Strikes in US, Asian and European ports threaten shippers

The latest strikes in ports of Asia, Europa y United States they represent a whole threat to shippers, precisely in the high season. Specifically, the arrests have been recorded in GermanySouth Korea and the west coast North America.

The first week of June, there was a brief warning strike in the port of Hamburg, the first in the main port of germany in more than three decades, which was seconded in Bremerhaven, Wilhelmshaven and Emden, in full negotiations on the wages in the stevedoring sector. All this occurs, moreover, at a time of great port congestion.

As for the Asia, the eight-day strike of the South Korean carriers has come to an end after a meeting with the Ministry of Transport in which a agreement in principle, which puts an end to a strike that has generated losses of hundreds of millions of dollars.

It should be noted that the strike movement had as its objective prevent raw materials from reaching semiconductor and petrochemical plants, while pointing to the container movements with many roads blocked.

Furthermore, in the port of Busan, which represents 80% of the country's container activitytraffic dropped to a third of normal levelssaid a government official. In the port of Incheon,  dropped to 20% of normal levels, while in the port of Ulsan, the industrial center where much of the strike took place, the container traffic was completely suspended

According to the west coast of united states, for the relief of loaders, the employers and the stevedores, who have been negotiating since May, are willing to reach an agreement for a new agreement. In this sense, today no type of strike or closure is planned, which would only worsen the current problems of the supply chain.

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