German port strike 'chaos' set for Thursday as talks collapse
German dockers are set to commence a 48-hour strike on Thursday as wage negotiations with ...
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This evening marks the closing event of the Hamburg shipping week, when the 66th Eisbeinessen is held at the CCH Congress Centrum and the city becomes the hub of the shipping world for the 5,000 industry professionals and their guests who attend.
The Eisbein – always held on the first Friday in November – is a key event in the shipping calendar and remains the biggest annual maritime event in the world.
Organised by a committee from the VHSS – the Association ...
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Janny Kok
November 07, 2014 at 2:42 pmI’m wondering what it would be like to sit at table with thousands of top brass in the shipping industry. In Rotterdam and Amsterdam we have to make do with maritime dinners that attract hundreds (close to a thousand) attendees. We call these get-togethers ‘gezellig'(pleasant).
Gavin van Marle
November 07, 2014 at 3:11 pmWhich in German is “gemutlich” and in Danish “gemytlig”. And we have no equivalent in English – which might tell you something about our national character…
Ummo Bruns
November 07, 2014 at 7:58 pmLuckily the waiters and the butchers were not on strike in Hamburg . Happy Eibeining!