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Valencia regional employers association confident of labour agreement at local port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Valencia regional employers association Confederación Empresarial Valenciana (CEV) has expressed confidence...
Only 27.8% of dockworkers participate in strike on Spanish ports on June 21
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – The participation of dockworkers in the strike of stevedores on June 21 has fallen to 27.8% from 97-%100% in...
Steel traffic compensates natural gas decline at Sagunto port in Jan-May 2017
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – The strategy of diversification of traffic at the port of Sagunto, undertaken years ago by Valencia port...
Spanish tile association warns against port strike consequences
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Spanish association of ceramic tiles (Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Azulejos y Pavimentos Cerámicos...
Pasaia port dockers fully support June 21 strike
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – The trade unions of dockers at Pasaia port totally supported the strike called for June 21. The dock workers...
Deutsche Invest, Belterra Investments,Terminal Link nominated preferred investor for Τhessaloniki Port Authority
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – On June 19, 2017, the Board of Directors of Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF)...
BIFA calls for UK to remain in customs union
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – British International Freight Association (BIFA) Director General, Robert Keen, has called for the...
Gijón, Avilés ports to acquire land plots in ZALIA zone
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – The ports of Gijón and Avilés intend to acquire land plots with an approximate total area of about 5,000...
Spanish stevedoring employers send labour reform proposal to trade unions
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – The employers association of dockworkers in Spain has sent a proposal to trade unions, including a clause that...
Vigo seeks to attract cruise calls of UK-based companies
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Next year will be one of the poorest in the history of Vigo port in terms of cruise calls. To date, the list of...
A Coruña port approves liquid bulk cargo terminal construction application
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – A Coruña port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña) has approved an application by Deep Water Oil...
Algeciras port books record-high cargo traffic in May
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Algeciras port closed May with record-high traffic figures of 9 million tonnes, up 2.3% on the year. However,...
Spanish minister calls on dockworkers to avoid more strikes
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has once again called for “an effort” by the...
Gas Natural gets contract to supply electricity to Valencia port authority
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Spanish company Gas Natural Comercializadora SA has won a contract to deliver electricity to Valencia port...
Spanish dockworkers trade union CETM elects president for another four-year term
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Spanish dockworkers trade union Confederación Española de Transporte de Mercancías (CETM) has appointed...
Cilsa adopts framework agreement for Barcelona port logistics zone development
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Spain’s Cilsa SA, the operator of the logistics activities zone of Barcelona port, has signed a...
Uniport considers Cosco’s acquisition in Bilbao positive
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Members of business association Uniport, an entity that has been working on the promotion of the port-logistics...
Novadeal to use Ukrainian subcontractors in Port Yuzhniy dredging
Port Yuzhniy, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Novadeal Ltd, a subsidiary of the Belgian DEME Group, which had won a contract for operational dredging...
EC welcomes international agreement to increase the safety of passenger ships
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – On June 16, 2017, the European Commission commented on the international agreement adopted this week...
Caspian Pipeline Consortium daily shipments reach record level in June 2017
Krasnodar, Russia (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) has released the following press release which details crude oil...