News / German port strike 'chaos' set for Thursday as talks collapse

Striking dockers in Bremerhaven in June.

German dockers are set to commence a 48-hour strike on Thursday as wage negotiations with employers reached an impasse.

The industrial action by 12,000 port workers will halt operations at the key container hubs of Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven, and will be the third and longest period of industrial action in the increasingly bitter wage dispute.

If the strike goes ahead, it will have a serious impact on liner networks and worsen the already chronic supply chain congestion at North European container ...