Workers have raised their concerns over the potential loss of jobs as a result of increased automation at the Dutch port.
On Sunday, they refused to discharge a vessel that loaded at the new Rotterdam Gateway terminal, in what was believed to be a test operation, and then moved to the ECT terminal.
Paddy Crumlin, president of the ITF, said: “Rotterdam is a giant among the world’s ports and should be a model of good industrial relations.
“We
