Strike News


Oil Deliveries Disrupted by Port Congestion After Strike

Oct 16, 2025

Oil deliveries are being disrupted by congestion at the Belgian Port of Antwerp-Bruges after a harbour pilots' strike, analysts said, with the port authority counting up to 188 vessels still waiting to berth or depart.Analysts said oil deliveries…

Ship Backlog Grows Amidst Lashers' Strike at Rotterdam Port

Oct 09, 2025

Rotterdam, Europe's largest port, faced a growing ship backlog on Thursday as lashers - who secure a vessel's cargo - continued their strike for higher wages, a port spokesperson said.She added that the usual queue of six to seven ships had doubled to 13…

Harbor Pilot Protests Disrupt Shipping at Antwerp-Bruges

Oct 08, 2025

Marine traffic at Belgium's Port of Antwerp-Bruges has been severely disrupted by four days of industrial action by Flemish harbour pilots protesting against federal pension reforms, port authorities told Reuters on Wednesday.Antwerp harbour…

Harbor Pilots Protest Pension Reforms, Rotterdam Port Container Traffic Disrupted

Oct 08, 2025

Lashers in Europe's largest sea port Rotterdam went on a 48-hour strike on Wednesday afternoon to demand higher wages, while Flemish harbour pilots protesting about pension reforms in the main neighbouring Belgian port also disrupted marine traffic there…

Strike Halts Grain Ship Traffic at Argentina's Rosario Port

Apr 09, 2025

Grain and agro-industrial products ships will be unable to dock or leave Argentina's Rosario agro-port hub on Thursday because of a CGT union strike against government policies, the head of the private port chamber CAPyM said.The CGT's action…

Dockworkers, Employer Group to Restart Talks

Jan 03, 2025

The International Longshoremen's Association and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) are set to resume contract talks on Jan. 7, according to a person familiar with the matter.Talks between the ILA, which represents more than 45,000 dockworkers across the U…

As Greeks Strike, Ships Stop Moving

Nov 20, 2024

Ships docked at Greek ports, and railway and bus services were disrupted on Wednesday as transport workers, hospital doctors, school teachers and construction workers joined a nationwide strike to protest squeezed living standards and demand higher pay…

US Shippers Avoid East Coast Ports on Risk of Second Strike

Oct 30, 2024

U.S. shippers are steering clear of East and Gulf Coast ports amid worries the 45,000 dockworkers at those trade hubs will go on strike again if their union leader does not land a new contract with employers by a Jan. 15 deadline.The International…

U.S. Port Strike Settled— What happens next?

Oct 04, 2024

The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) announced in an historic development for U.S. maritime industry that they had reached a tentative agreement which officially ends the longshoremen…

US Port Strike Leaves Huge Cargo Backlog In Its Wake

Oct 04, 2024

U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports began reopening late on Thursday after dockworkers and port operators reached a wage deal to settle the industry's biggest work stoppage in nearly half a century, but clearing the cargo backlog will take time…

Ships Queue at US Ports as Dockworker Strike Enters Third Day

Oct 03, 2024

Long lines of container ships lined up outside major U.S. ports on Thursday as the biggest dockworker strike in nearly half a century entered its third day, preventing unloading and threatening shortages of everything from bananas to auto parts…

US Dockworker Strike: Talks at a Standstill

Oct 02, 2024

A strike by 45,000 dockworkers halting shipments at U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports entered its second day on Wednesday with no negotiations currently scheduled between the two sides, sources told Reuters.The lack of progress is raising…

White House Sides with Union as US Dockworker Strike Enters Second Day

Oct 02, 2024

President Joe Biden’s administration heaped pressure on U.S. port employers to raise their offer to secure a labor deal with dockworkers on strike for a second day on Wednesday, choking half the country’s ocean shipping.The strike by the International…

East Coast Dockworkers Strike Halts Half of US Ocean Shipping

Oct 01, 2024

Dockworkers on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast began a strike early on Tuesday, their first large-scale stoppage in nearly 50 years, halting the flow of about half the nation's ocean shipping after negotiations for a new labor contract broke down over wages…

Current News

Port Houston Surpasses Three Million TEUs

Trump, Xi Pause Port Fees on Each Other's Vessels

US Grants India Sanctions Waiver to run Iranian Port

Delayed Wheat Shipments at Egyptian Port Cleared to Unload

Subscribe for Maritime Logistics Professional E‑News