Growth by acquisition in the global forwarding market has long been regarded as a crucial competitive tool, but there has been a sharp increase in the number of takeovers this year.
Sweden
Sweden
25 Aug 2017
A dispute between dockworkers and management is in its second year and there is no solution in sight.
28 Jun 2017
“ILA Dockers say to Maersk: ‘YOU CAN’T HACK MAN POWER!’”
20 Jun 2017
“We are in a critical situation.”
23 May 2017
The Swedish government is coming under increasing pressure to intervene in the year-long industrial dispute at APM Terminals Gothenburg.
19 May 2017
The union had suspended industrial action in hope of cutting a deal with APM Terminals.
11 May 2017
APM Terminals has announced a partial six-week lockout at its Gothenburg terminal, ratcheting up a year-long dispute at Scandinavia’s largest container hub.
07 Mar 2017
The dispute, which flared last spring, has cost the cost the terminal more than 30,000 containers.
18 Feb 2017
The union and APM Terminals agreed to return to the negotiating table to settle year-long strife.
03 Feb 2017
Last year’s traffic is 82,000 TEUs less than passed through Scandinavia’s largest container hub in 2010 as world trade started to recover from the global financial crisis.
18 Jan 2017
Shippers and shipping lines face further disruption at the port of Gothenburg as the dockworker union there called for a strike.
Speakers:
Bob Andrews, Senior Vice President, CenterPoint Properties
