Stevedoring
The workers operating the loading or unloading a ship’s cargo. Includes employment agencies, trade unions and any strike action.
Spain’s Gesport seeks solution to operate at Las Palmas port as of July
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – Gesport Terminal Marítima (GTM), the first authorised terminal operator in Spain after the liberalisation...
Spanish trade unions cancel strikes on June 23, 26
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – Spanish trade unions have cancelled the strikes called for June 23 and 26, as a sign of goodwill and to give...
IDC calls for Europe-wide strikes on June 29
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) has called a Europe-wide port stoppage in support of the...
CETM rejects employers’ proposal, companies sign separate contracts with trade union
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Spanish trade union of dockworkers Coordinadora Estatal de Trabajadores del Mar (CETM) rejected on June 20 the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Spanish minister says every day of hourly dockworker strike costs €12 million
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna said the cost of every day of hourly stoppage of dockworkers...
Spain’s Pérez Torres operates ship during dock worker strike at Ferrol port
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Spanish shipping company Pérez Torres Marítima, S.L. has carried out an operation on a ship loaded with scrap...
Dock workers of five terminals at Barcelona port refuse to join strike
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – The stevedores of five of the terminals of Barcelona port have not joined the strike called for June 19 by...
Bilbao port works at slower pace after 48-hour strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – Bilbao port works at a “slower than usual” pace after the 48-hour strike by stevedores. Bilbao port...
Spanish ports face diversion of 34 ships during dock workers strike
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The strike of 48 consecutive hours called by dock workers ended on June 16 with a significant economic and...