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Swedish port conflict has cost business billions of Swedish kroner

Swedish business has paid dearly for the port conflict in Gothenburg, which has had significant impacts on imports and exports into Sweden. A new study has put a price on the conflict.
Photo: PR-foto: G. Assner
Photo: PR-foto: G. Assner
by LOUISE VOGDRUP-SCHMIDT

Swedish business has lost SEK 4.5 billion (USD 510 million) over a conflict between APM Terminals and port workers in Gothenburg, which has seen strikes on several occasions and blockades across 2017.

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