Government
News about the involvement of government in port activities. Includes government laws applicable to ports, state-owned ports including European Union issues with national government implications. Also includes inter-government meetings, agreements and visits of government officials.
Spanish food exporters call on dockworkers to end strike
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 5, 2017 – Several agri-food and agricultural export associations called for an agreement in the stowage sector in order...
Las Palmas port operates normally during first day of strike
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 5, 2017 – Las Palmas port operated its dockworking services normally during the first day of the strike in the sector on...
Spanish dockworkers complete first day of strike without accidents
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 5, 2017 – The first day of strike of Spanish dockworkers was completed without incident and with a massive follow-up,...
Spanish road freight companies estimate dockworkers strike to cost €2.4 million a day
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 5, 2017 – Truck drivers estimate that the stoppages called at ports by dockworkers will generate a loss of up to...
Algeciras port president expresses worries about losing traffic due to strike
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 5, 2017 – Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria BahÃa de Algeciras) president, Manuel Morón, has expressed his...
Las Palmas port president says dockworkers to meet minimum services during strike
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope), June 2, 2017 – The president of Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas), Luis Ibarra, expressed...
EC urges trade unions, employers to negotiate and avoid strikes at Spanish ports
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope), June 2, 2017 – European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc has urged the operators and stevedores’ trade unions at...
Las Palmas port authority asks Puertos del Estado to pronounce on future of Arrecife port
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope), June 3, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) has asked the national port agency Puertos del...
Spanish trade unions call port strikes on five more days
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope), June 2, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring trade unions have called strikes for five more days in June, adding to the three planned...
Spanish government sets up commission to ensure minimum services during port strikes
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope), June 2, 2017 – The Spanish Public Works Ministry has set up a commission to monitor the strike at ports called by the...
Spanish trade unions to stage strikes at ports on June 5, 7, 9
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Spanish trade union of dockworkers Cetm (Coordinadora Estatal de Trabajadores del Mar) said it plans to carry...
Anesco, trade unions to meet on June 1 in effort to resolve port sector labour problems
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Trade unions of the stevedoring sector and leaders of the association of dockworkers association...
Spanish government to subsidise transport of cargo between Canaries, mainland Spain
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – The agreement signed by the Spanish government with centre-left Canarian nationalist political party Nueva...
IDC to change attitude towards EC over labour conflict at Spanish ports
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Representatives of the International Dockworkers Council (IDC), led by General Coordinator Jordi Aragunde and...
Limassol municipality looks to reduce port pollution
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Limassol Municipality is looking to take steps to reduce sea pollution in the port which is mainly caused...
Greece to capitalise on sea tourism’s growth via concession and PPP investment models
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 26, 2017 –Â Elena Kountoura, Greek Minister of Tourism, has addressed delegates at the 4th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum,...
Spain’s Anesco calls on stevedoring trade union to stick to commitments
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 25, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring companies association Asociación Nacional de Empresas Estibadoras y Consignatarias de...
Fondul Proprietatea criticises proposed changes to Romanian ports administration
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) May 25, 2017 – In a press release, Fondul Proprietatea is seriously concerned by the renewed steps to approve the draft...
Russia will not privatise 20% stake in NCSP in 2017
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) May 25, 2017 – The privatisation of Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port (NCSP) will not take place in 2017, Deputy Finance...
Spanish dockworkers to accept reduction of wages
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 24, 2017 – Spanish stevedores will accept a 10% cut in salary for the higher salaries, early retirement schemes and...