Labour
All issues linked to staff/workers employment. The hiring of employees, redundancies and labour strikes.
Hamburg Süd imposes Spanish surcharge
Hamburg, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – The German shipping line has announced the introduction of a port congestion charge applicable to all...
Spanish government proposes early retirement scheme to stevedores
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – The Spanish government has proposed to stevedores an early retirement scheme, which will be available to...
Trade unions accuse Noatum of taking advantage of dominant position
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Representatives of Valencia-based trade unions accused Spanish shipping group Noatum of taking advantage...
Valencia port loses 20% of container traffic in February
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Valencia port is the most affected harbour by the lower productivity of stevedores who protest against...
Algeciras port cargo traffic declines 11% in February
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Algeciras port faced a 11% year-on-year decline in cargo traffic in February, due to the labour conflict...
Spanish transport association calls on government to join trade unions talks
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – The management board of Spanish association of port transporting companies Fenatport (Federación...
Trade unions, MCT representatives discuss downsizing plan at Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – Representatives of Italian trade union Sul has held a meeting with the management of Medcenter...
Trade unions, employers call on Madrid to join stowage reform talks
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 10, 2017 – Spanish Ministry of Public Works has once again encouraged trade unions and employers of the stevedoring...
Bilbao port says stowage work operating normally
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 10, 2017 – The president of Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao), Asier Atutxa, said that the...
Spanish trade unions call off strikes on March 10, 13, 15
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 10, 2017 – Spanish trade unions have cancelled the planned strikes of dockworkers on March 10, 13 and 15. The trade...
Stowage sector strikes damage activities at Seville port
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) March 9, 2017 – The threat of a strike by the stevedoring sector, which has not yet been carried out, has created...
Gioia Tauro port workers suspend strike action
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) March 9, 2017 – The prefect of Reggio Calabria, Michele di Bari, has persuaded striking workers at the port to suspend...
EU Commissioner calls on Spanish Congress to ratify stowage reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2017 – European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc has called on Spanish Congress of Deputies members to ratify...
IDC goes before the European Commission
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – The International Dockers Council (IDC) goes before the European Commission and withdraws from the...
EC urges Spanish Congress to approve stowage sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2017 – European Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc has sent an official letter to Spanish Public Works...
Controversy at Limassol port continues
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) March 5, 2017 – On January 29, 2017, Dubai’s DP World assumed management of Limassol port as part of the...
Maersk welcomes dockworkers strike suspension
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – Danish company Maersk Line has welcomed the suspension of the strikes of stevedores on March 6 and 8 and...
Castellon port prepares for dockworker strikes
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – Castellon port has established a Supply Coordination Committee to guarantee the continuity of the production...
Spanish government is willing to negotiate on stowage reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – Spain’s government is willing to give more time to negotiate on the reform of the stowage sector and to...
Spanish fruit producers association says dockworkers’ strike threatens exports
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – The Spanish Federation of Fruit and Vegetable Exporting Producers (Fepex) has today expressed concern...