Stevedoring
The workers operating the loading or unloading a ship’s cargo. Includes employment agencies, trade unions and any strike action.
EC says Spanish port reform decree complies with rules
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – The European Commission (EC) said that the decree approved yesterday by the Spanish parliament to liberalise the...
Vigo port president says dock strikes affect entire Spanish economy
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – In Vigo port, which has the largest group of stevedores in the region of Galicia, the consequences of the conflict...
Spanish dockworkers trade unions express readiness to negotiate
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18, 2017 – Spanish dockworkers trade unions consider that the government is “giving” them a...
Spanish minister asks dockworkers for “common sense”
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18, 2017 – Spanish Minister of Public Works, Inigo de la Serna, today asked trade unions of dockers and employers for...
Spanish Congress ratifies stowage sector reform decree
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18, 2017 – The Spanish Congress of Deputies has ratified by a simple majority the royal decree of reform of the...
Portuguese stevedores not to service ships diverted from Spain
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – After the Spanish government approved a decree for the reform of the stowage sector and trade unions announced...
Spanish parliament to discuss stowage sector reform on May 18
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – A new call for strikes in Spanish ports by the stowage trade unions has not had an impact, at the moment, on...
Spanish minister warns against consequences of dockworkers’ strike
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Spanish Minister of Public Works Inigo de la Serna warned against the risks that the strikes of stevedores...
Spanish government approves decree on port stowage reform
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 12, 2017 –  The Spanish government has approved on May 12 a new decree for the reform of the country’s port...
Spanish government to guarantee car handling at ports by SAGEP employees
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2017 – Spanish Ministry of Public Works will ensure that dockers of monopoly Sociedad Anónima de Gestión de...
Madeira regional government cancels ports cargo handling concession
Funchal, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – The Madeira regional government has cancelled the concession of OPM-Company Port Operations Madeira, Lda for...
Spain braces for another storm of stowage strikes
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) April 22, 2017 – After the truce declared on March 16 with the rejection in the Congress of Deputies of the stevedoring...
Spanish government still not ready with mediation rules on stevedoring dispute
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 19, 2017 – After Holy Week, the complete wording of the normative text that will shape the proposal for mediation in...
Barcelona port benefits from stevedoring problems in Spain
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 17, 2017 – The traffic of goods in the main Spanish ports shows signs of stagnation during the beginning of 2017 due...
Spanish government sets Holy Week as deadline for adoption of stowage sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 6, 2017 – Spanish government has set the Holy Week as the deadline for the approval of the reform in the stowage...
Spain’s Anesco accepts mediator’s proposal in stowage reform dispute
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring companies association Anesco has accepted the proposal of agreement on the reform of the...
Spanish stevedores’ trade unions reject mediation in labour dispute
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2017 – Spanish stevedores’ trade unions have indicated that no mediation is necessary to resolve conflict in...
Dockworkers, employers’ association fail to strike deal on stowage agreement
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2017 – The meeting between the stevedoring unions and the employers’ association ANESCO on the collective...
Spanish dockworkers ask government to adopt retirement plan
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2017 – Representatives of Spanish dockworkers have asked the government to adopt a preliminary retirement plan...
IDC calls off strike on March 23
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 21, 2017 – The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) announced the cancellation of the strikes planned for March 23...