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Rotterdam Port lashers to continue strike for undefined period of time, union says
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 10, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 10, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Lashers at Rotterdam Port are on an indefinite strike, causing a backlog of ships. The union rejected a wage increase offer, impacting Europe's largest port.
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Lashers at the port of Rotterdam will continue their strike for an undefined period of time, labour union FNF said on Friday, after they rejected an offer for a wage increase made by the companies involved.
The strike has created a growing backlog of container ships that can't be loaded or offloaded in Europe's largest port in recent days.
(Reporting by Charlotte Van Campenhout, Editing by Bart Meijer)
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