BELGIAN ONE-DAY STRIKE HITS TRANSPORT, SHIPPING A 24-hour strike by Belgian public employees protesting against a government pay offer disrupted transport and hit ferry services and shipping, port and union officials said. Some cross-Channel ferry services from Ostend were cancelled, the local news agency Belga said. An Antwerp port authority spokesman said electricians came out in support, reducing ship movements to a trickle. Unions said Ghent and other major Belgian ports were also hit. Few trains were running and some early morning flights by Sabena, Belgian's national airline, were cancelled.