Shipping traffic halted by wildcat strike in Finland

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More than half of Finland's freight traffic was brought to a standstill on Tuesday 2 February by a wildcat strike by 1000 stevedores in seven ports.

The Swedish Wire reported:
"Seven ports have informed us that operations are at a standstill and workers have gone on an illegal strike," Juha Mutru, chief executive of the Finnish Port Operators Association, told AFP.

"Container traffic is more or less at a standstill, and more than half of Finland's freight traffic has ground to a halt," he said.