Labour
All issues linked to staff/workers employment. The hiring of employees, redundancies and labour strikes.
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...
Portuguese port operators cancel salary increase of dockers
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – The Association of operators in the port of Lisbon declared the agreement concluded with the stevedores union...
Portuguese stevedores to strike on July 27
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – Portuguese dockers have called a 24-hour strike from July 27 at the ports of Lisbon, Setúbal, Sines,...
AdSP Augusta employees plan to strike July 20
Augusta, Italy (Ports Europe) July 15, 2018 – A new strike by employees of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Orientale (AdSP –...
AdSP Bari signs socio-cultural development and training agreement
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) July 13, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP – Southern Adriatic Sea Port...
Escola Europea provides training in intermodal railway logistics
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2018 – Escola Europea has completed this summer’s SURCO Operations I course for Spanish professionals, which...
Cruise industry generates 31,233 jobs in Spain in 2017
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 10, 2018 – The cruise industry is contributing significantly to the smooth running of the Spanish economy, as highlighted...
Genoa port’s road hauliers to strike July 12-14
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 10, 2018 – Italian trade unions Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl and Uiltrasporti have confirmed a three-day strike by hauliers, from July...
Italy’s Enel says coal handling tender at Civitavecchia port complies with rules
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 10, 2018 – The tender underway for the coal unloading of the Torrevaldaliga Nord plant in Civitavecchia was called...
Civitavecchia port’s cruise activities may be blocked during strike against Enel
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 6, 2018 – The cruise handling operations of Civitavecchia port may be blocked as of July 11 when dockers launch a...
Stevedores approve pre-agreement with Lisbon port operators
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – According to the blog “The Estivador” of the Stevedores Union and Logistics Activity (SEAL),...
Enel tender for Civitavecchia port contract leads to strike action
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – A dispute has arisen concerning a tender for the handling of coal at Civitavecchia port issued by...
Catania and Augusta port workers strike
Catania, Italy (PortSEurope) July 3, 2018 – The port workers of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Orientale (AdSP – Eastern...
Spain’s ANESCO holds conference on collective bargaining in stevedoring sector
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 2, 2018 – Asociación Nacional de Empresas Estibadoras (ANESCO – Spanish National Association of Stevedoring...
Turkish associations offer port training to school leavers
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 1, 2018 – Turkey Port Management Association (TÜRKLİM) and Kocaeli Chamber of Industry (KSO) have signed an...