Labour
All issues linked to staff/workers employment. The hiring of employees, redundancies and labour strikes.
Port of Civitavecchia supports YEP MED project & improved labour skills
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 3, 2021 – The newly formed Port Logistics Community of Civitavecchia, Fiumicino and Gaeta (PLC) has said it...
Employees of DP World Limassol initiate work stoppage
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) March 17, 2021 – Following an announcement about possible job redundancies, workers at DP World Limassol have started a...
Fenaport critical of APM Terminals facility in port of Castellón
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) March 12, 2021 – The National Federation of Port Transporters (Fenatport – Federación Nacional de Transportistas...
AdSP Spezia, the president Sommariva meets a delegation from Trasportunito
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 4, 2021 – Mario Sommariva, President, Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern...
Towage workers prepared to strike at Piraeus port next week
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 19, 2021 -The Panhellenic Crew Union of Towage & Salvage is planning to launch a 48-hour strike for...
Libyan government given deadline to avert port terminal strikes
Tripoli, Libya (PortSEurope) February 2, 2021 – Guards working at two oil terminals in eastern Libya have given the Tripoli-based government just over a...
Turkish Petroleum’s Filyos Port base in Black Sea to employ 2,000
Zonguldak, Turkey (PortSEurope) January 26, 2021 – At a result of Turkish Petroleum’s (TPAO) natural gas activities in the Black Sea, the...
APM Terminals Poti ending 2020 successfully with 0 LTI
11 January 2021 APM Terminals Poti ending 2020 successfully with 0 LTI. APM Terminals Poti closed 2020 with 0 LTI (Lost Time Injury) rate, meaning the year...
4th Strategic Plan of the Port of Barcelona sets out labour and emissions objectives
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 14, 2021 – The Port of Barcelona places society and people at the centre of its 4th Strategic Plan 2021-2025,...
Two meetings scheduled to negotiate end to Bilbao port stevedore strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) January 11, 2021 – The negotiation of the stowage of the port of Bilbao begins in a week with two scheduled meetings, the...
Unions at Bilbao port agree to suspend strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) December 5, 2020 – The unions representing longshoremen in the port of Bilbao have agreed to suspend the strike that they...
Bilboestiba accepts negotiation to end Bilbao port strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2020 – Bilboestiba-CPE and the works council have agreed to a government proposal to start negotiations with a...
Further pressure to end Bilbao port strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 30, 2020 – The Asturian Federation of Entrepreneurs (Fade) has written to state administration Puertos del Estado...
The strike continues as Bilbao port loses business
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 24, 2020 – There have been nearly 50 days of strikes at Bilbao port and neither side is giving ground as they seek...
Piraeus Port Authority signs labour agreement
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 24, 2020 – Piraeus Port Authority SA has announced the successful completion of the negotiations between its...
APM Terminals Gijón benefits from Bilbao port labour strike
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2020 – The stevedore strike at Bilbao port in Northern Spain has led shipping lines to seek alternative ports,...
Basque government asks central government to end port strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 17, 2020 – The Lehendakari, Iñigo Urkullu, president of the Basque government, has formally asked the Prime...
Pasaia port benefits from strike at neighbouring Bilbao port
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 16, 2020 – The ongoing strike by stevedores at Bilbao port has driven shippers to seek alternative ports to collect...
Bilbao Port Authority and companies require stevedores to accept arbitration
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 11, 2020 – The Basque port of Bilbao has just started the second consecutive month of a stevedores’ strike...
Valencia port strike called off
València, Spain (PortSEurope) November 8, 2020 – Labour unions representing stevedores have decided to call off the strike that was scheduled for...