Valencia port calls tender for reconstruction of Xita dock
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) March 10, 2017 - Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has called a tender for the upgrade of the pavement at…
Viking Cruises to operate seven calls at Valencia port in 2017
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) March 6, 2017 – Norwegian group Viking Cruises said it plans to operate a total of seven calls at Valencia port in…
EU Commissioner calls on Spanish Congress to ratify stowage reform
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 8, 2017 - European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc has called on Spanish Congress of Deputies members to ratify the royal decree…
Valencia port to take part in Seatrade Cruise Global trade fair
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) March 8, 2017 - Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to participate in Seatrade Cruise Global trade fair, to be…
IDC goes before the European Commission
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) March 3, 2017 - The International Dockers Council (IDC) goes before the European Commission and withdraws from the sectorial sector social dialogue…
Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises present 2017 offer in Valencia
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) March 6, 2017 – Norwegian Cruise Line and Oceania Cruises chose Valencia to launch itineraries, current promotions and new routes. In addition to…
EC urges Spanish Congress to approve stowage sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 6, 2017 – European Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc has sent an official letter to Spanish Public Works Ministry, demanding the…
Maersk welcomes dockworkers strike suspension
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 3, 2017 – Danish company Maersk Line has welcomed the suspension of the strikes of stevedores on March 6 and 8…
Spanish government is willing to negotiate on stowage reform
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 3, 2017 – Spain's government is willing to give more time to negotiate on the reform of the stowage sector and…
Spanish fruit producers association says dockworkers’ strike threatens exports
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 3, 2017 - The Spanish Federation of Fruit and Vegetable Exporting Producers (Fepex) has today expressed concern about a stevedores strike,…
Valencia port loses 50,000 containers in February
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) March 3, 2017 - Valencia port has estimated at between 30% and 40% the decline in productivity due to the problems with…
Spanish trade unions call off strike on Mar 6, 8
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 2, 2017 - Spanish dockworkers' trade unions have called off the first two days of the strike planned, out of the…
Spanish dockworkers present reform concerns to European Parliament
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 2, 2017 - A group of dockers today presented to the European Parliament (EP) their concerns about the hiring reforms in…
Maersk to divert ships from Spanish ports
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 2, 2017 - Danish shipping company Maersk Line announced that it has designed a contingency plan to divert ships to alternative…
Leixoes port to benefit from Spanish dockworker strikes
Leixoes, Portugal (PortSEurope) March 2, 2017 - What for some is a problem, is an opportunity for others. This is how the port of Leixoes,…
ANESCO calls on unions to ignore strike in stowage sector
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 1, 2017 - The Spanish National Association of Stevedoring and Ship Consignment Companies (Asociación Nacional de Empresas Estibadoras y Consignatarias de…
Spain’s Sevasa says trade unions cause severe damage on Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) March 1, 2017 - Spanish stevedoring company Sevasa has warned against the severe damage that the opposition of trade unions to the…
Mitsubishi Electric representatives visit Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) March 1, 2017 - A delegation of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has visited Valencia port to inspect the signalling and control systems of…
ANESCO, trade unions agree on basis of talks for future collective bargaining
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 1, 2017 - Spanish stevedoring companies association ANESCO and trade unions Coordinadora, UGT and Comisiones Obreras reached an agreement on that…
IDC prepares measures to avoid cargo diversion
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) February 28, 2017 – The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) is preparing to announce measures to avoid the diversion of cargo to Portuguese,…