As of: January 29, 2024, 9:29 a.m
By: Elias Bartl
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The farmers dumped piles of dung in the middle of the road.
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Traffic collapse in Hamburg: Farmers block the port with tractors and cause traffic jams on the A7.
They spread piles of dung on the street.
Hamburg – Farmers with around 100 tractors are currently blocking the Finkenwerder Ring and thus the access routes to the port of Hamburg.
They dumped piles of manure on the road and started a fire in a barrel.
Unclear demands: Farmers' protest causes traffic jams on the A7
The police are on their way to the scene to talk to the farmers.
The exact demands of the farmers are currently unclear, according to a police spokesman from Hamburg this morning.
Traffic collapse in Hamburg: farmers' protest blocks the port
Over 100 track gates block the streets in the harbor in the morning.
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The blockade is causing a traffic jam of 10 kilometers in the south and 8 kilometers in the north on the A7 motorway.
Waltershofer Strasse, Finkenwerder Strasse and Finkenwerder Ring are completely blocked, resulting in traffic coming to a standstill, a spokesman for the traffic control center said upon request.