Labour
All issues linked to staff/workers employment. The hiring of employees, redundancies and labour strikes.
BMW looks at exports from Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2018 – German carmaker BMW AG is considering the launch of a regular line at Vigo port, as it faces difficulties in...
Setúbal port strike delays pig exports to China
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 13, 2018 – An export of pigs from Portugal to China will be delayed to January from December, due to the strike of...
Italian court reinstates 30 workers of Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – An Italian court has reinstated 30 of the 377 workers of the port of Gioia Tauro who were fired in July...
Italy offers rental of two vessels to save Liberty Lines’ jobs
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – Italy’s infrastructure ministry has proposed the rental of two vessels with a reinforced hull to...
McAndrews, Tarros, Arkas suspend calls to Setúbal port
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 30, 2018 – Three international shipowners, McAndrews, Tarros, and Arkas, have suspended their calls to Setúbal...
Consortium of Zona Franca launches collaboration with Escola in Forma’t al Port
News – Consortium of the Zona Franca launches its collaboration with the Escola in Forma’t al Port – Barcelona, November 27, 2018 On the 26th of...
Brindisi port authority introduces whistleblower servic
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) November 28, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP – Southern Adriatic Sea Port...
Portuguese government hosts talks to solve Setúbal port labour issues
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – After a meeting yesterday, Minister of the Sea Ana Paula Vitorino, said that the union, the operators...
Croatian shipbuilder 3. maj employees to meet Fincantieri management on November 27
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) November 26, 2018 – Trade union representatives of Croatian troubled shipbuilder 3. maj, part of Uljanik group, plan to meet...
Portugal’s AutoEuropa to remove 2,000 cars from Setúbal port
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 22, 2018 – Portuguese automotive assembly plant operator AutoEuropa Automóveis, Lda., part of Volkswagen AG,...
Italy’s Confirarma calls on government to ensure jobs of Liberty Lines employees
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) November 22, 2018 – Italian shipping company association Confitarma has requested the country’s transport ministry to...
AdSP Bari hosts “Ports, Retroports and Special Economic Zones” training
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) November 22, 2018 – The Short Master training in “Ports, Retroports and Special Economic Zones” has started at the...
US Coast Guard runs training programme for Ukrainian ports
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 17, 2018 – On November 12-16, 2018, a delegation of the International Coastal Security Ports Security...
VW diverts vehicle traffic to Spanish ports from Setúbal
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 16, 2018 – The strike at Setúbal port has forced Volkswagen AG to divert vehicles produced in its Palmela factory in...
Setúbal port strike causes diversion of ships to Leixões
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 15, 2018 – The protest of workers in Setúbal port, which has lasted for more than a week, has already prevented...
Setúbal port strike affecting local Volkswagen facility
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 15, 2018 – Volkswagen AG’s is one of the locally-operating companies which is being affected by a port...
Agepor association criticises port strikes
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 13, 2018 – “Agepor (Association of Shipping Agents of Portugal) notes that there is no port work at the...
Med Europe Terminal secures labour agreement at reefer facility at Marseille port
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) November 8, 2018 – Med Europe Terminal has signed the Reefer Quality Charter with the port’s dockers’ union...
AdSP Bari signs training agreement with Propeller Club and University
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) November 7, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP – Southern Adriatic Sea Port...
Spain’s Anesco warns against negative effects on stowage sector of social contributions rise
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2018 – Spanish stowage employer union Anesco (Asociación de Empresas Estibadoras/National Association of...