German dockworkers strike
Local media reports from Germany show that Hamburg Port operator HHLA Group recently issued a notice that dock workers are expected to launch a new round of strikes starting from June 7, local time in Germany.
As Europe’s third largest container port, a strike by dockworkers at the Port of Hamburg in Germany may plunge the port into unprecedented chaos.
Currently, ports in the Nordic region are generally facing difficulties with container congestion. The strike by Verdi, Germany’s largest service industry union, will further exacerbate congestion at port terminals.
German newspaper Die Welt reports that congestion in Hamburg is worsening, with container ships having to wait two weeks to enter the port.
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), Europe’s top port and transport logistics company, said the growing congestion was due to a slowdown in container processing, especially as imports from the Far East were not moving quickly enough by truck and train.
Dockers strike could trigger ‘super crash’
As Europe’s third largest container port, a strike by dockworkers at the Port of Hamburg in Germany may plunge the port into unprecedented chaos.
Currently, ports in the Nordic region are generally facing difficulties with container congestion. The strike by Verdi, Germany’s largest service industry union, will further exacerbate congestion at port terminals.
German newspaper Die Welt reports that congestion in Hamburg is worsening, with container ships having to wait two weeks to enter the port.
“The waiting time is unsatisfactory,” a spokesman for Hapag-Lloyd said of the burger.
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), Europe’s top port and transport logistics company, said the growing congestion was due to a slowdown in container processing, especially as imports from the Far East were not moving quickly enough by truck and train.
In addition to congestion, the Kiel Institute for Economic Research estimates that around 2% of the world’s container loads are stuck in ports. There are also growing concerns that longshoremen may be preparing to strike.
The dockers’ proposed strike comes as consumer prices in Europe’s largest economy soared 8.7% year-on-year last month – the highest level since monthly statistics began in 1963.
South Korean truck drivers strike nationwide
According to the latest reports: Union leaders said that freight truck drivers of the national union held a general strike on Tuesday (June 7), demanding that the government adjust the current truck charging system to ensure the basic wages of truck drivers and cope with soaring fuel prices. cost.
The Teamsters union threatened an indefinite general strike last month, protesting that soaring diesel prices were stifling their right to exist. Most of the Truck Drivers’ Union’s 25,000 members, led by the Korea Federation of Trade Unions, are expected to join today’s strike, as well as many non-union truckers.
It was previously reported that the labor contract at the West American Port will expire on July 1, but the current negotiations have not been successfully concluded. The suspension of negotiations has added uncertainties to the subsequent port congestion crisis.
The 29 ports on the West Coast of the United States (including Los Angeles, Long Beach, Seattle, Tacoma and Oakland, etc.) handle approximately 60% of imported containers from Asia, and have a total of approximately 22,000 dock workers.
The Kiel Institute of Economics estimates that about 2% of the world’s container loads are stuck in ports. Whether it is ongoing or upcoming, strikes by dock workers and truck drivers have increasingly become one of the important factors that make it difficult to alleviate port congestion.
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