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The backlog of shipping that was created in Northern Europe due to a strike by lashers in Rotterdam and a slowdown by Belgian marine pilots is expected to ease in the coming days. The unions representing the container lashers working at Rotterdam\u2019s main container terminals report that they have reached a settlement over wages, while the Belgian pilots continue to work after pausing their job action.<\/span><\/p>\n

A large backlog developed in Belgium, where the sea pilots began a job slowdown on October 5 to protest government pensions reforms. By October 15, reports said that as many as 200 vessels were being delayed at Antwerp, as well as Zeebrugge and Ghent. Media reports said approximately 20 containerships had also bypassed scheduled calls at terminals in Antwerp due to the job action.<\/p>\n

Read more in an\u00a0article from The Maritime Executive<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The backlog of shipping that was created in Northern Europe due to a strike by lashers in Rotterdam and a slowdown by Belgian marine pilots is expected to ease in the coming days. The unions representing the container lashers working at Rotterdam\u2019s main container terminals report that they have reached a settlement over wages, while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":13720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[2093],"types-de-nouvelles":[],"class_list":["post-14019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-freight-news","tag-antwerp-en"],"yoast_head":"\nShipping Backlog Eases with Tentative Settlement in Rotterdam Strike - Axxess International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The backlog of shipping that was created in Northern Europe due to a strike by lashers in Rotterdam and a slowdown by Belgian marine pilots is expected to\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/shipping-backlog-eases-with-tentative-settlement-in-rotterdam-strike\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shipping Backlog Eases with Tentative Settlement in Rotterdam Strike - 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