Workers at the Port of Hamburg, Europe’s third-largest container port and the largest railway port, have followed through on their threat of a strike.
In addition to Hamburg, the German ports of Emden, Bremen, Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven are also impacted by striking workers. About 70% of Germany’s port workforce is unionized.
One of the port employers, HHLA-Unternehmenskommunikation (HHLA), told American Shipper the German trade union ver.di called for a warning strike from 3 to 7:30 p.m....
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