Labour
All issues linked to staff/workers employment. The hiring of employees, redundancies and labour strikes.
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...
Bar port operator paying €3.73 million compensation to employees
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) June 28, 2018 – Luka Bar a.d., the operator of Montenegro’s Bar port, has started paying a total of €3.73 million...
Companies may leave Leixões port over BIP problems
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2018 – Several of the Vigo-based companies that unload their cargo at Portugal’s Leixões harbour are considering...
Barcelona port companies complain about container supervision rules
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 25, 2018 – Representatives of Barcelona port’s operators (ATEC – Cotraport, Associació de Transportistes...
Angopi event in Naples highlights key issues for Italian moormen and boatmen
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) June 24, 2018 – At an event organised by Angopi (Associazione nazionale Gruppi Ormeggiatori e Barcaioli Porti Italiani –...
Trapani port authority meets port operators and local entrepreneurs
Trapani, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) June 23, 2018 – Yesterday, port operators, entrepreneurs, tour operators, trade union representatives and...
Spain’s competition watchdog may impose fine on Vigo port’s stevedoring service
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2018 – Comision Nacional de los Mercados y de la Competencia (CNMC – National Commission of Markets and...
Civitavecchia port signs labour agreement
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 17, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North...
Galician ports see labour shortage in shipyards
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2018 – In the last 10 years, Galician shipyards have signed orders for around 30 vessels at a value of around €1.2...
Vigo port to host FAO training against illegal fishing
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2018 – The United Nations Organisation for Food and Agriculture (FAO) is to use Vigo port as the location for regional...