Labour
All issues linked to staff/workers employment. The hiring of employees, redundancies and labour strikes.
Venice port suspends state port fees
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) May 11, 2020 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSP – Northern Adriatic Sea Port...
Valenciaport presents new container terminal benefits to local socialist party
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2020 – Aurelio MartÃnez, president of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port...
Koper port piloting services to be taken over by government
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) February 23, 2020 – State-owned Slovenian Sovereign Holding (SSH) is become the sole provider of maritime piloting...
Valenciaport – New container terminal will create 14,453 jobs
When the four container terminals are operational, the employment impact of the Port of Valencia will be greater than 53,000 jobs. The Port of Valencia will...
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region announces support for Marseille port companies
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 9, 2020 – In a press release, Marseille Fos port has welcomed last week’s decision by Renaud Muselier,...
Georgia seeks to develop maritime transport sector employment
Natia Turnava – Development of maritime transport sector will increase employment opportunities – December 24, 2019 Minister of Economy and...
Ukraine minister meets with representatives of trade unions of the transport industry
Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Vladislav Krykliy met with representatives of trade unions of the transport industry – December 21, 2019 Today,...
Spanish dockers call off the strike scheduled for November 25
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) November 25, 2019 – Spanish dock workers, represented by Anesco, have decided to call off the strike scheduled for today,...
ECSA launches strategic priorities for EU shipping policy for the next five years
In line with the new cycle of the EU institutions where the European Parliament has just started its mandate and the European Commission’s College is...
Minimum services in Barcelona port during general strike
Port de Barcelona – October 17, 2018 The Port of Barcelona has defined the necessary means to guarantee the provision of the minimum services during the...
AdSP del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (Naples): protocol for job security signed
Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority): protocol for job security in...
Rina certifies the Fincantieri plant in Palermo port
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) September 27, 2019 – The Fincantieri SpA plant in Palermo has awarded by RINA the OHSAS 18001 and UNI EN ISO 14001...
Valenciaport presents port investments to UGT-PV
UGT-PV values ​​Valenciaport’s investment plans positively – September 20, 2019 The president and the general director of the Port Authority of...
PSA Sines end strike with labour agreement
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 29, 2019 – PSA Sines, the concessionaire of Terminal XXI, and the union that represents the administrative workers,...
AdSP del Mar Ligure Occidentale (Genoa) allocates training funds to Culmv
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) August 8, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority)...
Gioia Tauro port future threatened by absenteeism
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) August 2, 2019 – The future of Gioia Tauro port has been looking up recently with MSC taking over as operator and there...
Corsican port workers strike blocks Bastia harbour on June 23
Bastia, Corsica, France (PortSEurope) June 24, 2019 – A strike of Corsican port workers paralysed the port of Bastia for the whole day on June 23. The...
Piraeus Port Authority signs new agreement with the Dockworkers’ Union
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) June 13, 2019 – Piraeus Port Authority SA has signed a new three-year Collective Labour Agreement with the representatives...
Contship subsidiary approves plan to dismiss 120 workers
Cagliari, Italy (PortSEurope) June 10, 2019 – Cagliari International Container Terminal (CICT), a subsidiary of Contship Italia, has announced a downsizing...
CICT fails to pay May salaries to Cagliari port employees
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 4, 2019 – Cagliari International Container Terminal (CICT), a subsidiary of Contship Italia, has not paid the...