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Spanish trade union signs working conditions deal with Algeciras port

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – Spanish trade union Coordinadora Estatal de Trabajadores de los Puertos (CETP) has reached an agreement...

Taganrog Sea Commercial Port sees reduced traffic in first half 2018

Taganrog, Russia (Ports Europe) August 1, 2018 – In the first half of 2018, AO Taganrog Sea Commercial Port (TSCP) handled 620,000 tonnes of cargo, down...

Tuapse port sees reduced cargo traffic in first half 2018

Tuapse, Russia (Ports Europe) August 1, 2018 – Throughput of Tuapse Sea Commercial Port in six months of 2018 fell by 10.7%, year-on-year, to 6.8 million...

Trade union FNSTP says stevedores strike has limited effect on Portuguese ports

Lisbon, Spain (Ports Europe) July 27, 2018 – The National Federation of Port Workers’ Unions (FNSTP) today assured that the “national...

Portuguese stevedores to carry out 24-hour strike at eight ports

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 26, 2018 – The workers of eight Portuguese ports, affiliated with the Stevedoring and Logistics Activity Union (SEAL),...

Portuguese port operators cancel salary increase of dockers

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – The Association of operators in the port of Lisbon declared the agreement concluded with the stevedores union...

Portuguese stevedores to strike on July 27

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – Portuguese dockers have called a 24-hour strike from July 27 at the ports of Lisbon, Setúbal, Sines,...

Bilbao port ship agents association names president

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – Asociación de Consignatarios de Buques y Estibadores del Puerto de Bilbao (ACBE – The Association of Ship...

Genoa port’s road hauliers to strike July 12-14

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 10, 2018 – Italian trade unions Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl and Uiltrasporti have confirmed a three-day strike by hauliers, from July...

Spain’s SLP cargo handling at Bilbao port increases in H1 2018

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – Servicios Logísticos Portuarios, SA (SLP), a stevedoring company, consignee and regular line agent based in the...

Stevedores approve pre-agreement with Lisbon port operators

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – According to the blog “The Estivador” of the Stevedores Union and Logistics Activity (SEAL),...

Catania and Augusta port workers strike

Catania, Italy (PortSEurope) July 3, 2018 – The port workers of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Orientale (AdSP – Eastern...

Spain’s ANESCO holds conference on collective bargaining in stevedoring sector

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 2, 2018 –  Asociación Nacional de Empresas Estibadoras (ANESCO – Spanish National Association of Stevedoring...

Angopi event in Naples highlights key issues for Italian moormen and boatmen

Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) June 24, 2018 – At an event organised by Angopi (Associazione nazionale Gruppi Ormeggiatori e Barcaioli Porti Italiani –...

Spain’s competition watchdog may impose fine on Vigo port’s stevedoring service

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2018 – Comision Nacional de los Mercados y de la Competencia (CNMC – National Commission of Markets and...

Civitavecchia port signs labour agreement

Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 17, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North...

Sicily port workers plan Palermo protest

Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2018 – The port workers of Sicily plan to protest today, in front of the Palermo offices of Autorita’ di Sistema...

Spain’s Anesco wishes to participate in development of port business plans

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2018 – Spanish employer organisation of the stowage sector Anesco (Asociación Nacional de Empresas Estibadoras) has...

Augusta and Catania ports face labour disruptions

Catania, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2018 – The provincial secretariats of Syracuse and Catania of Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti have...

Portuguese port strike cancelled

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 5, 2018 – Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, has negotiated an end to the planned strike by port workers....

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