Following a four-week political strike, work resumed in Finnish ports on Monday. The CEO of Steveco, which operates in Helsinki, Kotka, and Hamina, reported that things were calm in the ports but an increase in activity was expected towards the end of the week.
Thousands of workers in ports and other industries returned to work on Monday after the strikes by the member unions of SAK ended. During the strike, goods were held in warehouses, causing delays in foreign trade. The CEO anticipated a rush of goods to start arriving in the ports this week, with several weeks needed to normalize the situation.
In different ports where Steveco operates, similar situations were reported. Ports in Helsinki, Hanko, and Turku saw an increase in activity as goods that were previously held back started to arrive. The CEO of Hanko Port estimated that it would take a couple of weeks for the flow of goods to return to normal. Despite the delays caused by the strikes, passenger traffic from Turku to Sweden continued uninterrupted.
Overall, despite four weeks of political strikes and temporary delays caused by them, Finnish ports are gradually returning to normalcy as work resumes and goods start flowing back into them after being held up in warehouses during the strike period.
