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Global Ports Holding – Legal proceeedings – Port of Adria-Bar

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 9, 2018 On August 17, 2018, Turkey’s Global Ports Holding, one of the leading port operators in the...

Feasibility study of Olvia and Kherson ports presented to labour unions and local authorities

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 6, 2018 – Pilot concession projects in Ukrainian ports are feasible and economically feasible – this...

ANESCO presents its proposals to the president of Puertos del Estado to improve the port system

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 4, 2018 – A delegation of ANESCO (Asociación de Empresas Estibadoras/National Association of Stevedoring...

Portuguese dockworkers to carry out strike in Sept, Oct

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 30, 2018 – Portuguese dockworkers plan to carry out a strike that will cover the port and stowage companies of the...

Cartagena port introduces own code of conduct

Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) August 24, 2018 – Cartagena port has introduced its own code of ethics and conduct, in order to regulate ethical practices...

Greek customs association says reduction of working time of Thessaloniki port’s office is justified

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) August 24, 2018 – Greece’s association of customs agents OTYE has said the reaction of operators following the...

Croatia’s Uljanik shipyard employees launch strike

Pula, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 23, 2018 – Croatian shipbuilding group Uljanik’s employees started a strike on August 22, due to the delay of the...

Huelva port’s infrastructure works generate 990 jobs in H1 2018

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2018 – The number of companies active in the port of Huelva, directly or indirectly, amounted to 106 in the first...

Association says Thessaloniki port’s competitors will benefit from customs working time limit

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) August 22, 2018 – Thessaloniki shipping agents association has officially criticised the decision of the local...

Sines port unaffected by Portuguese port labour action

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 20, 2018 – APS – Administração dos Portos de Sines e do Algarve, S. A. has reported that current strike by...

Greek companies to oppose limit to customs working hours at Thessaloniki port

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) August 20, 2018 – Companies active at Greece’s Thessaloniki port have criticised the decision of the...

Agreement between AdSP La Spezia, Porto di Carrara SpA and Dario Perioli SpA: no redundancies

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 30, 2018 – On the evening of July 27, an agreement was reached between Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar...

Tarragona port to invest €1.7 million in building construction

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 17, 2018 – Tarragona port plans to invest €1.7 million ($1.9 million) in the construction of a building for...

Portugal’s Irmãos Cavaco delays payment of compensation to former workers

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – Portuguese construction company Irmãos Cavaco SA, declared insolvent in 2017, said it was late in...

Minimum service maintained in Portuguese port strike

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – Minimum service is operating at Portuguese ports during the labour strike organised for August 13 to...

Gioia Tauro port employees to strike on Aug 14, 15, 16

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – Gioia Tauro port’s trade unions committee has confirmed the strike of the employees of...

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...

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),...

Italy’s Moby, Tirrenia merger not to lead to workforce downsizing

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – The merger of Italian ferry companies Moby and Tirrenia will not lead to any negative effects on the number of...

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