Labour
All issues linked to staff/workers employment. The hiring of employees, redundancies and labour strikes.
Spanish minister warns against consequences of dockworkers’ strike
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Spanish Minister of Public Works Inigo de la Serna warned against the risks that the strikes of stevedores...
Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd returns to Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – German group Hapag-Lloyd returns to the Guixar container terminal of Vigo port. Ships of Hapag-Lloyd have not been...
Spanish government approves decree on port stowage reform
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 12, 2017 –  The Spanish government has approved on May 12 a new decree for the reform of the country’s port...
Trade union complains of lack of train handling staff at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2017 – Spanish trade union CCOO denounced yesterday the staff deficit identified in the rail service of the port of...
Spanish government to guarantee car handling at ports by SAGEP employees
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2017 – Spanish Ministry of Public Works will ensure that dockers of monopoly Sociedad Anónima de Gestión de...
Spanish minister prepares new decree on port stowage sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Inigo de la Serna has presented a report to the Council of Ministers detailing...
Gijon holds conference on labour accidents prevention
Gijon, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2017 – Gijon port hosted last week a conference on safety and prevention of labour accidents organised by APM...
APM Terminal Algeciras reports lowest number of labour accidents in last ten years
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2017 – APM Terminals Algeciras celebrated the Global Safety Day week with the lowest accident rate per million hours...
Spain braces for another storm of stowage strikes
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) April 22, 2017 – After the truce declared on March 16 with the rejection in the Congress of Deputies of the stevedoring...
Spanish government still not ready with mediation rules on stevedoring dispute
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 19, 2017 – After Holy Week, the complete wording of the normative text that will shape the proposal for mediation in...
Trade unions criticise Aviles port authority
Aviles, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – The trade unions committee of Aviles port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Avilés) has criticised the...
Barcelona port benefits from stevedoring problems in Spain
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 17, 2017 – The traffic of goods in the main Spanish ports shows signs of stagnation during the beginning of 2017 due...
Gioia Tauro container terminal MCT employees block port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT) employees have blocked Gioia Tauro port to protest against the plans...
Thessaloniki Port Authority – renewal of collective labour agreements
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) April 10, 2017 –Â Thessaloniki Port Authority SA (ThPASA) has said that it has signed on the collective agreement with...
Spanish government sets Holy Week as deadline for adoption of stowage sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 6, 2017 – Spanish government has set the Holy Week as the deadline for the approval of the reform in the stowage...
Bilbao port receives health certification of Aenor
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) April 6, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) has obtained the Healthy Company certificate granted by...
Spain’s Anesco accepts mediator’s proposal in stowage reform dispute
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring companies association Anesco has accepted the proposal of agreement on the reform of the...
Spanish stevedores’ trade unions reject mediation in labour dispute
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2017 – Spanish stevedores’ trade unions have indicated that no mediation is necessary to resolve conflict in...
Dockworkers, employers’ association fail to strike deal on stowage agreement
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2017 – The meeting between the stevedoring unions and the employers’ association ANESCO on the collective...
Spanish dockworkers ask government to adopt retirement plan
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2017 – Representatives of Spanish dockworkers have asked the government to adopt a preliminary retirement plan...