ANESCO and UPM to analyze port charges and their involvement in the competitiveness of terminals
News - ANESCO and the UPM will analyze the system of port charges and their involvement in the competitiveness of the terminals - July 19,…
Spanish competition watchdog asks EU Court to reexamine labour agreement in stowage sector
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) June 26, 2019 – Spanish anti-trust watchdog Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) has submitted to the Court of…
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…
Spain signs collective labour agreement for port workers
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2019 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Salvador De la Encina, has met with union representatives to sign the…
Setúbal port dockworkers approve collective labour deal
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 24, 2019 – Setúbal port's dockworkers unanimously approved the new collective bargaining agreement negotiated between trade unions and employers. According to…
Setúbal port’s strike damages Portuguese economic growth in 2018
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 24, 2019 – The protests of the workers in the port of Setúbal, which occurred last year, significantly damaged the export…
Spanish stevedoring committee approves modification of Bilbao port’s collective labour agreement
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 6, 2019 – Spanish stevedoring sector joint committee has approved the agreement to modify Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB - Port…
Italy’s Uiltrasport warns of potential strike at ports
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) April 30, 2019 – Italian trade union Uiltrasporti has warned agains a potential strike at ports in the country agains the slow…
Setúbal port approves extension of collective labour deal talks deadline
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 26, 2019 – Setúbal port dockworkers have approved the extension until May 8 of the negotiation period for the new collective…
Spain’s CCOO calls off ports strike scheduled for April 26
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2019 – Spanish trade union CCOO (Confederacion Sindical de Comisiones Obreras) has called off the strike scheduled for April 26 in…
Puertos del Estado reaches agreement on collective labour contract
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) April 24, 2019 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado has said that an agreement has been reached with trade unions…
Trade unions call off strike at Spanish ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 16, 2019 – Spanish trade unions CCOO, UGT and CIG have called off the 24-hour port strike scheduled for April 17,…
Spanish trade union CCOO calls port workers strike on April 17
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 11, 2019 – Spanish trade union CC OO union has called a strike of 21 hours of port workers on April…
Spain’s Anesco, Puertos del Estado ask for support for reform of stowage sector
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) April 3, 2019 – Spanish stevedoring companies association Asociación Nacional de Empresas Estibadoras (Anesco) and national ports agency Puertos del Estado have…
Spanish State Gazette publishes law reforming stevedoring sector
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) April 1, 2019 – The Official State Gazette (BOE) has published the royal decree law approved by the government that completes the liberalisation of…
Spain approves aid to longshoremen including in downsizing schemes
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) March 29, 2019 – Spain's government has approved the Royal Decree-Law which develops the reform of the stowage sector approved almost two years…
Spain reiterates need to impose protectionist towing rules
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) February 15, 2019 – Spain's Public Works Ministry has informed the European Commission that it considers necessary the imposition of an obligation of…
Spain’s stowage reform marks most disputed trade union elections in recent years
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) February 13, 2019 – Spain's reform of the stowage sector, which put workers and companies on the warpath due to changes in the contracting…
ANESCO is committed to “increasing the competitiveness of ports” by improving its management model
Madrid, February 7, 2019 The executive committee of the National Association of Stevedoring Companies has met today in Madrid and has analyzed different aspects of…
Valencia port opens two hours ahead of schedule despite stevedores’ assembly
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) February 7, 2019 – The paralysis of Valencia port by a gathering of stevedores on February 7 has turned out to be…