Gothenburg Shut-Out Shows Cost of Port Labor Disputes — Panjiva
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Gothenburg Shut-Out Shows Cost of Port Labor Disputes

Corp - Ports 908 Corp - Shipping 1025 Mode - Bulk 139 Mode - Containerized 1523 Mode - Seaborne 1845 Mode - Tanker 187 Strikes 78 Sweden 19 U.S. 5398

Disruptions to operations at Maersk’s Gothenburg port in Sweden look set to continue after a deal between the company and unions wasn’t reached regarding redundancies. So far 240 hours of lockouts by the company have occurred since mid-June. That has resulted in shipments to the U.S. have fallen 15% vs. May and 29% on a year earlier, Panjiva data shows. Grimaldi is the most exposed container-line with 59% of U.S.-bound traffic, while consignees in the U.S. include steelmaker Ovako, Volvo Cars, Ikea and Glencore.

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