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Dock workers of five terminals at Barcelona port refuse to join strike
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – The stevedores of five of the terminals of Barcelona port have not joined the strike called for June 19 by...
Completion of first phase of Anaklia Deep Sea Port will result in creating 300-500 jobs
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 –Â Completion of the first phase of Anaklia Deep Sea Port will result in 300-500 new jobs according to the...
Andalusian government insists on strategy to boost cruise tourism
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The Minister of Tourism the Andalusian regional government, Francisco Javier Fernández, explained that the...
Valencia port organises workshop promoting alternative ship fuel
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) launched yesterday the “Workshop on Maritime...
Bilbao port works at slower pace after 48-hour strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – Bilbao port works at a “slower than usual” pace after the 48-hour strike by stevedores. Bilbao port...
Spanish ports face diversion of 34 ships during dock workers strike
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The strike of 48 consecutive hours called by dock workers ended on June 16 with a significant economic and...
A Coruna port incurs €110,000 loss due to dockworkers strike
A Coruna, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – A Coruna port incurred a loss of up to €110,000 ($111,929) due to the 48-hour strike of dockworkers, the...
Vigo port faces congestion risk due to dock workers strike
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, has explained that the...
Canarian entrepreneurs not affected by strike of dockworkers
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – Canarian entrepreneurs have not been affected by the 48-hour strike of dockworkers, beyond the delay in the...
Valencia port says loses €2 million due to strikes of dockworkers
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The first three days of strike in the stowage sector led to economic losses of more than €36 million ($40.2...
Italian infrastructure ministry signs framework agreement for development of Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – Italian Infrastructure Ministry has signed a framework agreement to boost the recovery of Gioia Tauro port...
Russia’s NCSP cargo volumes rise in Jan-May 2017
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – NCSP (Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port) group has reported that its consolidated cargo turnover for...
Thessaloniki Port Authority – shareholders meeting
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) June 18, 2017 –Â The Board of Directors of the Limited Company with the corporate name Organismos Limenos...
Koper port publishes statement on crane accident
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) June 18, 2017 – Luka Koper d.d., the manager of Koper port, has published the following information on the crane accident...
Durrës port see increased Kosovo goods transit
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) June 18, 2017 – Durrës Port Authority has said that in the first five months of 2017, 10% of goods were transitory from...
Romanian shipyard brings in 300 Vietnamese workers
Tulcea, Romania (PortSEurope) June 18, 2017 –Â The Vard shipyard in Tulcea will bring 300 welders and locksmiths from Vietnam, due to a shortage in the...
EMS-Fehn complete TAP delivery at Durrës port
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – German logistics business EMS-Fehn-Group has completed the delivery of pipes to Durrës for the Trans...
IDC calls strike in solidarity with Spanish dockworkers
Setubal, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) has called a two-hour strike on June 29, that will also affect...
La Spezia port joins Assoporti’s port planning working group
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea Port System (Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure...
Rail freight corridor North Sea-Mediterranean Sea helps Marseille development
Marseille Fos, France (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The rail freight corridor North Sea–Mediterranean Sea (RFC North Sea-Med) is one of the nine most...