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News about the involvement of government in port activities. Includes government laws applicable to ports, state-owned ports including European Union issues with national government implications. Also includes inter-government meetings, agreements and visits of government officials.
Spanish minister asks dockworkers for “common sense”
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18, 2017 – Spanish Minister of Public Works, Inigo de la Serna, today asked trade unions of dockers and employers for...
Spanish Congress ratifies stowage sector reform decree
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18, 2017 – The Spanish Congress of Deputies has ratified by a simple majority the royal decree of reform of the...
BPA comments on the EU GBER guidelines on state aids
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) May 18, 2017 – British Ports Association Chief Executive Richard Ballantyne has responded to the news that the...
Portuguese stevedores not to service ships diverted from Spain
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – After the Spanish government approved a decree for the reform of the stowage sector and trade unions announced...
Spanish parliament to discuss stowage sector reform on May 18
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – A new call for strikes in Spanish ports by the stowage trade unions has not had an impact, at the moment, on...
Poland’s OT Logistics places fresh bid for 30% stake in Luka Bar
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – The Montenegrin privatisation council said it has received a new and “more profitable” bid for the...
Basque Country, Valencia claim direct management of ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – The governments of the autonomous regions of the Basque Country and Valencia have called on the central...
Spanish minister warns against consequences of dockworkers’ strike
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Spanish Minister of Public Works Inigo de la Serna warned against the risks that the strikes of stevedores...
Italy to close Sicilian ports during G-7 summit
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Italy will close the ports on the island of Sicily during the G-7 summit in Taormina on May 26 and 27, the head...
Greek state to keep control of some regional ports
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – State sell-off fund TAIPED will retain control of 10 regional ports of international interest, with the aim...
Spanish government approves decree on port stowage reform
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 12, 2017 – The Spanish government has approved on May 12 a new decree for the reform of the country’s port...
Spanish government to guarantee car handling at ports by SAGEP employees
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2017 – Spanish Ministry of Public Works will ensure that dockers of monopoly Sociedad Anónima de Gestión de...
Ukraine, Belarus to set up river port hub
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 11, 2017 – Ukraine and Belarus intend to jointly create a river port hub to include the Dnieper in a trans-European...
Spanish minister prepares new decree on port stowage sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Inigo de la Serna has presented a report to the Council of Ministers detailing...
Aktau International Sea Port to be privatised
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) May 2, 2017 – Aktau International Sea Port on the Caspian Sea is to be privatised in 2017, according to the government....
EU Commission discusses with stakeholders financing investments in a sustainable blue economy
Brussels, May 3, 2017 Commission discusses with stakeholders financing investments in a sustainable blue economy Key stakeholders in sustainable business and...
Andalusian ports demand investments in Mediterranean Corridor connectivity
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2017 – The seven Andalusian port authorities have today demanded from the central government investments to connect...
Montenegrin prime minister says OT Logistics bid for Luka Bar is unsatisfactory
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – Montenegrin prime minister Dusko Markovic said the sale of 30% stake in Bar port operator, Luka Bar a.d. Bar,...
OT Logistics says cancellation of 30% in Luka Bar is incomprehensible
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) April 26, 2017 – Polish company OT Logistics said the decision of the Montenegrin government to cancel the tender for the sale...
Slovenian Parliament to vote on Koper railway project upgrade on April 26
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) April 25, 2017 – The bill on the project for the upgrade of the railway line connecting Slovenia’s Koper port to the...