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Sergey Ashmarin
Employees tasked with unloading and securing containers on vessels and docks initiated a 48-hour strike at the Port of Rotterdam on Wednesday. The strike mainly impacts the container terminals of the port.
Workers from International Lashing Service and Matrans Marine Services, affiliated with the FNV union, are calling for a further 7% raise in wages.
Extended strikes at key container ports may affect worldwide trade, Bloomberg observes. Twelve months prior, a dockworkers' strike at U.S. ports caused a considerable accumulation of container vessels along the Atlantic shoreline.
The Port of Antwerp reported that by Thursday morning, 65 vessels were unplanned, and 27 were facing delays. At the Port of Bruges, the strike caused delays for seven vessels.
source: bloomberg.com
Workers from International Lashing Service and Matrans Marine Services, affiliated with the FNV union, are calling for a further 7% raise in wages.
Extended strikes at key container ports may affect worldwide trade, Bloomberg observes. Twelve months prior, a dockworkers' strike at U.S. ports caused a considerable accumulation of container vessels along the Atlantic shoreline.
The Port of Antwerp reported that by Thursday morning, 65 vessels were unplanned, and 27 were facing delays. At the Port of Bruges, the strike caused delays for seven vessels.
source: bloomberg.com
