Scottish blast for hauliers

A feeder vessel due to arrive at Hamburg Tollerort terminal today from a port in the Eastern Baltic will be lashed and unlashed by the ship’s crew to reduce costs; MSC offer results now in

The Port of Barcelona and a Québec-based innovation hub focused on the blue economy have formed a strategic partnership

The action concerns the ports of Malmö, Södertälje, Gothenburg and Trelleborg and is likely to spread to other Swedish ports, and perhaps ports in Denmark and Norway

Finally, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), which represents over 22,000 employees at 29 US west coast ports, and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) which embodies the interests of the employers, have reached agreement on a new labour contract.

DFDS, which operates one of the most extensive freight and passenger ferry networks in the North Sea, Baltic Sea and eastern Mediterranean regions, is spending approximately €200M to buy Tarifa (Spain)-based FRS Iberia/ Maroc, a leading operator of ferry services across the Gibraltar Strait. FRS operates seven vessels on three services across the Gibraltar Strait, linking Algeciras and Tanger Med, Algeciras and Ceuta, and Tarifa
and Tanger Ville.

The Swedish Dockworkers’ Union has called for three days of strikes from 9 to 11 July in Gothenburg Ro-Ro Terminal and in the Port of Helsingborg