UPDATE: Strike Notice in Finland

Finnish Transport Workers’ Union AKT has announced a strike for the stevedoring sector at all Finnish ports from March 11, 6 AM. During the industrial action no driverless units are loaded on board or unloaded from ships. The strike is expected to continue until March 25, 6 AM.

UPDATE 21.03.2024: It has just been announced that the strike will continue until April 1, 6 AM.

UPDATE 02.04.2024: It has now been announced that the strike will continue until April 8, 6 AM.

The stevedoring strike significantly reduces the transport capacity to/from Finland by sea. DHL Freight strives to arrange a limited amount of transports by road using special arrangements and routes available at the time, at an additional cost. We would like to emphasize that capacity is limited on all routes and thus the international road transport options are limited as well. Normal transport schedules don't apply.

During the industrial action no driverless units are loaded on board or unloaded from ships. Thus only modules with tractor and driver are currently allowed. DHL reserves the right to apply strike surcharges to import and export loadings to and from Finland during this period, and we will inform our affected customers about this as needed.

We will do our best to minimize the delays to our customers’ shipments to and from Finland. However, if the strike starts it is obvious that disruptions cannot be avoided.

As the situation may change very quickly, please check the latest status from Customer Service when making a new transport booking.

DHL Freight will also continue to monitor the situation closely and we publish updates, if necessary, through news articles on our web pages, among others.

Further information available from your DHL Freight Customer Service or your normal Sales contact.