Labour
All issues linked to staff/workers employment. The hiring of employees, redundancies and labour strikes.
Piraeus Port Authority announces new labour force regulations
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 – Piraeus Port Authority SA has announced that after negotiations with the employees’...
Shipping agents warn against elimination of customs’ night shift at Thessaloniki port
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – The Association of Shipping Agents of Thessaloniki has expressed its concern with the decision of...
Greece’s Thessaloniki port can face problems with customs service
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) August 21, 2017 – Thessaloniki port can face problems with the delivery of customs service, as the Greek association of...
Cartagena Polytechnic University, port sign RDI cooperation deal
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) August 14, 2017 – The Cartagena Polytechnic University (UPCT) and Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena)...
Marco Polo Foundation trains future port employees in sustainable mobility
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 14, 2017 – Fondazione ITS Marco Polo (The Marco Polo Foundation) aims to train future experts in the field of...
Trade union criticises working conditions at Santander port
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) August 10, 2017 – Spanish trade union Sindicato Cántabro Asalariados del Transporte (SCAT) has criticised the...
Bilbao port faces shortage of dockworkers
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2017 – Bilbao port is experiencing a situation that some operators call “catastrophic”. The lack...
Valencia port generates 36,978 jobs
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July26, 2017 – The economic impact of Valenciaport reached €2,352 million ($2,736 million) in 2015. This figure is...
Strikes have limited effect on Santander port’s car traffic
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – The seven days of strikes that took place in June in the port of Santander during the conflict of stevedores...
Piraeus Port Authority set for new labour agreement
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA SA) is set to agree a new general labour code with local unions who...
Ravenna port signs framework agreement to improve job safety
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – Ravenna prefecture has signed a framework agreement for ensuring the safety of workers at Ravenna port. The...
Lisbon port starts recovering from strike years
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – Lisbon port has started recovering from the last two years of strikes of dockworkers that caused the loss of...
Leixões port operates normally despite dockworkers’ strike
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – Leixões port authority (Administração do Porto de Leixões ) has assured that it is operating...
Tenerife port trade unions accuse harbour president of pressuring workers
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) July 10, 2017 – The trade unions committee of Tenerife port have accused the president of the harbour, José Rafal Díaz of...
Spanish ship consignment firms to set up association of companies outside ANESCO
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – The Spanish ship consignment sector has begun to work intensively in a short space of time to create a new...
Spanish docking strike had mixed implications – government offical
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – The stowage strike carried out during three weeks last June was more harmful for some ports than for...
Algeciras port generates 28,000 jobs
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – Algeciras port generates more than 28,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs and €2.010 billion ($2.291...