Labour
All issues linked to staff/workers employment. The hiring of employees, redundancies and labour strikes.
Setúbal port strike causes diversion of ships to Leixões
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 15, 2018 – The protest of workers in Setúbal port, which has lasted for more than a week, has already prevented...
Setúbal port strike affecting local Volkswagen facility
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 15, 2018 – Volkswagen AG’s is one of the locally-operating companies which is being affected by a port...
Agepor association criticises port strikes
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 13, 2018 – “Agepor (Association of Shipping Agents of Portugal) notes that there is no port work at the...
Med Europe Terminal secures labour agreement at reefer facility at Marseille port
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) November 8, 2018 – Med Europe Terminal has signed the Reefer Quality Charter with the port’s dockers’ union...
AdSP Bari signs training agreement with Propeller Club and University
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) November 7, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP – Southern Adriatic Sea Port...
Spain’s Anesco warns against negative effects on stowage sector of social contributions rise
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2018 – Spanish stowage employer union Anesco (Asociación de Empresas Estibadoras/National Association of...
Valenciaport Foundation trains managers from Kuwait and Egypt
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 28, 2018 – The Valenciaport Foundation (Fundación de la Comunidad Valenciana) has organised a training course...
Escola Europea & FONASBA sign agreements with first partners for the SAILNET Programme
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 28, 2018 – At the Naples Shipping Week, Escola Europea & FONASBA sign collaboration agreements with the...
Uljanik Shipyard workers strike over pay
Pula, Croatia (PortSEurope) October 23, 2018 – Workers of Uljanik Shipyard d.d. were again on strike on October 22 because they were not paid for...
The Atlantic blue economy: an interesting career opportunity for youth
European Commission – The Atlantic blue economy: an interesting career opportunity for youth – 22 October 2018 On 23-24 October 2018, political...
P&O Maritime Cyprus workers carry out short strike
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) October 19, 2018 – On Wednesday October 17, some employees of P&O Maritime Cyprus stopped work, complaining about...
Spain’s anti-trust regulator initiates probe into Algeciras port trade unions, associations
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 17, 2018 – Spain’s competition regulator La Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) has...
Italy’s AutoTerminal to hire 35 employees at Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) October 12, 2018 – Italian port terminal operator AutoTerminal Gioia Tauro SpA plans to hire 35 employees registered in the...
Livorno port launches safety at work cooperation project with local institutions
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – Livorno port has signed a cooperation agreement with a number of local institutions to promote the safety at...
Sicilian trade unions call for investment in Fincantieri’s Palermo port shipyards
Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – Sicilian trade unions Fiom and CGIL Palermo have requested a meeting with the commissioner Girolamo...
Executives from the world’s stevedoring companies visit Tarragona port for Bergé training
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 29, 2018 – Company executives belonging to the General Stevedoring Council (GSC) came to the Port of Tarragona...
Port of Tarragona and Bergé receive delegation from Port Training Institute of Morocco
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 29, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona (APT – Port Authority of Tarragona) has welcomed a...
The XXIII Ibero-American Course on Port Management begins in Madrid
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – The 23rd edition of the Ibero-American Port Management Course will be held during the next four weeks...
General Stevedoring Council visits Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2018 – A group of managers of different stevedoring companies belonging to the General Stevedoring Council...
Valencia port president meets Buenos Aires counterpart
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 17, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia)...