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Valenciaport Foundation trains managers from Kuwait and Egypt

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 28, 2018 – The Valenciaport Foundation (Fundación de la Comunidad Valenciana) has organised a training course...

Escola Europea & FONASBA sign agreements with first partners for the SAILNET Programme

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 28, 2018 – At the Naples Shipping Week, Escola Europea & FONASBA sign collaboration agreements with the...

Uljanik Shipyard workers strike over pay

Pula, Croatia (PortSEurope) October 23, 2018 – Workers of Uljanik Shipyard d.d. were again on strike on October 22  because they were not paid for...

The Atlantic blue economy: an interesting career opportunity for youth

European Commission – The Atlantic blue economy: an interesting career opportunity for youth – 22 October 2018 On 23-24 October 2018, political...

P&O Maritime Cyprus workers carry out short strike

Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) October 19, 2018 – On Wednesday October 17, some employees of P&O Maritime Cyprus stopped work, complaining about...

Spain’s anti-trust regulator initiates probe into Algeciras port trade unions, associations

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 17, 2018 – Spain’s competition regulator La Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) has...

Italy’s AutoTerminal to hire 35 employees at Gioia Tauro port

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) October 12, 2018 – Italian port terminal operator AutoTerminal Gioia Tauro SpA plans to hire 35 employees registered in the...

Livorno port launches safety at work cooperation project with local institutions

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – Livorno port has signed a cooperation agreement with a number of local institutions to promote the safety at...

Sicilian trade unions call for investment in Fincantieri’s Palermo port shipyards

Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – Sicilian trade unions Fiom and CGIL Palermo have requested a meeting with the commissioner Girolamo...

Executives from the world’s stevedoring companies visit Tarragona port for Bergé training

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 29, 2018 – Company executives belonging to the General Stevedoring Council (GSC) came to the Port of Tarragona...

Port of Tarragona and Bergé receive delegation from Port Training Institute of Morocco

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 29, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona (APT – Port Authority of Tarragona) has welcomed a...

The XXIII Ibero-American Course on Port Management begins in Madrid

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – The 23rd edition of the Ibero-American Port Management Course will be held during the next four weeks...

General Stevedoring Council visits Barcelona port

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2018 – A group of managers of different stevedoring companies belonging to the General Stevedoring Council...

Valencia port president meets Buenos Aires counterpart

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 17, 2018 –  Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia)...

Yilport comments on ports workers strike

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 16, 2018 – Yilport, the Turkish port operator, which has Portuguese interests, has said that the port workers...

Algeciras port completes stevedoring liberalisation

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 – Algeciras port has completed its adoptation to the reform of the stowage sector approved last year to...

Apulian ports, banks to cooperate in developing free trade zones

Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) September 13, 2018 – Italy’s Apulia port authority, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP...

Las Palmas stevedores agree to reduce stowage costs by 10%

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) September 12, 2018 – The four stevedoring companies that make up the Stowage Society of Las Palmas (Sagep) have reached an...

Vigo port may benefit from Lisbon stevedores strike

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 12, 2018 – The month-long stevedores’ strike initiated this week in Lisbon could lead to traffic avoiding the...

Piraeus port workers’ strike over a pay dispute likely to continue

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 12, 2018 – Recent strikes at Piraeus port by workers over a pay dispute are likely to continue. The complaint is...

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