Stevedoring
The workers operating the loading or unloading a ship’s cargo. Includes employment agencies, trade unions and any strike action.
Spanish minister says rejection of stowage reform in Congress is surprising
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 17, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Inigo de la Serna expressed his surprise with the result of the voting in...
Spanish trade unions call off strikes of dockers
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 17, 2017 –Â Spanish trade unions have called off the strikes of dockworkers in the country, envisaged for March 17,...
ETF applauds rejection of liberalisation plan for Spanish port labour
Madrid, Spain, March 16, 2017 – The Spanish Parliament has rejected the controversial Real Decreto-Ley presented by the government to liberalise port...
Tenerife port is among top five Spanish ports for container traffic productivity
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Tenerife port is among the top five in Spain in terms of daily container traffic. At present, the dockers...
Spanish Congress rejects decree on stowage sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Spanish Congress has rejected the government’s decree regulating the reform in the country’s...
Hamburg Süd imposes Spanish surcharge
Hamburg, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – The German shipping line has announced the introduction of a port congestion charge applicable to all...
Spanish government proposes early retirement scheme to stevedores
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – The Spanish government has proposed to stevedores an early retirement scheme, which will be available to...
Valencia port loses 20% of container traffic in February
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Valencia port is the most affected harbour by the lower productivity of stevedores who protest against...
Algeciras port cargo traffic declines 11% in February
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Algeciras port faced a 11% year-on-year decline in cargo traffic in February, due to the labour conflict...
Spanish transport association calls on government to join trade unions talks
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – The management board of Spanish association of port transporting companies Fenatport (Federación...
Trade unions, employers call on Madrid to join stowage reform talks
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 10, 2017 – Spanish Ministry of Public Works has once again encouraged trade unions and employers of the stevedoring...
Bilbao port says stowage work operating normally
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 10, 2017 – The president of Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao), Asier Atutxa, said that the...
Spanish trade unions call off strikes on March 10, 13, 15
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 10, 2017 – Spanish trade unions have cancelled the planned strikes of dockworkers on March 10, 13 and 15. The trade...
DAL comments on Spanish port strikes
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2017 – DAL says that in recent weeks labour disputes have escalated in Spanish ports as a consequence of the...
Stowage sector strikes damage activities at Seville port
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) March 9, 2017 – The threat of a strike by the stevedoring sector, which has not yet been carried out, has created...
EU Commissioner calls on Spanish Congress to ratify stowage reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2017 – European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc has called on Spanish Congress of Deputies members to ratify...
IDC goes before the European Commission
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – The International Dockers Council (IDC) goes before the European Commission and withdraws from the...
EC urges Spanish Congress to approve stowage sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2017 – European Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc has sent an official letter to Spanish Public Works...
Maersk welcomes dockworkers strike suspension
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – Danish company Maersk Line has welcomed the suspension of the strikes of stevedores on March 6 and 8 and...
Castellon port prepares for dockworker strikes
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – Castellon port has established a Supply Coordination Committee to guarantee the continuity of the production...