Europe's biggest container port, the Port of Rotterdam, is now hit by a 24 hour port worker strike which potentially could be long-term and spread to other major European gateways.
"The worst case scenario is that the port will be hit by a shutdown of container activities, which means that ships will neither be loaded nor unloaded. This will have a major impact on our customers," Pieter Hartog Head of APM Terminals Rotterdame told ShippingWatch few hours before the strike was initiated,
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