Industries
All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual industry categories.
Three companies leave Anesco association
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – At least three companies in the stowage sector that reject the bilateral agreements signed with the...
Most Spanish dockworkers do not join strike on June 21
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Many stevedores have decided not to join the strike called for today in most of the Spanish ports. As trade...
Bari, Durrës ports sign cooperation deal for cargo, passenger traffic
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Bari and Durrës ports agreed to set up a cooperation project to facilitate the flow of cargo and passengers...
Spain’s Concasa Huelva signs agreement with stevedoring trade unions
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring company Concasa Huelva SL and trade unions signed an agreement which guarantees that the...
Spain’s OPCSA signs separate agreement with trade unions
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – The stevedoring operator at Canary Islands ports, Operaciones Portuarias Canarias, SA (OPCSA) has joined the...
Valencia regional employers association confident of labour agreement at local port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Valencia regional employers association Confederación Empresarial Valenciana (CEV) has expressed confidence...
Only 27.8% of dockworkers participate in strike on Spanish ports on June 21
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – The participation of dockworkers in the strike of stevedores on June 21 has fallen to 27.8% from 97-%100% in...
Steel traffic compensates natural gas decline at Sagunto port in Jan-May 2017
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – The strategy of diversification of traffic at the port of Sagunto, undertaken years ago by Valencia port...
Spanish tile association warns against port strike consequences
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Spanish association of ceramic tiles (Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Azulejos y Pavimentos Cerámicos...
Pasaia port dockers fully support June 21 strike
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – The trade unions of dockers at Pasaia port totally supported the strike called for June 21. The dock workers...
Spanish stevedoring employers send labour reform proposal to trade unions
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – The employers association of dockworkers in Spain has sent a proposal to trade unions, including a clause that...
Vigo seeks to attract cruise calls of UK-based companies
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Next year will be one of the poorest in the history of Vigo port in terms of cruise calls. To date, the list of...
A Coruña port approves liquid bulk cargo terminal construction application
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – A Coruña port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña) has approved an application by Deep Water Oil...
Algeciras port books record-high cargo traffic in May
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Algeciras port closed May with record-high traffic figures of 9 million tonnes, up 2.3% on the year. However,...
Spanish minister calls on dockworkers to avoid more strikes
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has once again called for “an effort” by the...
Spanish dockworkers trade union CETM elects president for another four-year term
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Spanish dockworkers trade union Confederación Española de Transporte de Mercancías (CETM) has appointed...
Cilsa adopts framework agreement for Barcelona port logistics zone development
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Spain’s Cilsa SA, the operator of the logistics activities zone of Barcelona port, has signed a...
Uniport considers Cosco’s acquisition in Bilbao positive
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Members of business association Uniport, an entity that has been working on the promotion of the port-logistics...
Novadeal to use Ukrainian subcontractors in Port Yuzhniy dredging
Port Yuzhniy, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Novadeal Ltd, a subsidiary of the Belgian DEME Group, which had won a contract for operational dredging...
EC welcomes international agreement to increase the safety of passenger ships
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – On June 16, 2017, the European Commission commented on the international agreement adopted this week...