Port News & Information Mediterranean, Black & Caspian Seas

Stevedoring

The workers operating the loading or unloading a ship’s cargo. Includes employment agencies, trade unions and any strike action.

Spanish government is willing to negotiate on stowage reform

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – Spain’s government is willing to give more time to negotiate on the reform of the stowage sector and to...

Spanish fruit producers association says dockworkers’ strike threatens exports

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – The Spanish Federation of Fruit and Vegetable Exporting Producers (Fepex) has today expressed concern...

Valencia port loses 50,000 containers in February

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – Valencia port has estimated at between 30% and 40% the decline in productivity due to the problems with...

Spanish trade unions call off strike on Mar 6, 8

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2017 – Spanish dockworkers’ trade unions have called off the first two days of the strike planned, out of...

Spanish dockworkers present reform concerns to European Parliament

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2017 – A group of dockers today presented to the European Parliament (EP) their concerns about the hiring...

Maersk to divert ships from Spanish ports

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2017 – Danish shipping company Maersk Line announced that it has designed a contingency plan to divert ships to...

Leixoes port to benefit from Spanish dockworker strikes

Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 2, 2017 – What for some is a problem, is an opportunity for others. This is how the port of Leixoes, in the north...

ANESCO calls on unions to ignore strike in stowage sector

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – The Spanish National Association of Stevedoring and Ship Consignment Companies (Asociación Nacional de...

Spain’s Sevasa says trade unions cause severe damage on Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring company Sevasa has warned against the severe damage that the opposition of trade...

ANESCO, trade unions agree on basis of talks for future collective bargaining

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring companies association ANESCO and trade unions Coordinadora, UGT and Comisiones...

IDC prepares measures to avoid cargo diversion

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) is preparing to announce measures to avoid the diversion of...

Andalusia government warns against negative consequences from stowage reform

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – The vice president of Andalusia regional government, Manuel Jimenez Barrios, has warned against the...

Spanish Public Works Minister urges trade unions, employers to negotiate

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Spanish Minister of Public Works, Inigo de la Serna, has called on employers and stevedores unions to...

Spanish Council of Ministers approves stowage sector reform

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Spanish Council of Ministers has approved the Royal Decree Law reforming the stowage sector. The...

Coordinadora again asks government to postpone stevedoring sector reform

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Spanish dockworkers trade union Coordinadora has called on the government to include a clause...

Spanish government to approve stevedoring reform despite trade unions

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Spanish government plans to approve the royal decree introducing reforms in the rules for stevedoring...

Unions press Spanish government to negotiate stowage system with workers – IDC

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – A press release from the International Dockworkers Council (IDC). International protest rises...

Global dockworkers trade union expresses support to longshoremen in Spain

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2017 – Global trade union International Dockworkers Council (IDC) has expressed its support to Spanish...

Spanish trade unions call strikes at ports as of Mar 6

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2017 – Spanish dockworker trade unions announced a strike on March 6 against government plans to adopt a law...

Alicante port extends support contracts

Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2017 – Alicante port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante) board of directors has approved a first...

Subscribe to weekly news

We keep you informed on the top European port news.