as a whole" but did not say how any bailout would work. The Greek government says it isn''t asking for a bailout and won''t need one. Eurozone finance ministers said on Monday that they want the Greek government to ready new spending cuts, increase sales and energy taxes and impose new levies on luxury goods, including cars if it cannot by mid-March show that it is making hefty deficit reductions. Greece has promised it will take such extra measures if it has to in order to restore its credibility, shattered by news that it falsified statistics to make its deficit look smaller last year and that it used complex financial deals to massage figures dating back to 2001. The Greek government, which is also promising to reform pensions and health care, is facing opposition at home to its current plan to freeze public sector pay. Traders'' fears that Greece might not make debt repayments increased Tuesday, with the spread of the Greek government bond widening to 3.35 percentage points against the benchmark German bond. The spread was below 3.00 points last week on hope of a detailed eurozone bailout plan. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...