Labour
All issues linked to staff/workers employment. The hiring of employees, redundancies and labour strikes.
Thessaloniki port workers take action
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) March 22, 2017 – Workers at Thessaloniki port will carry out brief strike action today against the port’s...
IDC calls off strike on March 23
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 21, 2017 – The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) announced the cancellation of the strikes planned for March 23...
Spanish minister says rejection of stowage reform in Congress is surprising
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 17, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Inigo de la Serna expressed his surprise with the result of the voting in...
Spanish trade unions call off strikes of dockers
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 17, 2017 –Â Spanish trade unions have called off the strikes of dockworkers in the country, envisaged for March 17,...
ETF applauds rejection of liberalisation plan for Spanish port labour
Madrid, Spain, March 16, 2017 – The Spanish Parliament has rejected the controversial Real Decreto-Ley presented by the government to liberalise port...
Tenerife port is among top five Spanish ports for container traffic productivity
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Tenerife port is among the top five in Spain in terms of daily container traffic. At present, the dockers...
Trade unions accuse Sète port of “organised precarisation” of dockers
Sète, France (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Trade unions accused Sète port of an “organised precarisation” of dockers. Serge...
Spanish Congress rejects decree on stowage sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Spanish Congress has rejected the government’s decree regulating the reform in the country’s...
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...