Verdi has called for about 11,000 port employees to walk off the job tonight in key hubs including Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven as wage talks fail.
Original equipment manufacturers are encountering conflicting market forces stemming from increasing global energy demand alongside the disruption of US wind projects.
The project and a simultaneous volume surge reduced capacity at the Chicago-area terminal, although the railroad and its customers differ over how severely the disruption affected container availability.
