Labour
All issues linked to staff/workers employment. The hiring of employees, redundancies and labour strikes.
APM Terminals organises stevedoring course for 40 jobless persons at Vado Ligure port
Vado Ligure, Italy (PortSEurope) December 4, 2017 – APM Terminals, the company that operates the container terminal of Vado Ligure port, plans to provide...
Italian trade unions call 24-hour strike at ports on December 15
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 4, 2017 – Italian trade unions Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti have called a 24-hour strike at all Italian...
Industrial consortium to boost employment in Friuli Venezia Giulia
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) November 29, 2017 – A new consortium for the economic development of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region will lead to the opening...
CGT trade union calls for strike in port of Sète
Sète, France (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – The French trade union CGT (Confédération générale du travail) has called for a street demonstration...
ESA and CMA CGM offer new training certificate in Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) November 25, 2017 – The new certificate in shipping and logistics by l’École supérieure des affaires (ESA) in...
Huelva port and University of Huelva join forces to promote innovation and employment
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – The president of the Port Authority of Huelva (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva), José Luis Ramos, and the...
Alicante port stevedoring companies appeal against administrative decision
Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) November 15, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring companies Bergé Marítima S.L, Alicante Port S.L. and CESA Alicante SA have...
Spanish trade union CETM accuses watchdog of destabilising port stowage sector
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 10, 2017 – The recent opening of two investigations into the main actors in the stowage sector by the...
CGEM renews APM Terminals Tangier’s CSR status
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 9, 2017 – Confédération Générale des Entreprises du Maroc (CGEM) has renewed the CSR of APM Terminals...
CGT to take legal action at port of Sète
Sète, France (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – La Fédération nationale des ports et docks (CGT Dockers) is to initiate legal action against the port...
Region expresses concern over Fincantieri shipyard in Castellammare
Castellammare, Italy (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – There are concerns regarding the future of the Fincantieri shipyard in Castellammare where a...
Marseille Fos hires 70 dockers and innovates in the field of training
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – The five handlers (Portsynergy-Eurofos, Seayard, Sosersid, Sea-Invest & Nicolas Frères)...
Pasaia port orders trade union to remove Catalan flag from its office
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Spanish trade union LAB has accused Pasaia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Pasaia) of denying the...
Spanish competition watchdog launches probe into docking companies, trade unions
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Spanish competition regulator Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) has launched...
Santander Coated Solutions to resume expansion of factory at port in March 2018
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Spanish company Santander Coated Solutions SL plans to start the second phase of the development of its...
Genoa-based port authority approves extension of contract with CULMV
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – The board of directors of the Genoa-based port authority has given the green light to the extension of the...
Mediterranean Institute of Maritime Transport ceases activities
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – L’Institut méditerranéen des transports maritimes (IMTM – Mediterranean Institute of...
Vigo port complains to EC about collective labour agreement of dockworkers
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) October 27, 2017 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) president Enrique López Veiga filed a complaint with the...
Genoa-based port authority to renew services contract with CULMV
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – Genoa-based port authority plans to sign on October 31 an agreement that delays the expiry of the contract with...
Road transport associations to block truck traffic at Genoa port on Nov 2, 3
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – Italian freight road transport associations Cna-Fita, Confartigianato Trasporti, Fai-Conftrasporto and...