Three ships are being investigated in the face of the dock workers' blockade

2022-03-19T16:47:12.512Z

The Swedish Port Workers' Union is investigating three ships that may come from Russia. The union has issued a notice of blockade. - On the one hand, we must investigate whether the ships come from Russia, which we believe. Partly if the intention is to add in Swedish ports, says Erik Helgeson at the Port Workers' Union.

On Thursday, the Swedish Port Workers' Union issued a notice of a blockade of Russian ships and Russian goods arriving at Swedish ports.

The notice is actually valid from 28 March.

- Hopefully we know whether it is Russian ships and intend to dock in Sweden on Monday, says vice chairman Erik Helgeson to SVT.

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The three vessels under investigation will arrive at the end of next week, ie before the blockade is planned to take effect.

Should it turn out that the ships have a Russian connection and want to dock in Sweden, the Port Workers' Union, which is located in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö, among other places, will probably bring the blockade forward, Erik Helgeson points out.

- It could have legal consequences with the risk of fines.

It does not feel so dangerous but risks taking focus from the main issue so we get to see how we do, he says.

The vessels in question are loaded with, among other things, pulpwood and metals.

The trade union Transport has also opened up for a blockade, but wants to wait for a message from the government.

Transport, which also has many members in the ports, hopes that the government, and even more preferably the EU, will make an overall decision to stop the ships.

- If we do not receive a message before Tuesday, we may have to take our own measures, the chairman Tommy Wreeth has told TT.

Employers' organization critical

The employers 'organization Swedish Ports, on the other hand, believes, like Minister of Infrastructure Tomas Eneroth, that the Ports Workers' Union should wait to act.

According to Swedish ports, it is important to “stand behind the intention of the European Parliament's resolution;

All restrictions should be EU-wide ”.

- We want to see clearer decisions from the government regarding how Russian-controlled ships should be handled in Swedish ports and it is urgent, says Marcus Dahlsten, CEO of the Ports of Sweden, in a press release.

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