News / Strike across Flemish waterways disrupts Antwerp port operations

Major strikes across Flemish waterways will lead to supply chain disruption, and has hit operations at Antwerp – the second biggest container port in Europe. 

Action by marine pilots and public service workers, which has spread across Flanders, Belgium, has resulted in lock closures and congestion, as unions VSOA and ACOD respond to reforms to the Flemish civil service statute.   

Port of Antwerp told The Loadstar the industrial action started on Monday, and it was “very hard to predict” how long ...