Citing unsafe work conditions, cargo handling company Haldia Bulk Terminals (HBT) on Wednesday announced its immediate exit from West Bengal’s Haldia port. Problems have been brewing at the dock complex, run by the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT), since HBT sacked 275 employees last month stating they were surplus. Operations of the firm, jointly promoted by ABG Shipyards of India and French logistics company LDA, have been hit since mid-September, with the retrenched workers, backed by the Trinamool Congress, agitating inside and outside the port along with trade union workers.