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As the RMT union leads UK rail workers in their second day of walkouts, new industrial action is also under way at German ports.

Negotiations in Bremen between German trade union ver.di and the Central Association of German Seaport Companies (ZDS) broke down yesterday.

Beginning at 6am, the strikes are affecting the ports of Bremerhaven, Hamburg and Wilhelmshaven – road, rail and sea cargo, Maersk said – and run until 6am tomorrow.

According to Maya Schwiegershausen-Güth, ver.di head of maritime, ZDS appeared to ...

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