Stevedoring
The workers operating the loading or unloading a ship’s cargo. Includes employment agencies, trade unions and any strike action.
Spain’s port strike causes €36 million loss
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – The third day of this week’s port dockers’ strike is followed by almost all stevedores, as in the...
Spanish public works minister says companies to leave Spain due to dockworkers strike
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has called on trade unions to stop the strikes in the...
Spanish trade unions stage third strike on June 9
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Spanish dock workers staged on June 9 their third strike against the reform in the port sector in the country,...
Santander port paralysed on June 9
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – The third day of scheduled stoppages organised by the stevedoring trade unions in all Spanish ports has again...
Dockworkers strike causes diversion of ships from Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – The second day of the strike called by stevedores against the reform of the sector begins to affect cargo...
Harbour strikes affect Canary Islands ports
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Ports in the Canary Islands (Islas Canarias) have been affected by the strikes by stevedores, who are...
Spanish port strike may cause supply problems to Citroën plant in Galicia
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – The second of the six days of strike announced by the stowage trade unions in Spain has also been carried out...
No accidents at dockworkers strike in Vigo port on June 7
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – The second day of a strike by dockers in Vigo port was carried out “without accidents,” sources from...
Spanish dockworkers strike participation at 99.93% during morning shift on June 7
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado said the proportion of dock workers who joined the strike at...
Bilbao port operates 17 ships during second strike day
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Bilbao port had 17 ships docked in its area on June 7, the second day of the strike of dock workers. Three of the...
No road traffic blockage at Valencia port accesses during second strike day
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – The traffic at the accesses to Valencia port was fluid in the first hours of the stevedores’ strike on...
Stevedores strike at Majorca port
Majorca, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – The first day of the strike in the port of Majorca (Palma and Alcúdia) on Monday has hardly affected the...
Truck traffic at Valencia port almost totally blocked during dockworker strike
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – The first day of strike of Spanish dockworkers ended with the almost total stoppage of trucks carrying cargo...
Vigo port laments damage caused by dockers strike
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 5, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, lamented the...
Spanish food exporters call on dockworkers to end strike
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 5, 2017 – Several agri-food and agricultural export associations called for an agreement in the stowage sector in order...
Las Palmas port operates normally during first day of strike
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 5, 2017 – Las Palmas port operated its dockworking services normally during the first day of the strike in the sector on...
Spanish road freight companies estimate dockworkers strike to cost €2.4 million a day
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 5, 2017 – Truck drivers estimate that the stoppages called at ports by dockworkers will generate a loss of up to...