Labour
All issues linked to staff/workers employment. The hiring of employees, redundancies and labour strikes.
Dock workers of five terminals at Barcelona port refuse to join strike
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – The stevedores of five of the terminals of Barcelona port have not joined the strike called for June 19 by...
Completion of first phase of Anaklia Deep Sea Port will result in creating 300-500 jobs
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Completion of the first phase of Anaklia Deep Sea Port will result in 300-500 new jobs according to the...
Bilbao port works at slower pace after 48-hour strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – Bilbao port works at a “slower than usual” pace after the 48-hour strike by stevedores. Bilbao port...
Spanish ports face diversion of 34 ships during dock workers strike
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The strike of 48 consecutive hours called by dock workers ended on June 16 with a significant economic and...
A Coruna port incurs €110,000 loss due to dockworkers strike
A Coruna, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – A Coruna port incurred a loss of up to €110,000 ($111,929) due to the 48-hour strike of dockworkers, the...
Vigo port faces congestion risk due to dock workers strike
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, has explained that the...
Canarian entrepreneurs not affected by strike of dockworkers
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – Canarian entrepreneurs have not been affected by the 48-hour strike of dockworkers, beyond the delay in the...
Valencia port says loses €2 million due to strikes of dockworkers
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The first three days of strike in the stowage sector led to economic losses of more than €36 million ($40.2...
Romanian shipyard brings in 300 Vietnamese workers
Tulcea, Romania (PortSEurope) June 18, 2017 – The Vard shipyard in Tulcea will bring 300 welders and locksmiths from Vietnam, due to a shortage in the...
IDC calls strike in solidarity with Spanish dockworkers
Setubal, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) has called a two-hour strike on June 29, that will also affect...
Vigo port expects difficulties in ship handling on June 16
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – Vigo port expects difficulties in handling all ships scheduled for June 16, due to the congestion of the vessels...
Dock workers strike paralyses Santander port for second consecutive day
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – The 48-hour strike called by stevedores has paralysed Santander port for the second consecutive day, the...
Dockworkers strike causes diversion of 31 ships from top three Spanish ports
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – Spanish ports agency Puertos del Estado said a total of 31 ships have been diverted to other countries...
Spanish minister says government has no responsibility for dockworkers strike
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna said all the responsibility for the strikes of dockworkers is on...
Dock workers strike has no effect on Balearic port traffic
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – The 48-hour stevedores strike that started on June 14 and concludes on June 16 is not causing changes...
All dock workers participate in strike at Santander port
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) June 14, 2017 – All dock workers in Santander port are following the 48-hour general strike that began at 0800 local time on...
Dockworkers strike causes total block of Spanish ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 14, 2017 – The 48-hour strike that Spanish dockworkers started at 0800 local time is causing a “total stop”...
Spanish trade union UGT calls strike of employees of state-owned ports, port authorities
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 14, 2017 – Spanish trade union Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) has called on the employees of port authorities and...
Vigo port president warns that strikers rights have limits
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 14, 2017 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) president, Enrique López Veiga, today stressed that the right to...
Spanish dock workers employers ask competition watchdog for support
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 14, 2017 – The Spanish employers association in the stowage sector and trade unions ended their meeting without agreement...